Beastie Boys
Remote Control lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:59
Boom!
Yeah, the world mashed up
Well, things get hectic quick
From the satellite dish to your joy stick
It's the night of the living cable box
Wires coming up from around the block
Remote control to change the station
But that won't change your situation
Have you seen what I mean?
I'm a little gnome that's in your dreams
So I'm sayin' this rhyme built by design
To take you beyond space and time
Said who is the man making diamonds out of coal
The man pushin' buttons on remote control
Remote control
Remote control
Until your back's up against the wall
You never know yourself that much at all
So you've got to share your love with a friend
That's all you've got left in the end
I said livin' in this city of pure confusion
People mislead by their own illusion
All this action, no satisfaction
We're all linked together like a chain reaction
Play or fold, love is bold
What is the future that will unfold?
Some like it hot, others like it cold
But we all want to hold the remote control
Remote control
Remote control
Remote control
Remote control
Things get hectic quick
All of the sudden I'm in the thick
Too much drama all around
Distractions boomin' in Sensurround
Like a rainy day's Earth, it won't sit still
Slidin' on down a hill
Sometimes life, it seems to stall
But never be ungrateful, y'all
So I got a little somethin' for your pay per view
Like Don King, I've got a crazy hairdo
We've got cameras on Mars on space patrol
Controlled on Earth by remote control
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Key vocabulary
- station
- place for trainsA1
- things
- objects; mattersA1
- remote
- far awayB1
- boom
- loud deep soundC1
- livin
- living (style)
- around
- in a circular areaA1
- beyond
- past; outside limitsB2
- box
- a container with sidesA1
- built
- made with materialsA1
- chain
- linked metal ringsB1
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.”