[Intro: Kurtis Blow & Phor-One-One]
Clap your hands everybody
If you got what it takes
'Cause it's Nadanuf and I'm Kurtis Blow
And these are the breaks
(Woo) Ahaha, ha, ha, ha (Uh)
Ha, ahaha, ahaha, ahaha, ha (Right)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, haha, ha
Ooh, ahaha, ahaha, ahaha, ha (We got the breaks, woo)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ha (For you jakes)
Haha, ahaha, ahaha, ahaha (Nadanuf is in the house)
Ooh, ooh, a-yes, yes, y'all, ahaha, ahaha (Ha, woo)
Ahaha, ahaha, ahaha

[Verse 1: Phor-One-One]
The Phor-Eleven about to dip out, 11:42 'bout to whip out
My crew 'bout to roll tonight
In the blue and gold Hummer, soon as I get ready
We're 'bout to move fast like Freddy, right
Chillin' in my crib, puffin' on a blunt
Lookin' for my gear, somebody pulled a stunt
Now what can I do, do to get away?
'Cause these types of breaks happen every day

[Chorus: Kurtis Blow]
On a late night creep, nowhere to go
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
And I just with a car that just got towed
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
I look into my closet, ain't got no clothes
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
I feel around my neck, ain't got no gold
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
Well, these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up
[Verse 2: Skwert Diggety]
It's a quarter to twelve, about to dip outside
Oh no, five-oh, got the block ham tight
It's Friday night and I didn't get paid
That's the breaks, ain't got a dollar to my name
I got five on the what? And two on the who?
What we go gon' do? Got to keep the party live too
Gotta keep on keepin' on, what else can I say?
'Cause these types of breaks happen every day, uh-huh

[Chorus: Kurtis Blow]
My landlord's trippin' about the rent that's true
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
Five-oh on my block, sweatin' the curfew
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
Got five on it so I can get live
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
Got caught in my mom's crib puffin' la-la
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
'Cause these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up

[Bridge: Phor-One-One]
Nadanuf is on the scene, we blowin' up the charts
And we makin' mad cream, we makin' mad cream
Nadanuf is on the scene, we blowin' up the charts
And we makin' mad cream (Babyboy)
[Verse 3: Phor-One-One]
Lemme tell you 'bout a story that broke me down
Treat a sister like Puff, tryna hold me down
Got my cheese in my pocket and I'm ready to dash
Go straight to the bank (Excuse me, we're closed), what do you think?
It's automatic, shorty got static in the front (No, y'all have my money, no, I'm not)
Then she tell me that my dollars doin' acrobatic stunts
Goin' through it, we all do it every day
Put your hands in the sky, rock on anyway

[Interlude: Phor-One-One & Kurtis Blow, Phor-One-One, Kurtis Blow]
So throw your hands up in the sky
And wave 'em 'round from side to side
If you deserve a break tonight
Somebody say, "Alright" (Alright)
Alright (Alright)
(Ha) And you don't stop
And you don't quit (And you don't stop, uh, uh)
Rockin' on and on and on and on (Yeah, Nadanuf gettin' up now)

[Chorus: Kurtis Blow]
When you're waitin' on a check and you know it counts
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
Rushin' with it to the bank and then the check bounce
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
About to explode like anyone would
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
With force to set it off 'cause you up to no good
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
The breaks are real, the breaks are hard
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
The breaks even happen to movie stars
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
The breaks can come any time of day
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
I hate to say it, you can't face the breaks
That's the breaks, that's the breaks
And these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up
[Outro: Kurtis Blow & Nadanuf]
Ahaha, ha (Yeah)
Ha, ha, ahaha, ha, ha, ha, ahaha, ha
Ooh (Nadanuf '97, uh, uh, word), uh
Babyboy in the house, Livio (Uh, uh, uh)
Ooh, true that, true that (Soldier Blow representin', you know?), yeah
That's how we do when we do it, puttin' it down (Yeah)
You know what I'm sayin'? (Go, go, go)
Goin' through the breaks but we gon' keep pressin' on (Uh, uh)
'Cause you face the breaks, aha, yeah (Haha, ha, ha, that's right, right, right, yeah)
Ha, Nadanuf
'97, rock on, that's right
Skwert Diggety, Phor-One-One (Yeah), we in the house
Skwert Diggety, Phor-One-One, ha, that's right
Put your hands to the sky (True that, true that, a-yes, yes, y'all)
Nadanuf, Nadanuf (Represent, y'all, a-represent, y'all)
Nadanuf, where you at? (Yes, yes, y'all, to the beat, y'all, yes, yes, y'all, uh)
Where you at? (Uh) That's right (Keep it goin', keep it goin'), yeah
Yeah (Uh), yeah (One)