Alive – English Lyrics

• By: Beastie Boys

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the vibrant sounds and positive message of Beastie Boys' 'Alive,' a hip hop anthem that encourages unity and personal growth. This track offers a fantastic opportunity to improve your English while absorbing the song's uplifting energy and important social commentary .

[English]

(wind howling)

- [Narrator] I have never been more ready

in my entire life to do this right now.

Never.

It's all been leading up to this moment.

All right now, right here.

My whole life right here.

♪ We got rhyme selections in a wide array ♪

(singing in foreign language)

♪ The party people scream ♪

(singing in foreign language)

♪ 'Cause I got a remote for my bidet ♪

♪ A-D-R-O-C-K ♪

♪ I use the microphone like Picasso used clay ♪

♪ Down with freckles from around the way ♪

♪ Peace to Bambata and Jazzy Jay ♪

♪ I rock on the mic from here to Bombay ♪

♪ I give it my best and say come what may ♪

♪ 'Cause everybody's got their dues to pay ♪

♪ I'm looking side ways like my man Pele ♪

♪ Getting on like Ali boom ba yay ♪

♪ So fed up with racism today ♪

♪ Time to speak up and not turn away ♪

♪ Make the sun shine when it's cloudy and gray ♪

♪ Dip dip dive so socialize ♪

♪ Open up your ears and clean out your eyes ♪

♪ If you learn to love your in for a surprise ♪

♪ It could be nice to be alive ♪

♪ I'm taking doody rhymes to a brand new height ♪

♪ I shine on the mic like UltraBright ♪

♪ Created a monster with these rhymes I write ♪

♪ Goatee metal rap please say goodnight ♪

♪ Now here's a little something you may not like ♪

♪ My DJ's name is Mix Master Mike ♪

♪ It's a real pity that you people gotta bite ♪

♪ But I could understand because he sounds so nice ♪

♪ Reading you the news cause I'm Country Mike ♪

♪ Use a microphone like Shazam used tights ♪

♪ Try to keep clear of that hate and spite ♪

♪ So I keep my mind still like the still of night ♪

♪ Now who in the world do you want to fight ♪

♪ It's against the system, we should unite ♪

♪ Homophobics ain't all right ♪

♪ If you learn to love, then you might love life ♪

♪ Dip dip dive so socialize ♪

♪ Open up your ears and clean out your eyes ♪

♪ If you learn to love, you're in for a surprise ♪

♪ It could be nice to be alive ♪

♪ Bring it back that old New York rap ♪

♪ Bring it back that old New York rap ♪

♪ Bring it back that old New York rap ♪

♪ Bring it back, bring it back ♪

♪ Bring it back that old New York rap ♪

♪ Bring it back that old New York rap ♪

♪ Bring it back, bring it back ♪

♪ Bring it back that old New York rap ♪

♪ Now you can shuffle numbers but facts is facts ♪

♪ So many billionaires while so many lack ♪

♪ So before the poor decide to react ♪

♪ Come on, party people and share up your stacks ♪

♪ Now I'm a break it down to the brass tacks ♪

♪ Do the Biz Mark and the cabbage patch ♪

♪ You try to turn the key but then you broke the latch ♪

♪ Sneak into my files for some rhymes to snatch ♪

♪ I'd like to have a say on the income tax ♪

♪ Don't wanna help build bombs and that's the facts ♪

♪ No money for healthcare so what's the catch ♪

♪ The man got you locked with the keys to the latch ♪

♪ Mike and Adam have got my back ♪

♪ You bring the mics and we'll bring the raps ♪

♪ Turn on the P.A. and rock your shack ♪

♪ Don't smoke cheeba, can't stand crack ♪

♪ Dip dip dive so socialize ♪

♪ Open up your ears and clean out your eyes ♪

♪ If you learn to love, you're in for a surprise ♪

♪ It could be nice to be alive ♪

♪ Live, live, live, live, live, live ♪

♪ Live, live, live, live, live, live ♪

♪ Live, live, live, live, live, live ♪

♪ Live, live, live, live, live, live ♪

♪ Live, live, live, live, live, live ♪