Lyric discussion by Scream1008 

Cover art for Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun lyrics by Beastie Boys

One more thing...the song was released as a single in the same year of Paul's Boutique, although about 4 months earlier. People would have had more of an idea as to what they were talking about back then, as it was a pretty popular song :-)

You're right that it was a single but it wasn't popular. None of the singles from this album did well at all. It's quite a shame.

Not Valid