Soundtrack/theme song from the 1982 Sylvester Stallone film «Rocky III» with Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
LYRICS
Oh I know how to levitate up off my feet,
And ever since the seventh grade I learned to fire-breathe,
And though I feed on things that fell,
You can learn to levitate with just a little help,
Learn to levitate with just a little help.
Come down, come down,
Cowards only come through when the hour’s late,
And everyone’s asleep, mind you,
Now, show up, show up,
I know I shouldn’t say this,
But a curse from you is all that I would need right now, man.
Danger in the fabric of this thing I made,
I probably shouldnt show you but it’s way too late,
My heart is with you hiding but my minds not made,
Now they know it like we both knew for some time Id say.
They’re smirking at fresh blood, theyre circling above,
But this is not enough,
Yeah this is not what you thought,
No, no we are not just graffiti on a passing train,
I got back what I once bought back,
In that slot I wont need to replace.
This culture is a poacher of overexposure, not today,
Dont feed me to the vultures, I am a vulture who feeds on pain.
Sleep in a well-lit room, dont let the shadow through,
And sever all I knew. Yeah sever all,
I thought I could depend on, my weekends,
On the freezing ground that Im sleeping on,
Please keep me from, please keep me down from the ledges,
Better test it, wooden wedges under doorways,
Keep your wooden wedges under doors.
Chorus, verse, chorus, verse,
Now here comes the eight. Wait, habits here too,
Youre the worst, your structure compensates,
But compensation feels a lot like rising up to dominate,
By track two, at least they all know all they hear comes from a place.
℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Audio Recording Engineer: ALALAL
Audio Recording Engineer: Ari Levine
Vibes: Artie Smith
Assistant Engineer: Bob Mallory
Lead Vocals: Bruno Mars
Additional Engineer: Charles Moniz
Mastering Engineer: David Kutch
Producer: Emile Haynie
Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker
Producer: Jeff Bhasker
Mixing Engineer: Manny Marroquin
Beats: Mark Ronson
Audio Recording Engineer: Mark Ronson
Producer: Mark Ronson
Bass Guitar: Nick Movshon
Guitar: Sharrod Barnes
Drums: Steve Jordan
Executive Producer: The Smeezingtons
Assistant Engineer: Tyler Hartman
Writer: Ari Levine
Writer: Bruno Mars
Writer: Philip Lawrence