[Verse - Plug 1]
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 , everywhere 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

[Verse]
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 is all on paper
I want my song on vinyl plates 
I dreamin' hits and doin' shows, makin my niggas spines shake
Expectin' nuttin 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

[Hook]
[These are the brakes]
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 [bad word] "That's the brakes, that's the brakes" 
Your [bad word] put six tabs in your o.e 
"That's the brakes, that's the brakes"
Your boyfriend made you a carrier of HIV
"That's the brakes, that's the brakes"

[Verse]
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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] all your bread
To pay for drinks for them girls you want to spread
Don't be mislead 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

[Hook]