Yow! yow! things so hot in the city
Sometimes the city just don't have no pity
That's why you've got to take some time out
Relax your mind, chill! relax and take it easy man!

Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
Things moving so fast in the city, relax your mind!
...in the city
Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
There ain't no need to get crazy

Bright lights and crowded city nights so far
away from the country
Tune in love music everything is alright, sometimes
alone but never lonely

Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
Things moving so fast in the city, settle your mind!
...in the city
Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
There ain't no need to get crazy, eh

Hey yow! slow down! 'cause you're moving too fast
The last shall be first and the first shall be last
Hey yow! slow down! 'cause it must come to pass
On the bridge and we must get across
Hey yow! slow down! dem a turn and a toss, can't
get no rest for the soul dem wheh lost
Hey yow! slow down! mek we talk to the boss, reach
for the herb before you reach for the cross

aah-ah! aah-ah!

Things so hot you can feel the city heat
Youths and youths getting shot down in the streets
A some are hustling trying to make ends meet
Some living in the fast-lane trying to make their lives complete

Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
Things moving so fast in the city, check the sign(s)
what is your plan?!...in the city
Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
There ain't no need to get crazy, eh

Hey yow! slow down! 'cause you're moving too fast
The last shall be first and the first shall be last
Hey yow! slow down! 'cause it must come to pass
On the bridge and we must get across
Hey yow! slow down! dem a turn and a toss, can't
get no rest for the soul dem wheh lost
Hey yow! slow down! when you talk to the boss, reach
for the herb before you reach for the cross

Overpopulation can't find no room to stand
Drugs and pollution running rampant in the land
Some looking for the short-cut, some are too far gone
Come on now children, little children hold on

Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
Things moving so fast in the city, relax you(r)
mind, meditation!...in the city
Gotta relax...gotta relax, and take it easy...easy
There ain't no need to get crazy

Gotta relax, relax nuh man!...gotta relax
You've gotta relax, cho!...gotta relax
You've gotta relax...gotta relax
You've gotta relax...gotta relax
Gotta relax, take it easy, take it easy
...gotta relax
Take it easy, take it easy, you've gotta relax, hey!
...gotta relax
Gotta relax now, now, now, now, now, got to
...gotta relax
Gotta relax ooh and take it easy...gotta relax
Take it easy, take it, take it slow and easy
...gotta relax, ooh
Let's take it slow and easy now now now mama, mama
...gotta relax