Uh-huh! Just relaxing! Yeah, feels good Uh-huh, kinda funky Here we go! It's half past eight and you're late for work Your stopped in gridlock and you're going berserk (Uh-huh) Put in overtime five days a week (Okay) Pullin' out your hair for stress relief, But you gotta compete so you get no sleep (Yup) You want the good life but it don't come cheap (Nope!) Climbin to the top of the totem pole, You'll fall and break your neck man slow the flow Now I'm from southern California, home of the laid back We don't go lookin' for a needle in a haystack And I say that in a subdued mood Kick it on the beach, eat a little Mexican food But you, I don't understand, what's the rush? All flushed Mad like you missed the bus Another one's comin' in about ten minutes Man you don't gotta push yourself to the limit Slow the flow, relax your mind Gain control, take your time Slow the flow, relax your mind Gain control, take your time Uh-huh, uh-huh Yeah! "Slow the flow! " Uh-huh "I like to let my rhymes flow! " "Slow your flow! " Relax, man "I like to let my rhyme flo-flo-flo-flow" Dizzy Dustin! Forget about the weekdays, ready for the weekend Bring your swim trunks and jump into the deep end (Stop!) for a minute or two and take a look at the view I guarantee you'll see something new We only have two seasons; summer and spring So rock your flip flops and your cutoff jeans If you live in Long Beach then you know that I mean California dreamin' where it's all routine A situation comes that so soon is past And you'll catch whiplash movin (What?) so quick fast (Fast, fast, fast) Fast, so fast, you risk breaking a limb You're looking for satisfaction; mistaken again King Solomon sang it's like chasin the wind, You need to slow down start takin' it in You need to slow down start takin' it in You gotta slow down start takin' it in You betta slow start takin' it in, start takin' it in Slow the flow, relax your mind Gain control, take your time Slow the flow, relax your mind Gain control, take your time Slow the flow, relax your mind Gain control, take your time (I like to let my rhymes flow) Slow the flow, relax your mind Gain control, take your time Uh-huh, uh-huh In London, slow the flow New York, slow the flow Shanghai, slow the flow In Berlin, slow the flow In Tokyo, slow the flow Rio De Janeiro, slow the flow In Sydney, slow the flow Moscow, slow the flow In Seoul, slow the flow Long Beach, you don't keep it slow! (Oh yeah, say what) Let's get outta here! (Yeah, oh yeah, say what? Yeah, oh yeah, say what? Yeah...) And one, a two, three, four, five, a six A seven, a eight (Yeah!) Here are some of the ways we survive (Alright!) There's always shoplifting at the? Pay for a pack of gum and steal a steak Or insecurity is too close by (What you going do?) Eat the cheese right there I said enterprise, you got to enterprise, enterprise You got to enterprise, Bicycle stealing, used to be (used to be), good until the syndicate got all in it But you can now and then...