beat street

Grandmaster Flash

Beat Street Breakdown, Raah!
Hip Hop!

Beat Street
The king of the beat
You see him rocking that beat from across the street
And Huh Huh!
Beat Street is a lesson too, because you canââ?¬â?¢t let the Streets beat you!

Well a picture can express a thousand words to describe all the beauty of life you give
And if the world was yours to do over, I know youââ?¬â?¢d paint a better place to live
Where the colours would swirl and the boys and girls can grow in peace and harmony
And where murals stand on walls so grand as far as the eyes are able to see, Ha!
I never knew art til I saw your face and thereââ?¬â?¢ll never be one to take your place
ââ?¬Ë?Cause each and every time you touch the spray paint can
Michelangeloââ?¬â?¢s soul controls your hand
Then serenades of blue and red and the beauty of the rainbow fills your head
Crescendo of colours hang in tune, Man why oh why dââ?¬â?¢ya have to die so soon?
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, where the good die young itââ?¬â?¢s all thy must
ââ?¬Ë?Cause as life must live, death must die and the tear shall fall from the living eye, Huh!
The teardrops fall for the state of mind of the beautiful lady that you left behind
In love and alone, but now youââ?¬â?¢re dead, and she still canââ?¬â?¢t get you out of her head, Huh!
More tears fall for all youââ?¬â?¢ve done, trying to be a good father to your only son
But now whoââ?¬â?¢s gonna make sure that heââ?¬â?¢s fed, put a shirt on his back and a roof overhead?
Tell me whoââ?¬â?¢s gonna dream the impossible dream of the beautiful cities in the islands genes?
When your works of art brought into being all that the ghetto stopped you from seeing
Bums on the sidewalk, garbage in the streets, abandoned buildings, bricks of concrete
The ladies on the corner are selling their bodies, and everybody wants a part in that party
Iââ?¬â?¢m hanging out tough, rocking late at night, running wild in the town of the neon light
You either play some ball or stand in the hall Huh!
You gotta make something outta nothing at all
Iââ?¬â?¢m sitting in the classroom learning the rules and it says you canââ?¬â?¢t do graffiti in school
They canââ?¬â?¢t be wrong in the hallowed hall, so my notebook turned into a brick wall
The heart of a lion and the courage of three, and the mind of a man much wiser than me
Youââ?¬â?¢re the soul of the brother who wonââ?¬â?¢t come back
Who died in my arms on the railroad track
ââ?¬Ë?Cause Iââ?¬â?¢m caught in the rat race, looking for my own space
Thereââ?¬â?¢s gotta be a better place for you and me
Thereââ?¬â?¢s pie in the sky, and an eye for an eye
Some people gotta die just to be free
You search for justice and what do you find?
You find just us on the unemployment line
You find just us sweating from dawn to dusk
Thereââ?¬â?¢s no justice, thereââ?¬â?¢s Huh, just us, Ha!
Still life urban masterpiece, your trademark was written on trains and walls
A million dollar gift only God released, and yet you got killed for nothing at all
So after this thereââ?¬â?¢ll be no more hard times, no more bad times and no more pain
No more chump change, none of that bull
Just movies, museums and the hall of fame
So all you Hip Hops get on up, and letââ?¬â?¢s take it to the top where we belong
ââ?¬Ë?Cause the age of the Beat Street wave is here
Everybody letââ?¬â?¢s sing along, now cââ?¬â?¢mon, say ââ?¬Ë?Ho!ââ?¬â?¢ (ââ?¬Ë?Ho!ââ?¬â?¢), Say ââ?¬Ë?Ho!ââ?¬â?¢ (ââ?¬Ë?Ho!ââ?¬â?¢)
And to let me know Iââ?¬â?¢m rocking the microphone everybody say ââ?¬Ë?Ramo!ââ?¬â?¢ (ââ?¬Ë?Ramo!ââ?¬â?¢)
ââ?¬Ë?Ramo!ââ?¬â?¢ (ââ?¬Ë?Ramo!ââ?¬â?¢)
Raah!

A newspaper burns in the sand, and the headlines say ââ?¬Ë?Man destroys Man!ââ?¬â?¢
Extra! Extra! Read all the bad news on the war for peace that everybody would lose
The rise and fall, the last great empire, the sound of the whole world caught on fire
The ruthless struggle, the desperate gamble
The game that left the whole world in shambles
The cheats, the lies, the alibis
And the foolish attempt to conquer the skies
Lost in space, and what is it worth, huh?
The president just forgot about Earth
Spending multi billions, and maybe even trillions
The cost of weapons ran into zillions
Thereââ?¬â?¢s gold in the street, and diamonds under feet
And the children in Africa donââ?¬â?¢t even eat
Flies on their faces, theyââ?¬â?¢re living like mice
And the houses even make the ghetto look nice, Huh!
The water tastes funny, itââ?¬â?¢s forever too sunny
And they work all month and donââ?¬â?¢t make no money
A fight for power, a nuclear shower
And people shout out in the darkest hour
Of sights unseen and voices unheard
And finally the bomb gets the last word
Christians killed Muslims, and Germans killed Jews
And everybodyââ?¬â?¢s bodies are used and abused, Huh!
Minds are poisoned and souls are polluted
Superiority complex is deep rooted
Leeches and liceââ?¬â?¢s, and people got prices
Egomaniacs control the self-righteous
Nothing is sacred and nothing is pure
So the revelation of death is our cure
Hitler and Caesar, Custer and Reagan
Napoleon, Castro, Mussolini and Begin
Ghengis Khan and the Shah of Iran
Mixed with the blood of the weaker man
The peoples in terror, the leaders made the error
And now they canââ?¬â?¢t even look in the mirror
ââ?¬Ë?Cause we gotta suffer while things get rougher
And thatââ?¬â?¢s the reason why we got to get tougher
To learn from the past and work for the future
And donââ?¬â?¢t be a slave to no computer
ââ?¬Ë?Cause the Children of Man inherits the land
And the future of the world is in your hands
So just throw your hands in the air
And wave ââ?¬Ë?em like you just donââ?¬â?¢t care
And if you believe that youââ?¬â?¢re the future
Scream it out and say ââ?¬Ë?Oh yeah!ââ?¬â?¢ (ââ?¬Ë?Oh yeah!ââ?¬â?¢)
ââ?¬Ë?Oh yeah!ââ?¬â?¢ (ââ?¬Ë?Oh yeah!ââ?¬â?¢)
Raah!

Beat Street Breakdown
Raah!
Hip Hop!