Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Field Marshall
Programming
Bradley Nowell
Guitar
Bud Gaugh
Drums
Eric Wilson
Bass Guitar
Herbie Hancock
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bradley Nowell
Songwriter
Marshall Goodman
Songwriter
Adam Yauch
Songwriter
Rick Rubin
Songwriter
Ira Gershwin
Songwriter
Du Bose Heyward
Songwriter
George Gershwin
Songwriter
Adam Keefe Horovitz
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Kahne
Producer
Eddie Ashworth
Recording Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Summertime and the living's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree that we're
Well qualified to represent the LBC
Me, and me and Louie, we gon' run to the party
Dance to the rhythm, it gets harder
[Verse 1]
Me and my girl, we got this relationship
I love her so bad but she treats me like sh-
On lockdown like a penitentiary
She spreads her loving all over, and when she gets home, there's none left for me
[Chorus]
Summertime and the living's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree that we're
Well qualified to represent the LBC
Me, me and Louie, we gon' run to the party
Dance to the rhythm, it gets harder
[Verse 2]
Oh, take this veil from off my eyes
My burning sun will someday rise
So what am I gonna be doing for a while? Said, I'm gonna play with myself
Show them, now we've come off the shelf
So what?
[Verse 3]
Summertime and the living's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree that we're
Well qualified to represent the LBC
Gee, we and Louie, run to the party
Dance to the rhythm, it gets harder
[Bridge]
Evil, I've come to tell you that she's evil
Most definitely
Evil, ornery, scandalous and evil
Most definitely
The tension is getting hotter
I'd like to hold her head underwater, oh
[Verse 4]
Me and my girl, we got a relationship
Me and my girl, mmm, we got a relationship, mmm-hmm
My girl, we got a relationship
Oh, and my girl
[Chorus]
Take a tip, take a tip, take a ti-ti-ti-tip from me
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree that we're
Well qualified to represent the LBC
Me, la-la Louie, while everybody
Run to the rhythm, it gets harder
[Outro]
Summertime and the living's easy
Written by: Adam Keefe Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Bradley Nowell, Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Marshall Goodman, Rick Rubin