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[Chorus]
Brass Monkey - that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey - junkie
That funky Monkey
That funky Monkey
Got this dance that's more than real
Drink Brass Monkey - here's how you feel
Put your left leg down - your right leg up
Tilt your head back - let's finish the cup
M.C.A. with the bottle - D. rocks the can
Adrock gets nice with Charlie Chan
We're offered Moet - we don't mind Chivas
Wherever we go with bring the Monkey with us
Adrock drinks three - Mike D. is D.
Double R. foots the bill most definitely
I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well
I got a Castle in Brooklyn - that's where I dwell
[Chorus]
Cause I drink it anytime - and anyplace
When it's time to get ill - I pour it on my face
Monkey tastes Def when you pour it on ice
Come on y'all it's time to get nice
Coolin' by the lockers getting kind of funky
Me and the crew - we're drinking Brass Monkey
This girl walked by - she gave me the eye
I reached in the locker - grabbed the Spanish Fly
I put it with the Monkey - mixed it in the cup
Went over to the girl, "Yo baby, what's up?"
I offered her a sip - the girl she gave me lip
It did begin the stuff wore in and now she's on my tip
[Chorus]
Step up to the bar - put the girl down
She takes a big gulp and slaps it around
Take a sip - you can do it - you get right to it
We had a case in the place and we went right through it
You got a dry Martini - thinking you're cool
I'll take your place at the bar - I smack you off your stool
I'll down a '40 dog" in a single gulp
And if you got beef you'll get beat to a pulp
Monkey and parties and reelin' and rockin'
Def, def - girls, girls - all y'all jockin'
The song and dance keeping you in a trance
If you don't buy my record I got my advance
I drink it - I think it - I see it - I be it
I love Brass Monkey but I won't give D. it
We got the bottle - you got the cup
Come on everybody let's get ffffff
[Chorus]
Brass Monkey - that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey - junkie
That funky Monkey
That funky Monkey
Got this dance that's more than real
Drink Brass Monkey - here's how you feel
Put your left leg down - your right leg up
Tilt your head back - let's finish the cup
M.C.A. with the bottle - D. rocks the can
Adrock gets nice with Charlie Chan
We're offered Moet - we don't mind Chivas
Wherever we go with bring the Monkey with us
Adrock drinks three - Mike D. is D.
Double R. foots the bill most definitely
I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well
I got a Castle in Brooklyn - that's where I dwell
[Chorus]
Cause I drink it anytime - and anyplace
When it's time to get ill - I pour it on my face
Monkey tastes Def when you pour it on ice
Come on y'all it's time to get nice
Coolin' by the lockers getting kind of funky
Me and the crew - we're drinking Brass Monkey
This girl walked by - she gave me the eye
I reached in the locker - grabbed the Spanish Fly
I put it with the Monkey - mixed it in the cup
Went over to the girl, "Yo baby, what's up?"
I offered her a sip - the girl she gave me lip
It did begin the stuff wore in and now she's on my tip
[Chorus]
Step up to the bar - put the girl down
She takes a big gulp and slaps it around
Take a sip - you can do it - you get right to it
We had a case in the place and we went right through it
You got a dry Martini - thinking you're cool
I'll take your place at the bar - I smack you off your stool
I'll down a '40 dog" in a single gulp
And if you got beef you'll get beat to a pulp
Monkey and parties and reelin' and rockin'
Def, def - girls, girls - all y'all jockin'
The song and dance keeping you in a trance
If you don't buy my record I got my advance
I drink it - I think it - I see it - I be it
I love Brass Monkey but I won't give D. it
We got the bottle - you got the cup
Come on everybody let's get ffffff
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Track duration: 02:37
"Brass Monkey" as written by Rubin/horowitz/diamond/yauch
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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They played this on the announcements at my school... then this random kid named Shane stood up and started screaming "I HAVE THIS ON C.D.!"
I just shook my head.
I played the cd I loved it YO!
TO Bad I bought another after license to ILL
It made me so sick I took some pills
I never bought another beastie boy CD
They lost there mojo or give to D
Why they quit singing the cool shit i never know
But now the Beastie Boys just Really BLOW ..
a brass monkey is an olde english 40 oz. -"I'll down a '40 dog" in a single gulp" drank down to the label and then filled with orange juice.
maybe a brass monkey is a cocktail,
but this song is obviously about the 40 version
drink of the gutter punk.
I wonder if the Beasties or even Rick Rubin had any idea, at that time, how big this album would fucking blow up? Rick Rubin is quite possibly the best Record Producer of all time! IMO
Think about it. I mean, he pulled out some really avant-garde shit when he laid his hands on it! At the beginning of his career, there wasn't anyone in the industry that had the know-how or even the gonads to try and pull off the mixture of influences as he's done. Imagine where we'd be right now, if he hadn't turned the Beastie Boys golden, and a Run DMC and Aerosmith collaboration, to which I know there were millions who crinkled their eyebrows when they first heard of the deal. I sure as hell did! And now, y'all tear that shit up like you knew it all along! lol And now look at the music industry...
"Double R. is getting paid most definitely"
It can refer to a cocktail consisting of equal parts dark rum, vodka, and orange juice.
An alternative version of the brass monkey is defined as a 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor that has been consumed until the level of the malt liquor is equal to the label, upon which point orange juice is added.
There was a premixed cocktail called "Brass Monkey" produced by the Heublein Company in the 1980s and 1990s. It was fairly inexpensive and provided a portable alternative to regular mixed drinks. Heublein was based in Stamford, Connecticut, and had production facilities in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Brass Monkey was available in bottles from half pint up to 750 mL. At the time that Brass Monkey was released, liquor stores carried mostly beer, wine, and hard alcohol; there were very few premixed alternatives. The drink was named by Steve Doniger, an advertising executive, after an alleged WWII spy.
After several years of absence from the market the Brass Monkey premixed cocktail has recently been re-released as The Club" Brass Monkey. Produced by The Club Distilling Company of Stamford Ct. Brass Monkey is currently sold in liquor stores along with other premixed alcoholic beverages under the name The Club Cocktails owned by Diageo. [1]