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Egg Man Lyrics
I looked out the window and seen his bald head
I ran to the fridge and pulled out an egg
Scoped him with my scopes he had no hair
Launched that shot and he was caught out there
Saw the convertible driving by
Loaded up the slingshot and let one fly
He went for his to find he didn't have one
Put him in check correct with my egg gun
The egg a symbol of life
Go inside your house and bust out your wife
Pulled out the jammy he thought it was a joke
The trigger I pulled his face the yoke
Reached in his pocket took all his cash
Left my man standing with an egg moustache
Suckers they come a dime a dozen
And when I say dozen you know what I'm talking about
Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg
He was playing the wall and then he broke his leg
Tossed it out the window three minutes hot
Hit the Rastaman he said *bloodclot*
Which came first the chicken or the egg
I egged the chicken then I ate his leg
Riding the trains in between cars
When I pull out the station *you're gonna get yours*
Drive by eggings plaguing L.A.
*Yo they just got my little cousin ese*
Sometimes hard boiled sometimes runny
It comes from a chicken not a bunny dummy
People laugh it's no joke
My name's Yauch and I'm throwing the yoke
*Now they got me in a cell* but I don't care
It was then that I caught catching people out there
We all dressed in black we snuck up around the back
We began to attack the eggs did crack on Haze's back
Sam I am down with the program
Green eggs and ham Yosemite Sam
Come Halloween you know I come strapped
I throw it at a sucker K-pap
You made the mistake you judge a man by his race
You go through life with egg on your face
You woke up in the morning with a peculiar feeling
You looked up and saw egg dripping from the ceiling
Families puck rocks the businessman
I'll dog anybody with an egg in my hand
Not like the crack that you put in a pipe
But crack on your forehead here's a towel now wipe
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shut On Dec 05, 2001
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i think this song has a deeper meaning to it. it's showing how ridiculous violence and discrimmination is, thus 'You made the mistake you judge a man by his race, You go through life with egg on your face.'
This song has some great intercut samples that complete the lyrics' rhymes. In addition to the Public enemy samples, there's:
Tossed it out the window three minutes hot Hit the Rastaman he said Good...God! (I'm pretty sure that's what the Rastaman said; I think it may be a sample from Steven Seagal's "Marked for Death.")
And this sample in which a spoken line almost exactly matches the meter of the rhyme:
Drive by eggings plaguing L.A. Yo they just got my little cousin ese (perhaps from "Colors")
The sample actually does say "blood clot," which is a Jamaican swear, a really strong one as I understand it. I'm not sure what the sample is from, but I would guess some reggae or dub song, or maybe the movie The Harder They Come.
The sample actually does say "blood clot," which is a Jamaican swear, a really strong one as I understand it. I'm not sure what the sample is from, but I would guess some reggae or dub song, or maybe the movie The Harder They Come.
@Black Dahlia I'm little late with this comment but if anyone still cares.. the word the Rastaman is saying is actually "bombaclot". It's Jamaican slang that basically means motherf*cker. :)
@Black Dahlia I'm little late with this comment but if anyone still cares.. the word the Rastaman is saying is actually "bombaclot". It's Jamaican slang that basically means motherf*cker. :)
One of my favorite songs off of my favorite Beasties album. THIS is how you sample.
Word! I couldn't agree more.
Word! I couldn't agree more.
this song's the fuckin shit....
:cheers:
I like that they even throw in an obscure self-reference to their early hardcore days (the whole "we were dressed in black/we snuck up around the back..." part is almost word-for-word from a song from the first EP called "Egg Raid On Mojo").
You're a true Beastie fan.
You're a true Beastie fan.
Not like the crack that you put in a pipe But crack on your forehead here's a towel now wipe
it sounds more like "punk rock" to me rather than "puck rocks"
The trigger I pulled, his face -- the yoke ^-- best rap line ever!
Wow. I should have looked up Egg Man first. Lot's of comments from real Beastie fans here! This song documents the Beasties' public attacks on random people using eggs instead of bullets. I think they use to do this before they were famous. And, yes, a few of the lyrics were lifted from Egg Raid On Mojo. An early song from their punk days. Originally on Polly Wog Stew, now available on Some Old Bullshit.
Also, You're Gonna Get Yours is the first song on the first Public Enemy album called Yo! Bum Rush The Show. If you love Paul's Boutique, you MUST hear it. The first PE album was the inspiration for Paul's Boutique.
Aside from the repurposed lyrics from their hardcore days, the lyrics to this song are actually quite literal. When the Beastie Boys relocated to L.A. to begin working on Paul\'s Boutique they spent a considerable amount of time chucking eggs at people from cars and, notably, from the roof and their rooms at the swanky Mondrian Hotel overlooking the sunset strip (directly across the street from the iconic Comedy Store, whose patrons waiting in line were a frequent target). They eventually rented a house (in which they discovered all of the fly \'70s outfits they can be seen wearing during that period) and their reign of egg terror ended (or at least slowed down a little).