Yes We Can-Can

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