Breakdance Beach Lyrics

[Hook]:
I know a place hid away from the streets
From the cops and the heat and the fake-ass beefs
Where the waves and the sand and the spraycans meet

Breakdance Beach?
BREAKDANCE BEACH!

[Aesop Rock]:
Work all morn tryna make ends meet
By the A&P selling H and E
On a very slow day made his way to the sea
Fuck Playland
BREAKDANCE BEACH!

[Rob Sonic]:
Boardwalk ordering a steak and cheese
Gotta wait and see if the maître d'
Put the eggplant Sammy on the same receipt

Leg pants peace?
BREAKDANCE BEACH!

[Aesop Rock]:
Robot arms, caveman teeth
Argyle tracksuit, name-brand sneaks


[Rob Sonic]:
Barfly bolted by the waistband brief
Eight cans deep in the same damn seat
Gucci frock on the space camp geek
Kick it, grape lady
“I can't breathe”

[Aesop Rock]:
Might just start a breakdance fanzine
Great place for a skate ramp
BREAKDANCE BEACH!

[Hook]
I know a place hid away from the streets
From the cops and the heat and the fake-ass beefs
Where the waves and the sand and the spraycans meet

Breakdance Beach?
BREAKDANCE BEACH!

[Rob Sonic]:
Jambox shorts and the tapes and beats
Train-crash screech like a stray banshee
Dr. Zaius: No way man's free
And apes can’t speak on

BREAKDANCE BEACH!

[Aesop Rock]:
Um, yeah, we got a playpen breach
The assailant a well known Ray-Bans thief
Windmill on sand and a James Gang tee
Rain Man: Definitely
BREAKDANCE BEACH!

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A song about a mythical breakdancing heaven, where all the B-boys and fly girls can go to dance all the livelong day.

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What did Hail Mary Mallon say about "Breakdance Beach"?
Genius Answer

In an interview with Spectrum Culture, Rob explained the origins of the song.

The original idea was because when I was a kid I was in Wildwood, NJ with my parents. I was like this little breakdancer kid who didn’t ever want to leave breakdancing ever. My parents dragged me there and I was essentially a jerk the entire trip. I basically was so about breakdancing that I was at this beach resort with these families. I was like 10 or 11 years old and I was mean-mugging as they passed. I was just being crazy. Eventually, during a family photo I did a freeze in the sand to protest. This was my way of rebelling against the fact my parents just wanted me to come out and have a good vacation with them. Fuck that shit.

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Release Date
May 3, 2011
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