Segundo a [XXL](http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/07/kurtis-blow-appointed-to-new-york-city-nightlife-advisory-board/), na última quinta (12) um dos pioneiros do hip hop Kurtis Blow, autor do hit ["The Breaks"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDUEilS5M4), foi indicado para participar de um novo conselho de vida noturna da cidade de Nova York pelo prefeito da cidade, Bill de Blasio. Junto a treze outros membros do comitê, formado por DJs, advogados e Blow trabalhará junto ao equivalente nova-iorquino a uma secretaria de vida noturna para aprimorar regulamentos que dizem respeito a bares, baladas e casas de shows.

O rapper comemorou a notícia, que é um importante reconhecimento do hip hop na cidade que o originou há mais de 40 anos, com um [post no Twitter](https://twitter.com/KurtisBlow1/status/1017822545339408384).

Em São Paulo, cidade em que o rap tem grande força cultural e política, nenhum esforço do tipo foi feito para dar voz ativa aos participantes da cultura &#x2013; apesar de [algumas iniciativas](http://spcultura.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/projeto/284/) que deram ao gênero um maior incentivo ao longo dos últimos anos.

Clap your hands everybody
If you got what it takes
'Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know
That these are the breaks

Breaks on a bus brakes on a car
Breaks to make you a superstar
Breaks to win and breaks to lose
But these here breaks will rock your shoes
And these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up!

If your woman steps out with another man
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
And she runs off with him to Japan
And the IRS says they want to chat
And you can't explain why you claimed your cat
And Ma Bell sends you a whopping bill
With eighteen phone calls to Brazil
And you borrowed money from the mob
And yesterday you lost your job
Well, these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up

Throw your hands up in the sky
And wave 'em 'round from side to side
And if you deserve a break tonight
Somebody say alright! (All right)
Say ho-oo! (Ho-oo!)
And you don't stop
Keep on, somebody scream!( Owwwww!)
Break down!

Breaks on a stage, breaks on a screen
Breaks to make your wallet lean
Breaks run cold and breaks run hot
Some folks got 'em and some have not
But these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up!
Break down!

To the girl in brown, stop messing around
(Break it up, break it up)
To the guy in blue, whatcha gonna do?
(Break it up, break it up)
To the girl in green, don't be so mean
(Break it up, break it up)
And the guy in red, say what I said
(Break it up, break it up)
Break down!

Brakes on a plane, brakes on a train
Breaks to make you go insane
Breaks in love, breaks in war
But we got the breaks to get you on the floor
And these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up!
Break down! Yo!

Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!
Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!
Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!
Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!

You say last week you met the perfect guy
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
And he promised you the stars in the sky
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
He said his Cadilac was gold
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
But he didn't say it was ten years old
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
He took you out to the Red Coach grill
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
But he forgot the cash and you paid the bill
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
And he told you the story of his life
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
But he forgot the part about...his wife!
(That's the breaks, Huh! Huh! that's the breaks)
Well, these are the breaks!
Break it up, break it up, break it up!
Break down!

Kurtis Blow-The Breaks

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