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Lighten Up Lyrics
Lighten up
Shine like the sun
Shine like the sun
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Submitted by
the Marine On Mar 10, 2001
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Man, lighten up. Who died? Who's homeless? Who has cancer? Who lost a child? This song is a great song to remind us that we're alive, we are free, and we can make choices. Life could be so much worse. Good song.
Knowing that Yauch is involved with Buddhist practices, it occurs to me that this may be a reference to the Lojong slogan which translates loosely as "always rely only on a happy mind". Lojong is a practice centered on a series of slogans to use to train the mind. www.lojongmindtraining.com
The fact that the only concept in this song is "lighten up = shine like the sun" seems to fit the simplicity of this slogan "always rely ONLY on a happy mind". Nothing else is really necessary.
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Great song. I saw them do this song in '98 in Atlanta. That weird thing in the middle turned into a long solo. I don't know what that weird thing is but it was crazy! Check Your Head is well worth buying again if you get the remastered edition from BeastieBoys.com in Apple Lossless-especially if your iTunes hooked up to a home theater. It sounds incredible.