De La Soul - Brakes (Official Audio)

Listen/Stream - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - TikTok - @wearedelasoul Website - *** Lyrics (Disco)   (Disco)   (Disco)   (Disco)     There’s a lot of people out here who just don’t know   What plays a factor in movin’ heads and toes   It be them kids bangin’ them hits out of the stereo kits   Whether cassette, radio, or CD bits   Mix tapes from the best going on and on   Throughout the city grounds to suburban lawns   Man, we don’t play, even where we stay   Videos shows the visuals of jams today   Coinciding with the rhythm of the heart and neck   The brakes got you in your proper context   You let your Lex or your sixty-four suspension   Bounce away all your tension en route to the club   Where girls need the quenchin’   Diamonds on your wrist, sunroof top   But niggas out front makin’ guns go pop   So the spot gets shut but on to the next   Cause your ears get vexed when they don’t get the fix cause     (These are the brakes)   It be your listenin’ pleasure   While you’re doin’ your chores   (These are the brakes)   No matter where you from, it’s for you and yours   (These are the brakes)   Bringing it back to the brakes like the “yes yes y’all“   (These are the brakes)   So let it be your anthem when you’re havin’ a ball     Well it’s silly of me to think that I   Would never get a chance to see a piece of this pie   I sat dead in front of speakers thinkin’ that could be me   Anticipatin’ open microphones so I could emcee   Had a catalog of raps impressin’ all the ’round-the-wayers   Before I went to bed included rhymes into my prayers   But that rhyme is all on paper   I want my song on vinyl plates   I dreamin’ hits and doin’ shows, makin’ my niggas spines shake   Expectin’ nothin’ but a little bit of radio play   Gettin’ diced on 1 and 2’s by the best DJs, hey   Time was kinda tight, but still I dotted on the line   And some expected me to start Buhlooning in the mind   Seein’ spaces and places that I couldn’t pronounce   But still I had the pulleys to make all the bullies bounce   With the blessings of the great we took it from state to state   ’Cause we landed on the good foot and got our biggest brake ’cause     (These are the brakes)   (These are the brakes)   (These are the brakes)   (These are the brakes)     A mother gets mugged by her crackhead son   That’s the brakes, that’s the brakes   You’re in the wrong part of town so the shots make you run   That’s the brakes, that’s the brakes   Your best comrades put six tabs in your Ol E   That’s the brakes, that’s the brakes   Your boyfriend made you a carrier of .   That’s the brakes, that’s the brakes     Now what’s gonna happen when the sun don’t shine   I’m buyin’ tickets aboard the caravan of love   Hey fellas   See, money don’t make shots repel   I break woes and compose some rhymes to tell   So when the party’s live it shouldn’t be beef   Or playin’ indian roles I guess you thought you was chief   Seems all broke up and now you woke up surprised   Situation’s gettin’ sticky dead in front of your eyes     We play the wall similar to tacks   Until the DJ plays the necessary track   In fact as the jam plays on out comes all your bread   To pay for drinks for them girls you want to spread   Don’t be misled when the brakes inside your head   And have you reminiscing on them kids who got you fed   Until reality reveals a miss who wants to know   If you can play her real close out on the dance floor cause     (These are the brakes)   It be your listenin’ pleasure   While you’re doin’ your chores   (These are the brakes)   No matter where you from, it’s for you and yours   (These are the brakes)   Bringing it back to the brakes like the “yes yes y’all“   (These are the brakes)   So let it be your anthem when you’re havin’ a ball  #DeLaSoul #Brakes #HipHop