Beastie Boys – Jimmy James Lyrics

Produced By: Mario Caldato Jr
Track 1 on Check Your Head
2. Funky Boss
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[MCA] People how you doin', there's a new day dawnin'
[MD] For the earth mother, it's a brand new mornin'
[AD] For such a long while, there's been such a longin'
[All] But now the sun is shinin', let's roll back the awnin'

Move-move your body

[MCA] This is a type of kinda like a formal dedication
[MD] Givin' out a shout
[AD] for much inspiration
[MD] All I ever really want to do is get nice
Get loose and goof a little slice of life
[MCA] Sendin' out love to all corners of the land
[AD] I jump up on the stage and take the mic in my hand
[MD] I'm not playin' the roll
[AD] Just being who I am
[MCA] And if you try to dis me, I couldn't give a damn

Cause I'm rockin'
Rockin'
Rockin'
Rock-rock, rockin'
Yeah, get down
Rock-rock, rock on
Rock-rock, rock on
Rock-rock, rock on
Mic-mic, mic control
Mic-mic, mic control
Mic-mic-mic, mic control
Yeah, can you get my drift?

[MCA] Bass from the back of my car feels soothin'
[AD] Eight bazookas is what I'm usin'
[MD] I'm Mike D, and it's been proven
[All] I love it when I see the party people just movin'
[MCA] Strapped on my ear goggles and what did I see?
[All] But the music brought the people into harmony

{Ahh, for the blacks, Puerto Ricans, and the white people too}
Track 1 on Check Your Head
2. Funky Boss
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About Jimmy James

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vw5i7TPkYfI “Jimmy James” is the first song and third single from Beastie Boys' third album “Check Your Head.” The song, described as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix by Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch (better known as MCA), contains samples from several Hendrix songs including “Foxy Lady”, “Happy Birthday”, and “Still Raining, Still Dreaming”. The song also samples the drum beat from “I’m Chief Kamanawanalea (We’re the Royal Macadamia Nuts)” by The Turtles, as well as a line from Mantronix’s 1985 single, “Fresh Is The Word” (“…for all the Blacks, Puerto Ricans, and the White People too”).

This song originally started out as an instrumental track with scratching done by Yauch (this version of the song appears on the “Jimmy James” EP as the “Original Original Version”). Later on, lyrics were written and the other two Beastie Boys, Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “King Adrock” Horovitz, lent their vocals to the track along with Yauch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcdRt-yteI

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