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Ch‐Check It Out – Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys

Ch‐Check It Out lyrics

Language
English
Level
Intermediate
Released
2004
Genre
Pop
Length
3:13
  1. All you Trekkies and TV addicts

  2. Don't mean to diss don't mean to bring static

  3. All you Klingons in fuckin house

  4. Grab your backstreet friend and get loud

  5. Blowin' doors off hinges

  6. I'll grab you with the pinchers

  7. And no, I didn't retire

  8. I'll snatch you up with the needle-nose pliers

  1. Like Mutual of Omaha

  2. With the ill boat you've never seen before

  3. Glidin' in the glades

  4. And like Lorne Greene you know I get paid

  5. Like Caprese and with the basil

  6. Not goofy like Darren or Hazel

  7. I'm a motherfuckin' "Nick at night"

  8. With classics rerunning that you know all right

  9. Now remain calm, no alarm, 'cause my farm ain't fat

  10. So what's up with that?

  11. I've got friends and family that I respect

  12. When I think I'm too good they put me in check

  13. So believe when I say I'm no better than you

  14. Except when I rap so I guess it ain't true

  15. Like that y'all and you just don't stop

  16. Guaranteed to make your body rock

  17. Check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out

  18. What-wha-what-what-what's it all about?

  19. Work-wa-work-work-work-wa-work it out

  20. Let's turn this, turn this party out

  21. Said, Doc what's the condition?

  22. I'm a man that's on a mission

  23. Said, son, you'd better listen

  24. Stuck in your (what?) is an electrician

  25. Like a scientist

  26. When I'm applying this

  27. Method of controlling my mind

  28. Like Einstein and the rappin' Duke combined

  29. Now, hey, baby bubba now what the deal?

  30. I didn't know you go for that mass appeal

  31. Some call it salugi, some hot potato

  32. I stole your mic and you won't see it later

  33. 'Cause I work magic like a magician

  34. I add up like a mathematician

  35. I'm a bank cashier, engineer

  36. I wear cotton but I don't wear sheer

  37. Shazam and abracadabra

  38. In the whip I'm gonna cruise past ya

  39. Yo, money, don't chump yourself

  40. Put that (what?) back on the shelf

  41. Light rays blazin'

  42. You're out of phase, and my crew's amazin'

  43. We're working on the record yo, so just stay patient

  44. Check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out

  45. What-wha-what-what-what's it all about?

  46. Work-wa-work-work-work-wa-work it out

  47. Let's turn this, turn this party out

  48. Now, I go by the name of the King Adrock

  49. I don't wear a cup nor a jock

  50. I bring the shit that's beyond bizarre

  51. Like Miss Piggy, who moi?

  52. I am the one with the clientele

  53. Who say, Adrock, you rock so well

  54. I've got class like pink champale

  55. MCA grab the mic before the mic goes stale

  56. Don't test me they can't arrest me

  57. I'll fake right, cross-over and shoot lefty

  58. You look upset, yo, calm down

  59. You look like cable guy dunked off of your crown

  60. I flow like smoke out a chimney

  61. You never been me

  62. You want to rap but what you're making ain't Hip-Hop, B

  63. Now, get your clothes right out the dryer

  64. Put Armor-All up on your tire

  65. Sport that fresh attire

  66. Tonight we goin' out set the town on fire

  67. Set the town ablaze, gonna stun and amaze

  68. Ready to throw a craze

  69. Make your granny shake her head and say "those were the days"

  70. Now, check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out

  71. What-wha-what-what-what's it all about?

  72. Work-wa-work-work-work-wa-work it out

  73. Let's turn this, turn this party out

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Key vocabulary

trekkies
fans of Star Trek
diss
insult or criticize
klingons
alien warriors in Star Trek
fuckin
very (strong informal)
lorne
a man’s name
greene
a surname or given name
caprese
tomato-basil-mozzarella salad
darren
a man’s name
stuck
unable to move
electrician
wires and fixes electricity

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About this song

Beastie Boys were an American hip-hop group from New York, mixing rap with punk, funk, and jazz. They are known for albums like Licensed to Ill and Paul’s Boutique, which helped define late-1980s rap, along with the MTV hit “Sabotage.”

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Ch‐Check It Out

All you Trekkies and TV addicts

Don't mean to diss don't mean to bring static

All you Klingons in fuckin house

Grab your backstreet friend and get loud

Blowin' doors off hinges

I'll grab you with the pinchers

And no, I didn't retire

I'll snatch you up with the needle-nose pliers

Like Mutual of Omaha

With the ill boat you've never seen before

Glidin' in the glades

And like Lorne Greene you know I get paid

Like Caprese and with the basil

Not goofy like Darren or Hazel

I'm a motherfuckin' "Nick at night"

With classics rerunning that you know all right

Now remain calm, no alarm, 'cause my farm ain't fat

So what's up with that?

I've got friends and family that I respect

When I think I'm too good they put me in check

So believe when I say I'm no better than you

Except when I rap so I guess it ain't true

Like that y'all and you just don't stop

Guaranteed to make your body rock

Check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out

What-wha-what-what-what's it all about?

Work-wa-work-work-work-wa-work it out

Let's turn this, turn this party out

Said, Doc what's the condition?

I'm a man that's on a mission

Said, son, you'd better listen

Stuck in your (what?) is an electrician

Like a scientist

When I'm applying this

Method of controlling my mind

Like Einstein and the rappin' Duke combined

Now, hey, baby bubba now what the deal?

I didn't know you go for that mass appeal

Some call it salugi, some hot potato

I stole your mic and you won't see it later

'Cause I work magic like a magician

I add up like a mathematician

I'm a bank cashier, engineer

I wear cotton but I don't wear sheer

Shazam and abracadabra

In the whip I'm gonna cruise past ya

Yo, money, don't chump yourself

Put that (what?) back on the shelf

Light rays blazin'

You're out of phase, and my crew's amazin'

We're working on the record yo, so just stay patient

Check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out

What-wha-what-what-what's it all about?

Work-wa-work-work-work-wa-work it out

Let's turn this, turn this party out

Now, I go by the name of the King Adrock

I don't wear a cup nor a jock

I bring the shit that's beyond bizarre

Like Miss Piggy, who moi?

I am the one with the clientele

Who say, Adrock, you rock so well

I've got class like pink champale

MCA grab the mic before the mic goes stale

Don't test me they can't arrest me

I'll fake right, cross-over and shoot lefty

You look upset, yo, calm down

You look like cable guy dunked off of your crown

I flow like smoke out a chimney

You never been me

You want to rap but what you're making ain't Hip-Hop, B

Now, get your clothes right out the dryer

Put Armor-All up on your tire

Sport that fresh attire

Tonight we goin' out set the town on fire

Set the town ablaze, gonna stun and amaze

Ready to throw a craze

Make your granny shake her head and say "those were the days"

Now, check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out

What-wha-what-what-what's it all about?

Work-wa-work-work-work-wa-work it out

Let's turn this, turn this party out