[Intro: hype male MC over the bouncing kick] Friday night, rec center, last one ever Every crew in the city in the gym together [Hook: hype male MC] Monday they gon' tear it down, so tonight we tear it down Every board on this floor gettin' stomped into the ground Bulldozers in the lot, but they ain't got nothin' on us Tear it down, tear it down, leave the wreckin' crew the dust [Verse 1: hype male MC, quick and bouncy] Learned to walk in this gym, learned to fall on this wood Miss Doreen at the desk sayin', "Baby, that's good" Every crew on the east side came to battle in here Every kid with nowhere else to go had a corner and a chair Then a letter on the door said, "Closin' for a lot" Condos comin' Monday, and the city sold the spot So Doreen called it out, one last battle Friday night Every crew in the city and the bleachers packed tight Ten crews, one floor, and the prize is a key Last key to the building, and it's comin' home with me [Hook: hype male MC] Monday they gon' tear it down, so tonight we tear it down Every board on this floor gettin' stomped into the ground Bulldozers in the lot, but they ain't got nothin' on us Tear it down, tear it down, leave the wreckin' crew the dust [Verse 2: hype male MC, he switches to a triplet flow like footwork] Hit the floor, hit it more, hit it harder than before Every board is a drum, and every drum is gettin' sore Southside crew in the middle with the windmills and the flips Westside answer with the freezes and the poppin' of the hips Little Tasha only nine, and she's spinnin' on her head Grown men in the bleachers jumpin' up like they were dead We ain't battlin' each other, we just battlin' the date Every crew in here is dancin' like the dozers at the gate [Hook: hype male MC] Monday they gon' tear it down, so tonight we tear it down Every board on this floor gettin' stomped into the ground Bulldozers in the lot, but they ain't got nothin' on us Tear it down, tear it down, leave the wreckin' crew the dust [Verse 3: hype male MC, wild, then stunned, then wilder] Midnight, last song, and the floor got a crack Doreen grabbed the mic, and she said, "Y'all, come back" "Ain't no condos, ain't no lot, ain't no dozers comin' through I typed that letter at my desk, 'cause I needed somethin' new Y'all been dancin' like it's Tuesday, like this floor is always here Had to make it be the last one so you'd dance it like you care" Room went still for a second, then the whole gym screamed Lifted Doreen on our shoulders, and the bleachers steamed So the bulldozers ain't comin', but we dance it like they are Every Friday is the last one, and we dance it like it's war [Hook: hype male MC] Monday they gon' tear it down, so tonight we tear it down Every board on this floor gettin' stomped into the ground Bulldozers in the lot, but they ain't got nothin' on us Tear it down, tear it down, leave the wreckin' crew the dust [End]
