A little question at the beginning of this clip: Which music-loving reader of the crypt knows who plucks the guitar on “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”? The answer to this question and the lyrics of the song are available after the jump!
It's Kerry King from Slayer. And here, as promised, the lyrics to the song:
(chorus) No sleep 'til - Brooklyn
Foot on the pedal - never ever false metal
Engine runs 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 fingers but a stable turntable
I do what I do best because I'm willing 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(bridge) No sleep 'til –
Another plan, 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
MCA'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(repeat bridge)
(repeat chorus)
Ain't seen the light since we started this band
MCA - get on the mic my man
Born and bred Brooklyn - USA
They call me Adam Yauch - but I'm MCA
Like a lemon to a lime - a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women
Got limos, arenas, TV shows
Autograph pictures and classy shoes
Step off homes - get out of my way
Taxing little girlies from here to LA
Waking up before I get to sleep
Cause I'll be rocking this party eight days a weekNo sleep till brooklyn ...
No sleep till brooklyn ...
No sleep till brooklyn ...
No sleep till brooklyn ...
No sleep till brooklyn ...
oohhhh…. soooo cool ... thank you
You are welcome