Shadrach Lyrics - Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

Riddle me this, brother can you handle it 

Your style to my style, you can't hold a candle to it 

Equinox symmetry and the balance is right 

Smokin' and drinkin' on a Tuesday night 

It's not how you play the game, it's how you win it 

I cheat and steal and sin and I'm a cynic 

For those about to rock we salute you 

The dirty thoughts for dirty minds we contribute to 

I once was lost, but now I'm found 

The music washes over and you're one with the sound 

Who shall inherit the earth, the meek shall 

Hey yo I think I'm starting to peak now Al 

And then the man upstairs I hope that he cares 

If I had a penny for my thoughts I'd be a millionaire 

We're just three M.C.'s and we're on the go 

Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego (Shadrach, Meshach, Abednago) 

Only twenty-four hours in a day 

Only twelve notes that a man can play 

Music for all and not just one people 

And now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequel 

More Adidas sneakers than a plumber's got pliers 

Got more suits than Jacoby & Meyers 

If not for my vices, my bugged-out desires 

My year would be good just like Goodyear's tires 

So I'm out pickin' pockets at the Atlantic Antic 

And nobody wants to hear you 'cause your rhymes are so frantic 

I mix business with pleasure way too much 

I mean wine and women and song and such 

I don't get blue, I gotta mean red streak 

You don't pay the band, your friends and that's weak 

Get even like Steven, like pulling a Rambo 

Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego (Shadrach, Meshach, Abednago) 

Steal from the rich and I'm out robbing banks 

Give to the poor and I always give thanks 

Got more stories than J.D's got Salinger 

I hold the title and you are the challenger 

I've got money like Charles Dickens 

Got the girlies in the Couple like the Colonel's got the chickens 

Always go out dapper like Harry S. Truman 

I'm madder than Mad's Alfred E. Newman 

(Never gonna let them say that I don't love you) 

My noggin is hoggin' all kinds of thoughts 

Adam Yoggin is Yauch and he's rockin' of course 

Smoke the holy chalice got my own religion 

Rally round the stage and check the funky dope musicians 

Jerry Lee Swaggert or Jerry Lee Falwell 

You love Mario Andretti cause he always drives his car well