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 hits

Hangin' out of them 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 catalogue of raps

Impressin' all the 'round-the-wayers

Before I went to bed

Included rhymes into my prayers

But that rhyme