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(chorus) Brass Monkey - that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey - junkie
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

(repeat 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

(repeat 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

(repeat chorus)
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Good song about booze. And another good musician gone long before s/he should die a natural death. RIP.

Cover art for Brass Monkey lyrics by Beastie Boys

A brass monkey is when you drink a 40 to the top of the label and then pour it full with OJ.

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Mike D set the record straight in an interview in 2014. Heublien Brass Monkey was a cheap pre-mixed cocktail back in the day that the boys used to drink and is what inspired the song.

"when I called Mike D to talk about his inspiration, he was confused: malt liquor? In a Brass Monkey? It turns out that the Brass Monkey he was singing about was a cocktail comprised of orange juice, vodka, and dark rum, which came premixed in a can. "Homeboy," Mike said, "have you ever used Google in your life?"

Six minutes in... https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-10/sideshow-podcast-40-ounces-trouble-mike-d-sets-record-straight

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Cover art for Brass Monkey lyrics by Beastie Boys

Bahahahaha i luv this song even though its a story bout getting a girl drunk its still kooooooooool.Bahahahaha!!!! Brass Monkey what a riot.

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The Original lyrics to this song belong in the Fucking Smithsonian.
C0me on everybody lets get...................................

I love the record I brought it home 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 ..

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Cover art for Brass Monkey lyrics by Beastie Boys

its a cocktail

Cover art for Brass Monkey lyrics by Beastie Boys

Brass Monkey's a beer? I never heard that...

Cover art for Brass Monkey lyrics by Beastie Boys

damn i htought it was a liqour well i assumed it was i guess rather than thinking it, but yeah this songs the shit, specially if ur high

Cover art for Brass Monkey lyrics by Beastie Boys

Brass monkey is a mixed dring more or less like Long Island iced tea, but without the tea. Yes, I know there is no tea in LIit, it's just a splash of cola for color. Brass monkey tastes about the same but is yellow-orange. I've bought bottles of it in a liquor store before, but it's pretty rare.

That said, it sure does sound like the Beasties are referring to a beer or malt liquor.

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This song is SOOOO awesome, i luv it