The Clash - Movers And Shakers lyrics

The boy stood in the burning slum
Better times had to come
Fate lay in the hands that clap
The muscles that move the heart to rap
He went up on money street
Wavin' and poppin' to the beat
Off his wit's and on his feet
He worked a coin from the cold concrete

Movers and shakers come on
You got what it takes to make it
Movers and shakers come on
Even if you have to fake it

Where the highways meets the lights
With a red bandanna, rapid wipes
He shines glass, he cleans chrome
He'll accept what he gets thrown
This man earns 'cause it's understood
Times are bad and he's making good
Down on him but he's got it beat


He's working coin from the cold concrete

Movers and shakers come on (come on)
You got what it takes to make it
Movers and shakers come on (come on)
Even if you have to fake it

When I see you down and I say
That ain't no way through hey!
That ain't no way through hey!

Movers and shakers come on
You got what it takes to make it
Movers and shakers come on
Even if you have to fake it

Way back in some city heat
When a friend was anybody with food to eat
Was a lousy life and a leaking roof
We got up to find that truth
Make a drum from a garbage can
And allow your tongue to be a man
When the beat propels you offa your seat
We got it made in the cold concrete

Movers and shakers come on (come on)
You got what it takes to make it
Movers and shakers come on (come on)
Even if you have to fake it
Movers and shakers come on
You got what it takes to make it
Movers and shakers come on
Even if you have to fake it come on!