Space Race - The Sugarhill Gang

«Good morning, this is mission control

We’ve got a beautiful day, and you’ve been cleared for lift-off.»

You don’t need no juice or rocket fuel

You don’t need to waste time in flight school

You gotta burn bright like a meteorite

Start spinning around like a satellite

So let’s you and me defy gravity

Come on everybody, everybody come on

And get up!

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Life in the slow lane gets to be a drag

gotta pack a bag, uh-huh

The shuttle’s fast, if you like to get around

My mind’s on the Moon, my behind is on the ground

Come on!

So you wanna be an astronaut?

(«You've been cleared for lift off.»)

Fire it up, give it all you got («In T minus 60 seconds»)

So you wanna be an astronaut?

Fire it up, give it all you got

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Space race

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I had a close encounter, didn’t know what kind

Bright lights in the sky, you never know what you’ll find

I haven’t stayed around, just to see what was the plan

Jogging up the door, came a little tiny man

So you wanna be an astronaut?

(«all systems go, lift-off in T minus 20 seconds.

Fire it up, give it all you got

So you wanna be an astronaut?

Fire it up, give it all you got

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, rock it!

We got lift off, Houston, we got lift off in a 700 hours, looking good

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, rock it!

Looking good, looking good!

We got a lift-off, we got a lift-off

Let’s you and me defy gravity

Let’s you and me defy gravity

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A little space friends said he had to call home

«You look like a freak», and he felt so all alone

He said he came to Earth to see what it’s about

He said it’s easy getting in, but it’s hard getting out

So you wanna be an astronaut?

(This is mission control, we’re switching

director rockets)

Fire it up, give it all you got (For our second stage of the lift-off.)

So you wanna be an astronaut?

Fire it up, give it all you got

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Space

So you wanna be an astronaut?

(This is mission control, we’re switching to

automatic pilot)

Fire it up, give it all you got (Relax fellas, everything’s under control.)

So you wanna be an astronaut?

Fire it up, give it all you got

Space race

Space race

Space race

Space race

People everywhere, if you wanna get away

Maybe just around the corner, or the Milky Way

Transport is in your mind, if you wanna be free

To race for space, that’s made for you & me

This is mission control, we’re switching you now to our commander-in-chief

Well, I’d like to congratulate you on your outstanding efforts

We’re all very proud of all of you

And we’re all hoping and wishing for your safe return…

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