Beastie Boys
Jimmy James lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:15
This next one is the first song on our new album
People how you doin', there's a new day dawnin'
For the Earth Mother, it's a brand new mornin'
For such a long while, there's been such a longin'
But now the sun is shinin', let's roll back the awnin'
This is a type of kinda like a formal dedication
Givin' out a shout for much inspiration
All I ever really want to do is get nice
Get loose and goof a little slice of life
Sendin' out love to all corners of the land
I jump up on the stage and take the mic in my hand
I'm not playin' the role, just being who I am
And if you try to diss me, I couldn't give a damn
'Cause I'm rockin'
Bass from the back of my car feels soothin'
Eight bazookas is what I'm usin'
I'm Mike D, and it's been proven
I love it when I see the party people just movin'
Strapped on my ear goggles and what did I see?
But the music brought the people into harmony
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Key vocabulary
- give
- hand overA1
- hand
- person's arm endA1
- how
- in what wayA1
- it's
- it is (contraction)A1
- land
- earth; to arriveA1
- let's
- we shouldA1
- life
- time you liveA1
- music
- organized soundsA1
- new
- not old; recentA1
- take
- hold or carryA1
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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.”