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Gryphonadmin
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"sotd, 2012.05.09"
 
   [It's appeared several times, and almost certainly not for the last time, in UF. It's my favorite Beasties song (narrowly edging "Sure Shot") and may have the best music video in the history of music videos. It has a special place in the hearts of millions, not least our own Ardie. Even Jim Kirk likes it. Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding for the memory of MCA: Here is "Sabotage". --G.]

I can't stand it
I know you planned it
I'm-a set it straight this Watergate
I can't stand rockin' when I'm in here
'Cause your crystal ball ain't so crystal clear so
While you sit back and wonder why
I got this fuckin' thorn in my side
Oh my God it's a mirage
I'm tellin' y'all it's sabotage

So so so
So listen up 'cause you can't say nothin'
You shut me down with a push of your button but you
I'm out and I'm gone
I tell you know I keep it on and on
'Cause what you see you might not get
And we can bet so don't you get souped yet
Schemin' on a thing that's a mirage
I'm try'na tell you know it's sabotage

Why

Our backs are not against the wall

Listen all y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all y'all it's a sabotage

I can't stand it
I know you planned it
I'm-a set it straight this Watergate
But I can't stand rockin' when I'm in this place
Because I feel disgraced
Because you're all in my face
Well make no mistakes and switch off my channel
I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle
What could it be? It's a mirage
You're schemin' on a thing that's sabotage

- The Beastie Boys
"Sabotage"
Ill Communication (1994)


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1. "RE: sotd, 2012.05.09"
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   LAST EDITED ON May-09-12 AT 07:04 PM (EDT)
 
Ferrrrk yearrrr! Those boys rocked hard. MCA is missed by most of my household. :(

EDIT: This was a pretty touching tribute, performed the same day that Mister Yauch died. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVr4UP9ntLs
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2. "RE: sotd, 2012.05.09"
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   >[It's appeared several times, and almost certainly not for
>the last time, in UF. It's my favorite Beasties song (narrowly edging
>"Sure Shot")

... and speaking of which, I'm not going to go through the entire Beasties canon here, but such a close second deserves its own post. Besides, this one has MCA saying the nicest thing any rapper has ever said. --G.

'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
When you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
Mike D come and rock the sure shot

I've got the brand new doodoo guaranteed like Yoo-Hoo
I'm on like Dr. John, yeah Mr. Zu Zu
I'm a newlywed, I'm not a divorcee
And everything I do is funky like Lee Dorsey
Well it's the taking of the Pelham one two three
If you want a doodoo rhyme then come see me
I got the savoir faire with the unique rhyme and
I keep it on and on, it's never quittin' time and
Strictly hand-held is the style I go
Never rocked a mic with the pantyhose
I strap on my ear goggles and I'm ready to go
'Cause at the boards is the man they call the Mario
Pull up at the function and you know I'm Kojak
To all the party people that are on my bozak
I got more action than my man John Woo
And I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew

'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
Because you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
You know you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
Ad-Rock come and rock the sure shot

Hurricane'll crossfade on your ass and bust your eardrums
Listen everybody 'cause I'm shiftin' gears I'm
Fresh like Doug E. when I get my specs and
On the microphone I come correct
Timing like a clock when I rock the hip-hop
Top-notch is my stock on the soapbox
I got more rhymes than I got grey hairs
And that's a lot because I got my share
I got a hole in my head and there's no one to fix it
Got to straighten my thoughts, I'm thinkin' too much sick shit
Everyone just takes and takes takes takes takes
I gotta step back, I gotta contemplate
Well I'm like Lee Perry, I'm very on
Rock a microphone and then I'm gone
I'm like Vaughn Bode, I'm a Cheech Wizard
Never quittin' so won't you listen

Ah yes indeed it's fun time

'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
Because you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
When you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
MCA come and rock the sure shot

I wanna say a little somethin' that's long overdue
The disrespectin' women has got to be through
To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends
I wanna offer my love and respect to the end
Well you say I'm twentysomething and I should be slackin'
But I'm workin' harder than ever and you could call it mackin'
So I'm s'posed to sit upon the couch a-watchin' my TV
Still listen to wax, I'm not usin' the CD
Well I'm that kid in the corner
All fucked up and I wanna so I'm gonna
Take a piece of the pie, why not, I'm not quittin'
Think I'm-a change up my style just to fit in?
I keep my underwear up with a piece of elastic
Use a bullshit mic that's made outta plastic
To send my rhymes out to all the nation
Like Ma Bell I've got the ill communication

'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
When you can't, you won't, and you don't stop
Throwin' and a-rockin' the sure shot

- The Beastie Boys
"Sure Shot"
Ill Communication (1994)


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DaPatman89
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May-10-12, 02:54 PM (EDT)
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3. "RE: sotd, 2012.05.09"
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   LAST EDITED ON May-10-12 AT 02:55 PM (EDT)
 
Right now, I am listening to an hour long tribute to MCA that Zane Lowe put on his Radio 1 show on Tuesday. The sound is turned up loud, as, of course, it should be.

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"Things in life aren't always quite what they seem,
There's more than one given angle to any one given scene.
So bear that in mind next time you try to intervene
On any one given angle on any one given scene."
Angles - dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip


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