If you got what it takes
 'Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know
 That these are the breaks

 Breakes 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
 (That's the breaks  that's the breaks)
 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 eighteen phone calls to Brzil
 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 youdeserve a break tonight
 Somebody say alright!
 (All right) Say ho-oo!
 (Ho-oo!) And you don't stop
 Keep on, somebody scream!
 (Owwwww!) 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
 (Break it up, break it up)
 To the guy in blue, whatcha gonna do?
 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
 (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
 And he promised you the stars in the sky
 He said his Cadilac was gold
 But he didn't say it was ten years old
 He tok 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