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Monkey On My Back Lyrics
Why always me, and I'd been dyin'
Got to get that monkey off my back
The fortune teller looked into my eyeballs
The wrinkles on her face about to crack
She said...you best believe it
You ain't goin' nowhere, unless you get that
Monkey off your back...wee woo...yeah
Well...I made believe the devil made me do it
I was the evil leader of the pack
You best believe I had it all and then I blew it
Feedin' that fuckin' monkey on my back
If you put it a spoon man I would boot it
Some king whose mental house was just a shack
Where do you draw the line when all your friends are dyin'
You got to get that monkey off your back
Uh, uh, uh....
Your crystal ball is where you chase the dragon
She said now...a bring me home his head inside a sack
But now you find your crystal balls are draggin'
Got to get that monkey off your back...gi gi gi gi goa
Got to get that monkey off my back
The wrinkles on her face about to crack
She said...you best believe it
You ain't goin' nowhere, unless you get that
Monkey off your back...wee woo...yeah
I was the evil leader of the pack
You best believe I had it all and then I blew it
Feedin' that fuckin' monkey on my back
Some king whose mental house was just a shack
Where do you draw the line when all your friends are dyin'
You got to get that monkey off your back
Uh, uh, uh....
She said now...a bring me home his head inside a sack
But now you find your crystal balls are draggin'
Got to get that monkey off your back...gi gi gi gi goa
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This is their own way of sending their message that drugs arent the way.the monkey refers to the drugs, dragging you down whever, and you jsut keep feeding it but it wont go away, and it stops you from moving forward."when all your friends are dying" shows that the effects of teh drugs is killing off your friendships, destroying your life. As musicians, they need to appeal to their audience, so the age old"jsut say no" line wont work on the kids who listen to them, so they have to be more harsh"feedin that fuckin monkey on my back"
the lyric "feeding that fuckin' monkey on my back" is probably instead "feeding that funky monkey on my back" in spite of about everyone on the net citing "fuckin'". Listen to it, I have about 1000 times. The word rhymes with monkey. A funky monkey would mean he is confused by it, fuckin' is he's mad. Either way, it ain't good.
This song comes on a fine album, "Pump." Part of the Aerosmith comeback starting in the later 80s, with "Permanent Vacation," and then "Get a Grip" after Pump came out. Aerosmith's best stuff, IMO.
Not according to the band members themselves - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_on_My_Back
Not according to the band members themselves - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_on_My_Back
love this song, funny how it still has relevance to the band today. I say, just for kicks why not use this as the show opener on the next tour. How appropriate that would be.
I've only heard the live version on the cd "A little south of sanity" I like it when I was like 10 me and my bestfriend loved this song cause of Tyler's voice, when he said monkey. lol :)