(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)

Album: Licensed To Ill (1986)
Charted: 11 7
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    You wake up late for school, man you don't want to go
    You ask you mom, please? but she still says, no
    You missed two classes, and no homework
    But your teacher preaches class like you're some kind of jerk

    You gotta fight for your right to party

    Your pops caught you smoking, and he says, "No way"
    That hypocrite smokes two packs a day
    Man, living at home is such a drag
    Now your mom threw away your best porno mag (bust it)

    You gotta fight for your right to party

    You gotta fight

    Don't step out of this house if that's the clothes you're gonna wear
    I'll kick you out of my home if you don't cut that hair
    Your mom busted in and said, what's that noise?
    Aw, mom you're just jealous it's the Beastie Boys

    You gotta fight for your right to party
    You gotta fight for your right to party

    Party
    Party Writer/s: Adam Horowitz, Adam Yauch, Rick Rubin
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 10

  • Randy from Fayettevile, ArGasp! I wasn't even born yet when this song & video were hot. But I love it all! It's so wild. I've heard the song a lot on radio the past few years. And I agree with "Craig" there oughta be more wild songs like this out there!! Yaaaaa!
  • Craig from Manitowoc, WiAwesome song in its day. They should make more of these type of songs now a days.
  • Cati from Atlanta, Gagod, there are so many people in this vid who look familiar. I mean, obviously the slayer guy, but someone looks like Nikki Sixx. :D
  • Roy from San Francisco, CaIt's actually Rick Rubin wearing the AC/DC, Slayer, and Beastie Boys shirts.
  • Luke from Manchester, EnglandOf course people are wearing band shirts, it's meant to be a piss take of a stereotypical heavy metal party.
  • Jay from Jackson, Msi was watching and i noticed, yes luke from manchester, slayer's guitarist wearing a slayer shirt, a guy wearing an acdc shirt and also a guy wearing a beastie boys shirt
  • Sadie from Belle Glade, FlThe 80's Pop tart Tiffany (the one who had videos singing in stripmalls) is also in this video. LOVING those Beastie Boys!!!
  • Luke from Manchester, EnglandAlso samples Saxon's 'Wheel's Of Steel'
  • Paulo from Yonkers, NyThe video is hilarious.
  • Luke from Manchester, EnglandFeatures Slayer's Kerry King on guitar - He's in the video too, here's a clue: He's wearing the Slayer shirt
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