Electric Avenue
Out in the streets there's violent beasts*
Helicopter birds, Rhino Jeeps
Scuffed up shoes from tyrants feet
(No peace when the wino speaks)
Mouth wide open
Beats be blarin'
Beat Street wearin'
We keep hearin'
Made to be broke
You know the rules
And you know how Monster's do
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Drive to work like a soldier
The war for food
Ticket for parking
(The meal is you)
Propain gas
No name crash
Switch lanes fast
(Or feel the blues)
With no signal, fate takes your turn
(Grabs horns like pistols)
Make you swerve
Break straight lines or skate the curb
(Good God!)
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh no
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Bum rush bump in the line of the club
(Bananas peel for real, slip you up)
Glocks in the street
Shots at the bar
Real rock stars don't play air guitar
Sessions sorrow
Lesson's borrowed
Wild for the night
Arrested tomorrow
Conception perfected
Connection expression
Electric injection
Exit steppin' on down to
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the playground
In the dark side of town
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Rock it in the daytime
Monsters in the night
Monsters in the DC sound set
Monsters in the BX for life
Helicopter birds, Rhino Jeeps
Scuffed up shoes from tyrants feet
(No peace when the wino speaks)
Mouth wide open
Beats be blarin'
Beat Street wearin'
We keep hearin'
Made to be broke
You know the rules
And you know how Monster's do
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Drive to work like a soldier
The war for food
Ticket for parking
(The meal is you)
Propain gas
No name crash
Switch lanes fast
(Or feel the blues)
With no signal, fate takes your turn
(Grabs horns like pistols)
Make you swerve
Break straight lines or skate the curb
(Good God!)
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh no
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Bum rush bump in the line of the club
(Bananas peel for real, slip you up)
Glocks in the street
Shots at the bar
Real rock stars don't play air guitar
Sessions sorrow
Lesson's borrowed
Wild for the night
Arrested tomorrow
Conception perfected
Connection expression
Electric injection
Exit steppin' on down to
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the playground
In the dark side of town
We gonna rock down to
Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Rock it in the daytime
Monsters in the night
Monsters in the DC sound set
Monsters in the BX for life
Credits
Writer(s): Eddy Grant
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