This is a corner of cyber-space dedicated to an incredibly useless project.  What you'll find are the Beastie Boys lyrics laid out with annotated comments explaining popular culture and historical references as well as known samples.  I might point out that the research is hardly authoritative and certainly not comprehensive.  There is lots of room for improvement so I welcome any comments or corrections you may have.  Please send props/flames to the guestbook and science/knowledge to my e-mail, however, please be sure you've read the why this page exists section before doing so.  Actually, I'd prefer you read it regardless, but definitely before you mail me.

With the increased popularity of these pages over the years and in light of the new Beastie Boys album due in June, I have decided to make the site a little easier to navigate and a little easier on the eyes.  Please excuse the mess as I tinker with its layout and design.

The lyrics for these pages were taken straight from the texts used on every other Beastie Boys web page out there, basically because I'm too lazy to transcribe them myself.  If  I've stepped on someone's toes, let me know and I'll figure something else out.  I have made some modifications to the texts to correct spelling and verse flow.  I also took the liberty of removing some lines that never made it to the recorded version (like appears regularly through-out the printed lyrics for Paul's Boutique). The actual lyrics appear in black text.  Sampled lyrics appear between *stars* (asterisks for those of you in the know). Annotations are this color and italicized.