clap your hands everybody if you got what it takes cause i m kurtis blow and i want you to know that these are the breaks brakes on a bus brakes on a car breaks to make you a superstar breaks to win and breaks to lose but these here breaks will rock your shoes and these are the breaks break it up break it up break it up if your woman steps out with another man and she runs off with him to japan and the irs says they want to chat and you can t explain why you claimed your cat and ma bell sends you a whopping bill with 18 phone calls to brazil and you borrowed money from the mob and yesterday you lost your job well these are the breaks break it up break it up break it up throw your hands up in the sky and wave em round from side to side and if you deserve a break tonight somebody say alright say ho oo you don t stop keep on somebody scream break down  breaks on a stage breaks on a screen breaks to make your wallet lean breaks run cold and breaks run hot some folks got em and some have not but these are the breaks break it up break it up break it up break down to the girl in brown stop messing around to the guy in blue whatcha gonna do and to the girl in green don t be so mean and the guy in red say what i said break down brakes on a plane brakes on a train breaks to make you go insane breaks in love breaks in war but we got the breaks to get you on the floor and these are the breaks break it up break it up break it up break down yo just do it just do it just do it do it do it just do it just do it just do it do it do it just do it just do it just do it do it do it just do it just do it just do it do it do it you say last week you met the perfect guy and he promised you the stars in the sky he said his cadillac was gold but he didn t say it was 10 years old he took you out to the red coach grill but he forgot the cash and you paid the bill and he told you the story of his life but he forgot the part about his wife huh huh well these are the breaks break it up break it up break it up break down 11