Beastie Boys
Lighten Up lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:42
Lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up right now
Gotta lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up right now
Gotta lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up right now
Gotta lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up
Shine like the sun
Lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up right now
Gotta lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up right now
Gotta lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up right now
Gotta lighten up, gotta lighten up
Gotta lighten up
Shine like the sun
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Key vocabulary
- lighten
- make less heavy
- gotta
- have to
- like
- enjoy; similar toA1
- right
- correctA1
- sun
- the star that warms EarthA1
- shine
- give out lightB1
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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.”