Shadrach Lyrics by Beastie Boys

Shadrach Lyrics

    Riddle me this brother can you handle it
    Your style to my style you can't hold a candle to it
    Equinox symmetry and the balance is right
    Smokin' and drinkin' on a Tuesday night
    It's not how you play the game it's how you win it
    I cheat and steal and sin and I'm a cynic
    For those about to rock we salute you
    The dirty thoughts for dirty minds we contribute to
    I once was lost but now I'm found
    The music washes over and you're one with the sound
    Who shall inherit the earth the meek shall
    I think I'm starting to peak now Al
    From S.S. Decontrol and the man upstairs I hope that he cares
    If I had a penny for my thoughts I'd be a millionaire
    We're just 3 M.C.'s and we're on the go
    SHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO
    Only 24 hours in a day
    Only 12 notes a man can play
    Music for all and not just one people
    And now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequel
    More Adidas sneakers that a plumber got pliers
    Got more suites that Jacoby & Meyers
    If not for my vices my bugged out desires
    My year would be good just like Goodyear's tires
    So I'm out pickin' pockets at the Atlantic Antic
    And nobody wants to hear you cause your rhymes are so frantic
    I mix business with pleasure way too much
    I mean wine and women and song and such
    I don't get blue I gotta mean red streak
    You don't pay the band your friends and that's weak
    Get even like Steven like pulling a Rambo
    SHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO
    Steal from the rich and I'm out robbing banks
    Give to the poor and I always give thanks
    Got more stories that J.D. Salinger
    I hold the title and you are the challenger
    I've got money like Charles Dickens
    Got the girlies in the Couple like the Colonel's got the chickens
    Always go out dapper like Harry S. Truman
    I'm madder than Mad's Alfred E. Newman
    *Never gonna let them say that I don't love you*
    My noggin is hoggin all kinds of thoughts
    Adam Yoggin is Yauch and he's rockin of course
    Smoke the holy chalice got my own religion
    Rally round the stage and check the funky dope musicians
    Jerry Lee Swaggert or Jerry Lee Falwell
    You love Mario Andretti cause he always drives his car well
    Vicious circle of reality since the day you were born
    And we love the hot butter on what the popcorn
    Sippin on wine and mackin
    Rockin on the stage with all the hands clappin
    Ride the wave of fate it don't ride me
    *Being very proud to be an M.C.*
    And the man upstairs I hope that he cares
    If I had a penny for my thoughts I'd be a millionaire
    Amps and crossovers under my rear hood
    The bass is bumpin from the back of my Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance
    They tell us what to do hell no
    SHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO

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