Aa good 50% of Beastie Boys lyrics are lines lifted straight from Run-D.M.C.. Or maybe vice versa, who knows. I will now catalogue them. Note that this is very much a work in progess; i've got a list in a text file somewhere which i'll find and add. Submissions to <twic@urchin.earth.li>.
| Lyric | Run-D.M.C. Track | Beasties Track |
|---|---|---|
| And if I got a new rhyme I'll just say it | Sucker MCs | Super Disco Breakin' |
| I'm the king of rock, there is none higher | King of Rock | Putting Shame In Your Game (NB: s/rock/boggle/) |
| Not five, not four, not three, just two | Jam Master Jay | 3 The Hard Way (NB: swaps the last two numbers) |
| It's like that y'all, but we don't quit | It's Tricky | Can't Won't Don't Stop (NB: the Beasties neither can, nor will, nor do stop, rather than not quitting) |
| It's time to get ill | My Adidas | Time to Get Ill |
| We get down with no delay | King of Rock | Three MCs And One DJ (NB: rather than simply get down, the Beasties be getting down) |
| Fresh ... For you ... | Rock Box (NB: the wrong way round) | That's It That's All |
| God damn that DJ made my day | Peter Piper | Three MCs And One DJ (NB: here, sampled from the Biz - go figure) |
Maybe the solution is to get the complete lyrics of both bands from somewhere and run BLAST over them or something ...