NO! SLEEP! TILL BROOKLYN!

[Bouncy Ball]

Know what I mean?

;-)

[Melodybe]

1. I love the Beasties

[Fenris]

2. Brass Monkey...

[Bouncy Ball]

5. That funky monkey.

[The Donkey]

3. I always thought it was . . .

NO . . . SLEEP . . . . TILL BEDTIME!!!!

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[Avalux]

4. Those were the days

:headbang:

[Bouncy Ball]

8. I just read the lyrics to it and they are hilarious.

They sound really dated to me.

Foot on the pedal - never ever false metal
Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle
My job's ain't a job - it's a damn good time
City to city - I'm running my rhymes
On location - touring around the nation
Beastie Boys always on vacation
Itchy trigger finger but a stable turntable
I do what I do best because I'm illing and able
Ain't no faking - your money I'm taking
Going coast to coast - watching all the girlies shaking
While you're at the job working nine to five
The Beastie Boys at the Garden - cold kickin' it live

Another place - another train
Another bottle in the brain
Another girl - another fight
Another drive all night
Our manager's crazy - he always smokes dust
He's got his own room at the back of the bus
Tour around the world - you rock around the clock
Plane to hotel - girls on the jock
We're thrashing hotels like it's going out of style
Getting paid along the way cause it's worth your while
Four on the floor - Adrock's out the door
M.C.A.'s in the back because he's skeezin' with a whore
We got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack
With dice in the front and Brooklyn's in the back

Ain't seen the light since we started this band
M.C.A. - get on the mic my man
Born and bred Brooklyn - U.S.A.
They all me Adam Yauch - but I'm M.C.A.
Like a lemon to a lime - a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women
Got limos, arena, TV shows
Autograph pictures and classy hos
Step off homes - get out of my way
Taxing little girlies form here to L.A.
Waking up before I get to sleep
Cause I'll be rocking this party eight days a week

:rofl:

[Avalux]

11. OMG - too funny

and yes, they sound VERY dated. Good stuff anyway! :rofl:

[tigereye]

12. ah

that's what happens to hardcore boys when they "sell out," even for fun. :silly:

they are so over the top that they still make me laugh. ( and it was and is a very lucrative joke, after all.)

[mark414]

6. i think you know what time it is

it's time to get ill

[Lavender Brown]

7. You're coming for a visit?

:P

[Bouncy Ball]

10. I would love to just take off

and drive straight through the Smokey Mountains, no stopping and no sleep till Brooklyn.

But that might result in an accident or two.

:D

[redqueen]

9. Four on the floor

Ad Rock's out the door
MCA's in the back
because he's skeezin with a whore

[GregW]

13. Nowwwwwwww .... here's a little story, I've got to tell ....

... About three bad brothers - you know so well
It started way back in history
With Adrock, M.C.A., and me - Mike D.
Been had a little horsy named Paul Revere
Just me and my horsy and a quart of beer
Riding across the land - kicking up sand
Sheriff's posse on my tail cause I'm in demand
One lonely Beastie I be
All by myself - without nobody
The sun is beating down on my baseball hat
The air is gettin' hot - the beer is getting flat
Lookin' for a girl - I ran into a guy
His name is M.C.A., I said, "Howdy" - he said, "Hi"


He told a little story - that sounded well rehearsed
Four days on the run and that he's dying of thirst
The brew was in my hand - and he was on my tip
His voice was hoarse, his throat was dry - he asked me for a sip
He said, "Can I get some?"
I said, "You can't get none!"
Had a chance to run
He pulled out his shotgun
He was quick on the draw - I thought I'd be dead
He put the gun to my head and this is what he said,


"Now my name is M.C.A. - I've got a license to kill
I think you know what time it is - it's time to get ill
Now what do we have here - an outlaw and his beer
I run this land, you understand - I make myself clear."
We stepped into the wind - he had a gun, I had a grin
You think this story's over but it's ready to begin


"Now I got the gun - you got the brew
You got two choices of what you can do
It's not a tough decision as you can see
I can blow you away or you can ride with me" I said, I'll ride with you if you
can get me to the border
The sheriff's after me for what I did to his daughter
I did it like this - I did it like that
I did it with a whiffleball bat
So I'm on the run - the cop's got my gun
And right about now - it's time to have some fun
The King Adrock - that is my name
And I know the fly spot where they got the champagne."
We rode for six hours then we hit the spot
The beat was a bumping and the girlies was hot
This dude was staring like he knows who we are
We took the empty spot next to him at the bar
M.C.A. said, "Yo, you know this kid?"
I said, "I didn't." - but I know he did
The kid said, "Get ready cause this ain't funny
My name's Mike D. and I'm about to get money."
Pulled out the jammy - aimed it at the sky
He yelled, "Stick 'em up!" - and let two fly
Hands went up and people hit the floor
He wasted two kids that ran for the door
"I'm Mike D. and I get respect
Your cash and your jewelry is what I expect"
M.C.A. was with it and he's my ace
So I grabbed the piano player and I punched him in the face
The piano player's out - the music stopped
His boy had beef - and he got dropped
Mike D. grabbed the money - M.C.A. snatched the gold
I grabbed two girlies and a beer that's cold.

[VelmaD]

15. Damn...you beat me to it

LOVED that song back in the day. :)

[flvegan]

14. My, my, but how the BBoys have changed.

Punk/thrash to hip hop to sampling wizardry to hip hop mixed with jazz and hardcore to...

And the boys themselves...from punks to frat boys to Buddhists...

They've been my be all, end all favorites non-stop for almost 18 years.

Ack...now I feel old.

[flvegan]

16. Dammit, Bouncy! You've caused democracy to take a backseat.

I've just stopped streaming Air America and inserted License To Ill. Yeah, yeah, yeah...why do I hate America. I can already hear it.

[HughBeaumont]

17. Too bad the worst song on the album was the biggest hit

License to Ill had SO many great songs on it other than "Fight for your Right to Party", many of which have already been mentioned in this thread.

[RagingInMiami]

18. There wasn't a bad song on that album

Although I never really cared much for "girls".

[HughBeaumont]

19. I skipped over "Fight for your Right" every time

Just not into "The Hit Single". That's the later Beasties fan in me.