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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Recorder
Jon Weiner
Jon Weiner
Recorder
Andre Kelman
Andre Kelman
Recorder
Michael Diamond
Michael Diamond
Vocals
Adam Yauch
Adam Yauch
Vocals
Adam Horovitz
Adam Horovitz
Vocals
Mix Master Mike
Mix Master Mike
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael Diamond
Michael Diamond
Composer
Adam Yauch
Adam Yauch
Composer
Adam Horovitz
Adam Horovitz
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Mixing Engineer
Philippe Zdar
Philippe Zdar
Mixing Engineer
Vlado Meller
Vlado Meller
Mastering Engineer
Mark Santangelo
Mark Santangelo
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Rickity-rickity-rickity-rickity-wow!
I got the golden style
You people go wild when I bless this crowd
Ooh to the ahh, to the ooh to the eee
You want to know who funky and I said 'Je suis'
[Verse 2]
Well, I give you a wedgie, I give you a noogie
Put my foot up your ass! Electric boogie
Break dancing at your door on a pile of shit
Set the bag on fire for the fuck of it
[Verse 3]
Yo, I bust into your radio station, chuck a smoke bomb
Put on my gas mask and put my tape on
By the time you figure out what went wrong
Light up my jet pack and I'm gone
[Verse 4]
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
[Verse 5]
I grab my mic and people lose their minds
And twist their hands in the air and bop their heads in time
I'm rockin', shoutin'—"Do your dance, Mike"
Because I'm built for speed like a Tour de France bike
[Verse 6]
I got the tape spinnin' in the Echoplex
I keep the competition sealed under a hex
And if you waste my time then I get vexed
I'm eating MCs up, like a dozen for breakfast
[Verse 7]
Like Franz Harary I'm a magic man
Films in the cam, cat's in the bag, carpet is shag
You can try to take the boast but you can't take the brag
[Verse 8]
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
[Verse 9]
We come together upon the mic and rock it
We got styles ain't none of y'all can top it
We in the cut and, yes, we in the pocket
We're getting down and that's right, that's right, that's right, that's right...
[Verse 10]
Yo, because I'm down in the basement mixin' up ink
I'm on the edge and I'm on the brink
You've got the press and I've got the plates
We pressin' twenties up by the crate
[Verse 11]
Yes, we make it happen with the rappin'
With the crunch with the Cap'n and the Boo Berry
With Count Chocula, the sound that you love
We've been getting fly with the highest above
[Verse 12]
I'm on, the one, the battle tank in Tron
You're too far gone—ARGH!—another pawn
Guide searching, what channel is he on?
'Cause there ain't no sunshine when Mike D's gone
[Verse 13]
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon
Pop your balloon
Pop-pop your balloon...
[Verse 14]
Yo, the sound man almost lost his soup on that one
He's still contemplating it though
Uh-oh, look out!
Written by: Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond
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