Skills To Pay The Bills

by Beastie Boys

From the album: Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science

Track 7 of 14 on Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science (1999).

Duration: 3:14

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Lyrics for Skills To Pay The Bills

I've got the skills to pay the bills I got the, got the, got the skills to pay the bills I've got the skills to pay the bills What you got? I got the skills to pay the bills I'm Mike D and I'm bustin' out trap kits The time has come so I'm going to rap this You Rip Van Winkle, now you're gonna wake up MCs, pick up a hobby that you're gonna take up Well, on the stage I'm known to break fool But when I'm at the table, it's the Futterman's rule Workin' on my game 'cause it's time to tax I'm on a crazy mission to wax Bob Mack Up to the top, 'til the very last drop I'll make you tapes of the rhymes I say I'm selling sex rhymes by the pound You horny MCs, I watch you getting around my The skills to pay the bills I got the, got the, got the skills to pay the bills I got the, got the, got the skills to pay the bills I got the skills to pay the bills, ya'll So it better pull through when it comes to me Let it go down like it's supposed to be Words together like birds in a flock Ah yes rhymes on time like the hands on a clock Well, I'm an epileptic, a skept-a-cleptic I'm cutting up the beats from the bear, I clept it I fucked around and then I lost my tooth I'm telling everybody it's the goddamn truth Like Dennis Coffey, I'm a Scorpio Like my man Schneider, I'm a super ho Making mountains out of molehills and rockin' some mo' skills Butt naked beats with butt naked fills I got the skills (what skills?) To pay the bills I got the skills (what skills?) To pay the bills I got the skills (what skills?) To pay the bills I got the skills to pay the bills, ya'll A-wella', wella', wella', wella', welcome back I don't sell bullets and I don't sell crack Rub a little oil on my neck and back Now listen baby doll, we outta hit the sack The original, Young Aboriginal Continued evolution of an individual, well, I'll tell ya Got so many rhymes, ya know my throat is sore It's 1992 and still no one to vote for Well, like my words is what I'm seeing through my own eyes A little vision of the truth in a world of lies When it comes to coming off, I like to get my fill Well, I got the skills I got the skills to pay the bills I got the, got the, got the skills to pay the bills What you got, Mike? My skills to pay the bills I got the skills to pay the bills, y'all Woo, getta, got, gotta, got, gotta, got some We got the mad skills in '92, boy Yeah, you know what I'm saying Skills, y'all, I got skills to pay the bills Skills, y'all, skills to pay the bills What skills? Skills, skills to pay the bills Yeah, yeah, skills to pay the bills What skills? Money, money What skills? Money, money What skills? Makin', makin', makin' money What skills? Makin', makin' money What skills, ya'll? I gotta pay the bills I got skills, y'all, to pay the bills I got skills, ya'll I got a, I got a, dollar, dollar bills, ya'll I gotta pay the rent I got skills to pay the rent Mario C, yeah, he's paid the bills Mike D, y'all, you know I pay the bills Ad-Rock, yeah, let's pay the bills

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