Lyrics

Eve of destruction, tax deduction Price inflation rocks the nation And unemployment's on the rise It's all the final compromise And if it lasts like this for a long enough time It will lead to nothin' but a higher level of crime So we say... Ha-ha, [?] can we do it? Tell me Kool Moe Dee can (You know I can-can!) Tell me Special K can (You know I can-can!) Tell me Sunshine can (You know I can-can!) Come on everybody, we know you can Now's the time for us to come together And if we work hard enough then we could do it whether You like it or not, just give it all that you got And if we work together I'm sure we'll accomplish a lot We got to make this land a better land The only way we can is each and every man Lend a hand because we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can Stop and think a second, put the grievances aside And if it's hard to do that then just swallow your pride Because now is the time for everybody to unite All the blacks, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Indian and white We gotta make this world a better world For the upcoming kids, the boys and girls Because we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can Now these recessions and depressions that we're all going through It's nothing strange, times are changin' and it ain't nothin' new The presidency has a lot to do with our country's wealth It's nothin' new, it's history's way of repeating itself Now there is one conclusion I come to without a doubt That's if you're looking for a shortcut there's no easy way out And if you think the streets a way out, just use your head You see three-quarters are in jail and half the rest are dead Because surviving on the streets, there ain't too many who can And the only who can is a real lucky man There aren't too many of us lucky from the start you see Because there's heavy odds against all minorities Although there's heavy odds against us I still have to say That when [?] when there's a will, there's a way But the strong will survive and the weak will die And the only ones who make it are the ones who try Because we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can Yes we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can I know we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can Yes we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can A lot of people consider when you win as luck But it takes an innovative man to make a buck And I'd rather make a dollar just rhymin' to the beat Than hustling and scuffling out on the street Well we're not tryin' to put nobody down if you do Because we know you got to live, this ain't directed to you But younger brothers and the others that just don't know Life's hard enough as it is and that's the hardest way to go And when your mother cries and she begs you guys Not to do it, you don't listen and you don't realize Until you have to eyewitness your best friend die Then you open your eyes and think of all the reasons why The closest friend to you, not here now Then you wish you lived another life but couldn't see how Because all of the time that you were saying that you can't There was no such word if you remember the chant Yes we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can Yes we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can I know we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can Yes we can, I know we can-can Yes we can-can, why can't we if we wanna yes we can-can Everybody's gonna break! Eve of destruction, tax deduction Price inflation rocks the nation And unemployment's on the rise It's all the final compromise And if it lasts like this for a long enough time It will lead to nothin' but a higher level of crime So we say Now's the time for people to treat everybody equal Take the burden off your brother Got to live with one another Now you don't have to love each other But respect for one another Will help out without a doubt Because violence we could do without Half the hoodlums have a knife Won't hesitate to take your life So try to live it real cool Or risk losing it to a fool 'Cause there's a message in the song That we are here to give So please join us on [?] On a better way to live While we hit your head hard, we'll make your body rock Hit your head and make your body rock While we hit your head hard, we'll make your body rock Hit your head and make your body rock While we hit your head hard, we'll make your body rock Hit your head and make your body rock While we hit your head hard, we'll make your body rock Hit your head and make your body rock So Kool Moe Dee A Kool Moe Dee-Dee Kool Moe Dee-Dee, a Moe Dee-Dee Tell me what you got for me Once a nobody from the neighborhood I take a hop to the top cause I knew that I would Excel over the rest because I make progress Don't consider it luck because I'm not blessed Got my life altogether, love the way that I live Go to school, really cool and I think positive 'Cause it's alright to have fun, lots of pleasures and joys But it's the brain that separates the men from the boys So Special K A Special K-K Special K-K, so K Come on and tell us what you got for me The source of living's going up Wage increases going down Reaganomics and atomics Messing all of us around While the rich get richer The poor get poorer Mother Nature plays a role which you can't ignore When it's cold outside and you got nowhere to go Think the Army's your way out, but you just don't know There's a new policy that now exists A diploma's necessary to be able to enlist LA Sunshine LA Sunshine-shine LA Sunshine-sunshine Come on and rock us for us one time Now there's a message in the song so listen to the rhyme The most important years are the ones before your prime And if you try to be cool by dropping out of school When you're older and you're wiser you'll see you were a fool By the time you're 25, your life's a wreck You ain't got a job and living off a welfare check Around successful friends, you'll feel as small as an elf And ain't nobody else to blame, nobody but yourself Because​ your head's hard! So while we hit your head hard, we'll make your body rock! Hit your head and make your body rock While we hit your head hard, we'll make your body rock Hit your head and make your body rock While we hit your head hard, we'll make your body rock Hit your head and make your body rock