Brass Monkey

Album: Licensed To Ill (1986)
Charted: 48
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  • Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey
    Brass Monkey junkie
    That funky Monkey

    Brass, got this dance that's more than real
    Drink Brass Monkey here's how you feel
    You put your left leg down, your right leg up
    Tilt your head back let's finish the cup
    M.C.A. with the bottle (D. Rocks the can)
    Adrock gets nice with Charlie Chan
    We're offered Moet (we don't mind Chivas)
    Wherever we go with bring the Monkey with us
    Adrock drinks three (Mike D. Is D.)
    Double R. Foots the bill most definitely
    I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well
    I got a Castle in Brooklyn (that's where I dwell)

    Brass Monkey that funky Monkey
    Brass Monkey junkie
    That funky Monkey

    Because I drink it anytime and anyplace
    When it's time to get ill I pour it on my face
    Monkey tastes def when you pour it on ice
    Come on y'all it's time to get nice
    Coolin' by the lockers getting kind of funky
    Me and the crew we're drinking Brass Monkey
    This girl walked by she gave me the eye
    I reached in the locker grabbed the Spanish Fly
    I put it with the Monkey mixed it in the cup
    Went over to the girl, "Yo baby, what's up?"
    I offered her a sip (sip) because she gave me lip (lip)
    It did begin the stuff wore in and now she's on my tip

    Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey
    Brass Monkey junkie
    That funky Monkey

    Step up to the bar put the girl down
    She takes a big gulp and slaps it around
    Take a sip you can do it (you get right to it)
    We had a case in the place and we went right through it
    You got a dry Martini thinking you're cool
    I'll take your place at the bar I smack you off your stool
    I'll down a '40 dog" in a single gulp
    And if you got beef you'll get beat to a pulp
    Monkey and parties and reelin' and rockin'
    Def, def (girls, girls) all y'all jockin'
    The song and dance keeping you in a trance
    If you don't buy my record I got my advance
    I drink it (I think it) I see it (I be it)
    I love Brass Monkey but I won't give D. It
    We got the bottle, you got the cup
    Come on everybody let's get fff

    Brass Monkey that funky Monkey
    Brass Monkey junkie
    That funky Monkey

    Brass Monkey that funky Monkey
    Brass Monkey junkie
    That funky Monkey

    Brass Monkey Writer/s: Adam Keefe Horovitz, Adam Nathaniel Yauch, Michael Louis Diamond, Rick Rubin
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 19

  • Beno from Detroit BurbsNah homie. A brass monkey is malt liquor and OJ
  • Dee from PhiladelphiaRob is the winner, OE & orange juice. Rachel, no the article is correct Biz was first. Randy, one of the members Adam Yauch passed from cancer (it's actually the 5th anniversary of his death tomorrow), and i'm sure they realized that 2 Beasties didn't make sense.
  • Randy from Fayettevile, ArI'm not gonna waste time talking about alcoholic drinks, so I'll stick to the Beastie Boys. They hit it big way before I was born, but I caught their songs on alternative FM radio in the 2000's. "Brass Monkey" got played a lot too, but I never liked it that much. Just a little. My uncle "Horneigh" said that way back in 1986 when he & my Dad were in University of Kansas that the Beastie Boys were BIG at KU & he recalled "Brass Monkey" but he preferred other songs by the Beastie Boys over it. Are the Beastie Boys ever gonna come back - or are they too old now?
  • Rachel from Nashville, TnI thought the big history-changing lawsuit was Rick James vs MC Hammer for his sampling/blatantly stealing "Super Freak."
  • Rant Casey from Zionsville, InThe Brass Monkey liquor did NOT get its name from a device to maintain a pyramid stack of cannonballs. That device is completely fictional. The name comes from ancient forms of the cannon, referred to as Monkeys, Drakes, or Dogs. An inventory published in 1650 makes note of "Short Brasse Munkeys alias Dogs." The handle used to aim the cannon was called the "Monkey's Tail." The Beastie Boys wrote a song and named it after booze that was in turn named after a large gun.
  • David from Woburn, MaMike and Cynthia, that might be a real Brass Monkey, but college kids (like me) usually can't get our hands on anything good, so we rely on what we can get: cheap rum, cheap vodka, and whatever they're selling at the dining hall.
  • Cynthia from Conawy, ArI agree with Rob.
    A brass monkey is a 40 with orange juice!
  • Olivia from Columbia, ScAh man, me & my friend LOVE this song!!!
    Everytime we go to drink something, whether it be milk or coke or water or anything, we say "YOU PUT YOUR LEFT LEG DOWN, YOUR RIGHT LEG UP! TILT YOUR HEAD BACK & FINISH THE CUP!!!" and we do all the motions & everyone laughs at us. One of the best songs ever!!!
  • Rob from Hollywood, Cayou guys are all wrong. Brass monkey olde english 40oz consumed down to the label, then add orange juice. da ya research!
  • Pippin from Rhye, CaMy friend tells me that her little 6-year old sister thinks this is her favorite dancing song. Obviously, she doesn't know what it is really about.
  • Joseph from Alabama, AlJohn i bet i like them better than you. if you want we can play poker at my hotel in the Burmuda Triangle while i rape a wildebeast and then we can go skinny dipping with ur mother.
  • John from Cape Coral, FlThe Beasties are one of my favorite bands easily but i definitely think this song is way overrated. The albums pretty good but Paul's Boutique and Check your head are way better
  • Ralph from Costa Mesa, United StatesCannon balls were not stored on rolling ship decks. They were stored below to keep them away from the corrosive salty water which would impair their performance. Having round cannon balls on deck would be a space use and safety impairment. Brass is an expensive and heavy material to use compared to wood.
  • Jeremy from Warren , RiMmmm it does go well with the chicken! Delicious again Peter.
  • Kel from Milwaukee, WiIt's also a ghetto fabulous cocktail comprised of 3 parts malt liquor, 1 part Sunny Delight...you drink the required portion out of your 40-oz and then top it off with Sunny D
  • Meg from Brooklyn, NyIve found that a bottle of Brass Monkey is best when served at 80 degrees, a good handbag-warm treat if you ask me. I also prefer to drink my brass monkey on subway trains. YEA B MONKEY!
  • Kieran from Harlow, United Statesdrink responsibly..............
  • Jon from Dallas, TxI drank a bottle of Brass Monkey about 10 years ago and that was one hell of a blind drunk!! I woke up against a light pole 10 miles away in the median of a large road in Dallas. Had it not started to rain I might have slept there all day. I had to walk home. I still have no idea how I got there. I think I got in a van with some girls. I guess they tossed me off or ????
  • Nick from Detroit, MiIn actuality, ready service shot was kept on the gun or spar decks in shot racks (also known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy) which consisted of longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, into which round shot (cannon balls) were inserted for ready use by the gun crew. The stacks of cannon balls we see these days on ships is a recent phenomenon.
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