This is the place you face the music   I demonstrate an altered state   With the black light shining on the boom box   I rush the show to the underground spot   From p.m. to a.m. you are and I am   Choking on smoke below the coliseum      Not soft shoe 'cause I wear the new dance   Scoping the girls with the shrinky dink pants   Milk crate steady mic check one two feedback   Shellac about to break on through      Broadcast by a radio station low   Downstairs at the basement show   Downstairs at the basement show      Well, I mark the X on the party map   A flying V peavy sonic attack   The cops are here if you believe the rap   Take a five-finger deal on the silver tap      Well, I pull my hat down, I take the stairs down   Getting together in with the out crowd   You got the beer, we got the time   So I'm skipping everybody in the bathroom line   Robot moves on a wild rumpus   Standing up front where the stacks is thumpin'      A broadcast by a radio station low   Downstairs at the basement show   Downstairs at the basement show      Well, I'm keeping it on going all night long   Clearing the six-foot on the front lawn   A bottleneck check your mic marinade   I come late to the masquerade to the sweat box   Dirty knee socks and I'm going through the back   When the front door's locked      A broadcast by a radio station low   Downstairs at the basement show   Downstairs at the basement show   Downstairs at the basement show   Downstairs at the basement show