Company, always on the run
Destiny, it's the rising sun
I was born a shotgun in my hand
Behind the gun I'll make my final stand
Yeah, that's why they call me

Bad company, I can't deny
Bad, bad company
Till the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

Rebel souls, deserters we've been called
Chose a gun and threw away the sun
Now these towns, they all know our names
The death punch sound is our claim to fame
That's why they call me

Bad company, I can't deny
Bad, bad company
Till the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

Eye for an eye
Tooth for a tooth
Blood for blood
We've all gotta die, we've all gotta die

And that's why they call me
Bad company, I wont deny
Bad, bad company
Until the day I die

Take, if you want a slice
If you want a piece
If it feels alright

Break, if you like the sound
If it gets you up
If it brings you down

Share, if it makes you sleep
If it sets you free
If it helps you breathe

Don't come over here
And piss on my gate
Save it just keep it
Off my wave

Cry, if you want to cry
If it helps you see
If it clears your eyes

Hate, if you want to hate
If it keeps you safe
If it makes you brave

Pray, if you want to pray
If you like to kneel
If you like to lay

Don't come over here
And piss on my gate
Save it just keep it
Off my wave

Keep it off my wave
Keep it off my wave
Keep it off my wave

My wave

Cry, if you want to cry
If it helps you see
If it clears your eyes

Hate, if you want to hate
If it keeps you safe
If it makes you brave

Take, if you want a slice
If you want a piece
If it feels alright

Don't come over here
And piss on my gate
Save it just keep it
Off my wave

Keep it off my wave
Keep it off my wave

My wave

In this life I'm me,
Just sitting here alone
By the way I tried to say I'd be there
For you
Walk the silent emptiness
That leaves me by my hands
And throw away
What I don't understand, as a man

Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
It's complicating me sometimes
This Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
Is underestimating life

And I wonder as I tear away my skin
It's taken me so long to stitch
These wounds from where I've been
And mother please don't bury me
I'm begging for my life
It's hard to say that I will be complete
Before I die

Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
It's complicating me sometimes
This Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
Is underestimating life

Don't you worry please
Don't leave me
Because I'll surely slip away
To love, hate, sex, and pain
I fall away into
Love, hate, sex, and pain

Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
It's complicating me sometimes
This Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
Is underestimating life

Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
It's complicating me sometimes

Come wit it now, come wit it now

The microphone explodes, shattering the molds
Either drop tha hits like de-la-o, or get tha f*** off tha commode
Wit tha sure shot, sure ta make tha bodies drop
Drop an don't copy, yo, don't call this a co-opt
Terror rains, drenchin', quenchin' tha thirst of tha power dons
That five-sided fist-a-gon
Tha rotten sore on tha face of Mother Earth gets bigger
Tha trigger's cold, empty ya purse

Rally round the family with a pocket full of shells
They rally round the family with a pocket full of shells
They rally round the family with a pocket full of shells
They rally round the family with a pocket full of shells

Weapons, not food, not homes, not sh***, not need
Just feed tha war, cannibal animal
I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library
Line up to tha mind cemetery now
What we don't know keeps tha contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn tha books, they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells
Rally round the family, pockets full of shells

Rally round the family with a pocket full of shells
They rally round the family with a pocket full of shells
They rally round the family with a pocket full of shells
They rally round the family with a pocket full of shells

Bulls on parade
Come wit it now, come wit it now
Bulls on parade
Bulls on parade
Bulls on parade
Bulls on parade
Bulls on parade

*Lyrics in parentheses sung by Jen Ledger.
I'm just a step away,
I'm a just a breath away;
Losin my faith today,
(Falling off the edge today!)

I am just a man,
Not superhuman;
(I'm not superhuman!)
Someone save me from the hate;

It's just another war,
Just another family torn;
(I'm falling from my faith today!)
Just a step from the edge,
Just another day in the world we live;

I need a Hero,
To save me now!
I need a Hero!
(Save me now!)
I need a Hero,
To save my life!
A Hero'll save me!
(Just in time!)

I gotta fight today,
To live another day;
Speakin' my mind today,
(My voice will be heard today!)

I've gotta make a stand,
But I am just a man;
(I'm not superhuman!)
My voice will be heard today!

It's just another war,
Just another family torn;
(My voice will be heard today!)
It's just another kill,
The countdown begins to destroy ourselves!

I need a Hero,
To save me now!
I need a Hero!
(Save me now!)
I need a Hero,
To save my life!
A Hero'll save me!
(Just in time!)
I need a Hero,
To save my life!
I need a Hero!
Just in time!

Save me just in time...
Save me just in time...

Who's gonna fight for what's right,
Who's gonna help us survive,
We're in the fight of our lives!
(And we're not ready to die!)

Who's gonna fight for the weak,
Who's gonna make 'em believe,
I've got a Hero!
(I've got a Hero!)
Livin' in me!

I'm gonna fight for what's right,
Today I'm speaking my mind,
And if it kills me tonight,
(I will be ready to die!)

A Hero's not afraid to give His life,
A Hero's gonna save me just in time!

I need a Hero,
To save me now!
I need a Hero!
(Save me now!)
I need a Hero,
To save my life!
A Hero'll save me!
(Just in time!)

I need a Hero!
Who's gonna fight for what's right,
Who's gonna help us survive!

I need a Hero!
Who's gonna fight for the weak,
Who's gonna make 'em believe!

I need a Hero!
I need a Hero!

A Hero's gonna save me,
Just in time!

Yeah, bringing you another disturbing creation
From the mind of one sick animal who can't tell the difference
And gets stupified

I've been waiting my whole life for just one (F***!)
And all I needed was just one (F***!)
Well can you see that you don't give a (F***!)
I find myself stupified, coming back again
All I wanted was just one (F***!)
One tiny little innocent (F***!)
And when I feel like I'm s*** out of (Luck!)
I find my stupified, coming back again

Why do you like playing around with
My narrow scope of reality?
I can feel it all start slipping
I think I'm breaking down

Why do you like playing around with
My narrow scope of reality?
I can feel it all start slipping away

See but I don't get it
Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified
It's all the same you say
Live with it
But I don't get it
Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified
I get stupified

All the people in the left wing (Rock!)
And all the people in the right wing (Rock!)
And all the people in the underground (Rock!)
I find myself stupified, coming back again
All the people in the high rise (F***!)
And all the people in the projects (F***!)
And all la gente in the barrio (F***!)
I find myself stupified, coming back again

Why do you like playing around with
My narrow scope of reality?
I can feel it all start slipping
I think I'm breaking down

Why do you like playing around with
My narrow scope of reality
I can feel it all start slipping away

See but I don't get it
Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified
It's all the same you say
Live with it
But I don't get it
Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified
I get stupified


And don't deny me
No baby now, don't deny me
And darlin' don't be afraid

But I don't get it
Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit?
Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it?
I get stupified

Look in my face, stare in my soul
I begin to stupify - rah!
Look in my face, stare in my soul
I begin to stupify - rah!
Look in my face, stare in my soul
I begin to stupify - rah!
Look in my face, stare in my soul
I begin to stupify - rah!

Look in my face, stare in my soul
Look in my face, stare in my soul
Look in my face, stare in my soul
Look in my face, stare in my soul
Look in my face! (Stare into my soul)
Look in my face! (Stare into my soul)
Look in my face! (Stare into my soul)
I begin to stupify - rah!

*

All my life I've been searching for somethin'
Somethin' never comes, never leads to nothin'
Nothin' satisfies, but I'm getting close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope

All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around, and it's taken away
Leaves me with the feeling that I feel the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghost

Come down don't you resist
You've such a delicate wrist
And if I give it a twist
Something to hold when I lose my grip
Will I find something in there
To give me just what I need
Another reason to bleed
One by one hidden up my sleeve, one by one hidden up my sleeve

Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate the taste
Weight keeping me down

Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate the taste
Weight keeping me down

Will I find a believer?
Another one who believes
Another one to deceive
Over and over down on my knees

If I get any closer
And if you open up wide
And if you let me inside
On and on I got nothing to hide, on and on I got nothing to hide

Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate the taste
Weight keeping me down

Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate the taste
Weight keeping me down

All my life I've been searching for somethin'
Somethin' never comes, never leads to nothin'
Nothin' satisfies, but I'm getting close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope
All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around and it's taken away
Leaves me with the feeling that I feel the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghost

And I'm done, done onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, I'm done and I'm onto the next

Done, done onto the next one!
Done, I'm done and I'm on to the next one!
Done, done onto the next one!
Done, I'm done and I'm on to the next one!

Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate the taste
Weight keeping me down

Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate the taste
Weight keeping me down

Done, done onto the next one!
Done, I'm done and I'm on to the next

I am done pretending,
You have failed to find what's left;
I will suck you dry again...
Some are not worth saving,
You are such a pretty mess;
I will choke the life within...

Now you want to take me down,
As if I even care;
I am the monster in your head...
And I thought you'd learn by now,
It seems you haven't yet;
I am the venom in your skin...
And now your life is broken!!

After the lights go out on you,
After your worthless life is through,
I will remember how you scream;
I can't afford to care...
I can't afford to care...

I am suffocating,
You have failed to pull me in;
I will drag you down again...
Life is unrelenting,
Feeding lies into my head;
I will feed the lies you live...

Now you want to take me down,
As if I even care;
I am the monster in your head...
And I thought you'd learn by now,
It seems you haven't yet;
I am the venom in your skin...
And now your life is broken!!

After the lights go out on you,
After your worthless life is through,
I will remember how you scream;
I can't afford to care...
I can't afford to care...

(Guitar Solo)

After the lights go out on you,
After your worthless life is through,
I will remember how you scream;
I can't afford to care...
I can't afford to care...

I can't afford to care...
I can't afford to care!!!

I've been caught stealing, once, when I was five.
I enjoy stealing, it's just as simple as that.
Well it's, just a, simple fact,
When I want something, man,
I don't wanna pay for it.
I walk right, through the door, and I walk right through the door.
Hey all right!
If I get by...
It's mine,
Mine, all mine!

My girl, she's one too.
She'll go and get her a skirt, stick it under her shirt.
She grabbed a razor for me.
And she. did it, just like that.
When she wants something, man, she don't wanna pay for it!
She'll walk right, through the door, walk right through the door.
Hey all right!
If I get by...
It's mine,
Mine, all mine!
Let's go!

We sat around the pile.
We sat and laughed.
We sat and laughed and waved it into the air.
And we, did it, just like that.
When we want something, man,
We don't wanna pay for it.
We walk right, through the door, walk right through the door.
Hey, all right!
If I get by..
It's mine,
Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.

It's mine.

Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known
Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye
I didn't tell her that I loved her, how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared
Unaware I just did what I always do
Everyday the same routine
Before I skate off to school
But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest

Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing except:
Gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because

We are, we are, (we are) the youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are) youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are) the youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are) youth of the nation

Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel
Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself
She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces
Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better

Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide
It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then
You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat

We are, we are, (we are) the youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are) youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are) the youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are) youth of the nation

Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim?
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain
That I feel inside
I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind

I guess that's the way that the story goes
Will it ever make sense?
Somebody's got to know
There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists

We are, we are, the youth of the nation
We are, we are, youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are, we are) the youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are, we are) youth of the nation
We are, we are, (we are, we are) the youth of the nation (the youth of the nation)
We are, we are, (we are, we are) youth of the nation (youth of the nation)
We are, we are, (we are, we are) the youth of the nation (the youth of the nation)
We are, we are, (we are, we are) youth of the nation (youth of the nation)

(We are) youth of the nation.
(We are) youth of the nation.
(We are) youth of the nation.
(We are)

I painted your room at
Midnight, so I'd know
Yesterday was over
I put all your books
On the top shelf,
Even the one with
The four leaf clover
Man, I'm getting older
I took all your pictures
Off the wall and wrapped
Them in a news paper blanket
I haven't slept in what seems
Like a century, and now I can
Barely breate

(Chorus)
Just like a crow chasing the butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were getting
High as outter space, I never
Thought you'd slip away
I guess I was just a little too late

You're words still serenade me,
You're allibies won't let me sleep
I've never heard such a haunting
Melody. Oh, it's killing me
You know I can barely breathe

(Chorus)
Just like a crow chasing the butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were getting
High as outter space, I never
Thought you'd slip away
I guess I was just a little too late

Just like a crow chasing the butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were getting
High as outter space, I never
Thought you'd slip away -

Like a crow chasing the Butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were getting
High as outter space, I never
Thought you'd slip away
I guess I was just a little too late

Just a little too late

No sleep till--Brooklyn!

Foot on the pedal, never ever false metal
Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle
My job 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 finger 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 to watch all the girlies shaking
While you're at the job working nine to five
The Beastie Boys at the Garden cold kickin' it live

No sleep till--

Another plane, 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 trashing hotels like it's going out of style
Getting paid along the way 'cause it's worth your while
Four on the floor, Ad Rock'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

No sleep till--
No sleep till Brooklyn
No sleep till Brooklyn

Ain't seen the light since we started this band
MCA, get on the mike my man
Born and bred Brooklyn, U.S.A.
They call me Adam Yauch
But I'm M.C.A..
Like a lemon to a lime
A lime to a lemon

I sip the def ale with all the fly women.
Got limos
Arena
TV-shows
Autograph pictures and classy hos

Step off homes
Get out of my way

Taxing little girlies from here to L.A..
Waking up
Before I get to sleep

'Cause I'll be rockin' this party eight days a week!

No sleep till -
No sleep till Brooklyn! No sleep till Brooklyn !

Moderation is masturbation
What is what
And what makes you feel good
All these things I think about
I think about
They always come unglued

Yeah
I got this thing
It's comin' over me
I got this thing
Its comin' over me
I got this feelin'
Coming over me
Yeah

This confusion is my illusion
Nowhere to look
But know where to find you
All these things I'm sick about
I'm sick about
They always come unglued

Yeah
I got this thing
It's comin' over me
I got this thing
Its comin' over me
I got this feelin'
Coming over me
Yeah