The Steam Train Songtext / Lyric

BILLY

You don't know me, but you will.

Let me introduce myself.



Submitted for your approval

The future of basketball

The man with the muscle

And the man with the moves



Submitted for your approval

The man who's too fast to fall

The man who can hustle

And the man who can fly

Who always is hot

When it's time for the shot






Listen,

Any time you want me at all

Any rhyme or reason

Brother, I'm the brother you call to play.

Spring or summer, winter or fall,

Any time or season

Catch the boy who's movin' the ball away -



He's called the

Steam Train, comin' down the track

Better watch your step, better watch your back

'Cause you'll see a shadow, fast and black,

Then the Steam Train's rollin' by



Steam Train, chuggin' down the hill

If you don't move now, then you never will

He's on your tail and he's in for the kill

Then the Steam Train's rollin' by...



JESSICA

He's better than Magic Johnson



BROOKS

The man is all talk, no action



ANDREA

I love how he holds the ball



BILLY

My subjects arrive



BROOKS, ANDREA & JESSICA

The Train's got the talent



BROOKS

But without the technique



ANDREA, JESSICA & BILLY

Toot, toot, here comes the Ssss...



ANDREA & JESSICA

Steam Train...



BILLY

I'm takin' on Michael Jordan



JESSICA

He can score it



BILLY

Yeah, yeah, yeah...



JESSICA

The Train's gonna make it to the

Top of the sky



BROOKS

Got nothin' on Michael Jordan

He's ridin' it for a fall



ANDREA

Lord, I'm fallin' for the

Steam Train



BROOKS

Any team'll

Pass him right by



BROOKS, ANDREA & JESSICA

Prepare for attack

When the Train's on the track!



BILLY

Listen,

I have got my hands on the wheel



ALL

Someone's got to lead us

Takin' on the Train's gonna seal your fate



BILLY

Watch me as I line up a deal

With Nike and Adidas



ALL

All the world is starting to feel the weight

Of the

Steam Train, comin' down the track

Better watch your step, better watch your back



BILLY

Better keep your eyeballs open, Jack



ALL

When the Steam Train's rollin' by

Steam Train, chuggin' down the hill



BILLY

If you want to live, baby, don't stand still



ALL

He's on the move and he's in for the kill

Then the Steam Train's rollin' by...



BILLY

You don't know me.

The last time I saw my father, I was five years old.

He hadn't been home for two months.

He came into the apartment at three o clock in the morning

set fire to the drapes and carpets

and then woke up me and my sister

carried us outside

and walked away

While we watched the building burn down.



You don't know me.

But you will.



BILLY & COMPANY

A new world

Just across the river

A new world

Where I'll have it all!

A new world

Just around the corner

Hear it call!

Hear it call!



COMPANY

Steam Train gotta run, gotta move, gotta blow,

Gotta leave the Bronx behind him

He knows all he's needin' to know to fly (he gonna fly!)

Steam Train, he got places to go

No one ever find him



BILLY & COMPANY

Steam Train movin' on with the show

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Look out, here comes the

Steam Train, comin' down the track

Better watch your step, better watch your back

'Cause you'll see a shadow, fast and black

Then the Steam Train's rollin' by...

Steam Train, chuggin' down the hill

If you don't move now, then you never will

He's on your tail and he's in for the kill

Then the Steam Train's rollin'



Steam Train's rollin'

Steam Train's rollin' by...



BILLY

You don't know me.

There were twelve boys in my fifth grade class at Sojourner Truth.

Four of them are in jail

Six of them are dead

And Gordon Connors

works at Twin Donut on 125th Street.



You don't know me...

but you will.