The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Verse One: J-Ro
And this is how we run it down the line
E-Swift is second, I'm first to rhyme
The bottle's half full, is it yours or mine
Get a cup and we can get drunk, at the same time
Put on your good clothes, when I come around
I'm all the way down like the brown brown I be kickin
up in my town pickin up another pound for the weigh in
The Earth is a great place to visit but I ain't stayin
Don't stop like brakes to the metal
I brush my teeth with Amaretto (say what?)
I got that Operation PUSH, move from in front of me
I be the first rapper PMD seen, livin comfortably
In forty-eight states, light the board
I kick that kind of shit yo' ass can't afford
cause you broke, you need to go for a smoke
and think about ya problems while you toke (ha ha)
Who you tellin, we did more shows than Aaron Spelling
Leavin Las Vegas likwid funk is what you smellin
This is the track that broke your moms back
I was on the dancefloor I heard it crack, do you like it?
Chorus: Alkaholiks
"Yeah" we bout to put it down like this aight? "Aight!"
"This is Likwidation from the West, one two"
"Yeah" we bout to fuck it up like this aight? "Aight!"
"Likwidation one two"
"Yeah" we bout to Likwidate the whole world aight? "Aight!"
"Likwidation one two"
"Yeah" the music get you drunk like this aight? "Aight!"
"Likwidation from the West"
Verse Two: E-Swift
Sometimes I rhyme drunk, sometimes I rhyme sober (yeah)
I never need no gimmicks and shit, to get me over
Just a couple crates to rock all fifty states
and overseas, nigga please, this is Likwid MC's (and they drunk)
Comin up like a feature presentation
while my Likwidation Liks be wettin the nation
On the two turntables I would say I'm nice
Destroy any mic device precise like Glen Rice
Prepare for the storm everytime we perform
We be the most inebriated MC's, ever born
that leave your speakers torn, it's Tha Liks
Everything we Liks is a classic, your shit sound plastic
Me bein wack is like no Latins in Manhattan
It just won't happen, long as E-Swift is rappin
So while y'all waitin for my crew to fall
I'll be chartin number one sayin fuck alla y'all
(Do you like it?)
Chorus
Verse Three: Tash, J-Ro
So while the MC's persist to try to bust like this
I'm so slick I drop the mic and jump back and kiss my wrist
Cause I mix words and match em, I chase words and catch em
The A in Alkaholiks stands for All About the Action
And that's the whole attraction to skip to my shit
Rock the mic in my palm beyond ad-e-quate
Shit split with the cheese and the H-O-E's
The ones I only call at night *keys jangling* you know my low keys
while downin Olde E's with the Likwid MC's
The crew that takes the party higher than the flyin trapeze
Then drops ya to the Earth without no safety net to catch ya
All y'all can say is Likwid wrecked ya, so let the
good times roll, pass the glass and the Remi
To the nigga that's been rockin since Heavy D was skinny
And we can show ya how we run it down the line
(Xzibit: So how the fuck ya feelin Tash?) I'm feelin fine
But don't play me closely, just pass me that Olde E
and I'ma hit that shit and pass it down to Easy Mo Bee
Not askin you to show me, I'm tellin you to show me
The you know what, before I fuck shit up
Cause I'm CaTash the top gunner here to blow your ED
So you can see what I'm saying like Enhanced CD's
So if y'all niggaz want the bomb press Tash Dot Com
and I'ma pop up on your screen with the beer in palm
And this is how we run it down the line
Tash came third, I was first to rhyme
Mo Bee Easy on the tracks that make you break your spine
Likwidation in your mouth one time, can you feel it?
Chorus (without words except J-Ro saying 'Likwidation')
Alkaholiks, yeah, the last hip-hop group left
Do you like it?
Easy Mo, Alkaholiks
West coast...
*E-Swift cutting and scratching*
And this is how we run it down the line
E-Swift is second, I'm first to rhyme
The bottle's half full, is it yours or mine
Get a cup and we can get drunk, at the same time
Put on your good clothes, when I come around
I'm all the way down like the brown brown I be kickin
up in my town pickin up another pound for the weigh in
The Earth is a great place to visit but I ain't stayin
Don't stop like brakes to the metal
I brush my teeth with Amaretto (say what?)
I got that Operation PUSH, move from in front of me
I be the first rapper PMD seen, livin comfortably
In forty-eight states, light the board
I kick that kind of shit yo' ass can't afford
cause you broke, you need to go for a smoke
and think about ya problems while you toke (ha ha)
Who you tellin, we did more shows than Aaron Spelling
Leavin Las Vegas likwid funk is what you smellin
This is the track that broke your moms back
I was on the dancefloor I heard it crack, do you like it?
Chorus: Alkaholiks
"Yeah" we bout to put it down like this aight? "Aight!"
"This is Likwidation from the West, one two"
"Yeah" we bout to fuck it up like this aight? "Aight!"
"Likwidation one two"
"Yeah" we bout to Likwidate the whole world aight? "Aight!"
"Likwidation one two"
"Yeah" the music get you drunk like this aight? "Aight!"
"Likwidation from the West"
Verse Two: E-Swift
Sometimes I rhyme drunk, sometimes I rhyme sober (yeah)
I never need no gimmicks and shit, to get me over
Just a couple crates to rock all fifty states
and overseas, nigga please, this is Likwid MC's (and they drunk)
Comin up like a feature presentation
while my Likwidation Liks be wettin the nation
On the two turntables I would say I'm nice
Destroy any mic device precise like Glen Rice
Prepare for the storm everytime we perform
We be the most inebriated MC's, ever born
that leave your speakers torn, it's Tha Liks
Everything we Liks is a classic, your shit sound plastic
Me bein wack is like no Latins in Manhattan
It just won't happen, long as E-Swift is rappin
So while y'all waitin for my crew to fall
I'll be chartin number one sayin fuck alla y'all
(Do you like it?)
Chorus
Verse Three: Tash, J-Ro
So while the MC's persist to try to bust like this
I'm so slick I drop the mic and jump back and kiss my wrist
Cause I mix words and match em, I chase words and catch em
The A in Alkaholiks stands for All About the Action
And that's the whole attraction to skip to my shit
Rock the mic in my palm beyond ad-e-quate
Shit split with the cheese and the H-O-E's
The ones I only call at night *keys jangling* you know my low keys
while downin Olde E's with the Likwid MC's
The crew that takes the party higher than the flyin trapeze
Then drops ya to the Earth without no safety net to catch ya
All y'all can say is Likwid wrecked ya, so let the
good times roll, pass the glass and the Remi
To the nigga that's been rockin since Heavy D was skinny
And we can show ya how we run it down the line
(Xzibit: So how the fuck ya feelin Tash?) I'm feelin fine
But don't play me closely, just pass me that Olde E
and I'ma hit that shit and pass it down to Easy Mo Bee
Not askin you to show me, I'm tellin you to show me
The you know what, before I fuck shit up
Cause I'm CaTash the top gunner here to blow your ED
So you can see what I'm saying like Enhanced CD's
So if y'all niggaz want the bomb press Tash Dot Com
and I'ma pop up on your screen with the beer in palm
And this is how we run it down the line
Tash came third, I was first to rhyme
Mo Bee Easy on the tracks that make you break your spine
Likwidation in your mouth one time, can you feel it?
Chorus (without words except J-Ro saying 'Likwidation')
Alkaholiks, yeah, the last hip-hop group left
Do you like it?
Easy Mo, Alkaholiks
West coast...
*E-Swift cutting and scratching*
Lyrics submitted by ruben
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
Van Halen
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.