What Comes Around
Beastie Boys Lyrics

Overripe, fresh-skeezed California females With 3-inch cherry red press-on Lee nails
Talking about classic free-love California and the glam that goes with it, over the top girls with sharp nails.

Reach into my mind for the rhymes I'm seeking Like a garbage bag full, overflowing now it's leaking
The quest for new rhymes and inspiration is like trying to dig in a bag full of trash that overflows and spills.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair So I can climb up and get into your underwear
A sleazy rap line about a guy trying to get to a girl's underwear.

Rat soup eating, test cheating no business punk You're insecure born in the junkyard with the junk
Insulting someone who is of poor character, comes from nothing, and has nothing going on for them.

You've gone wet look crazy and messed with your head You fucked around and wound up with the bald skin head
Messing around with looks, turning bald, and ultimately looking ridiculous is being mocked here.

You're all mixed up like pasta primavera Yo why'd you throw that chair at Geraldo Rivera, man?
Talking about a disturbed individual who has let things go badly and seems to be in a mixed-up state, while also mentioning a real-life incident where someone threw a chair at TV host Geraldo Rivera.

'Cause one man's ceiling is another man's floor So get that money out of your ass you whore
The line is a criticism of the tendency of some people to let greed get the best of themselves and treat others unjustly. One's gain often means another's loss.

I brought her upstairs onto the roof I dogged your wife and she is a doofus
A sexual encounter is being referenced here, along with what many might construe as a misogynistic slur.

Clean bee, cleaning the G-spot, you know that we've got The Dolemite house and you have not
A song that celebrates the Beastie Boys' success and lampoons the ones who do not have as much.

Why you want to beat that brat with a bat Why you want to treat your girl like that
This is an attack on anyone who would put their hands on somebody else in anger or violence, particularly if the person is weaker or defenseless.

Living in the rat race smoking rat weed You reap what you sow when you plant the seed
Challenging the person who might have a negative attitude with respect to life and who indulges in substance abuse. There are consequences to our own actions.

Bum cheese on rye with ham and prosciutto Got more Louie than Phillip Rizzuto
Humorous bragging about their wealth, typically in a tongue-in-cheek way, comparing one's amount of money or possessions to that of somebody else.

What goes around comes around What goes around comes around What goes around comes around And what comes around goes around
A proverb about the law of the universe that 'if you do something bad to someone, it is likely to come back to you'.

What goes around comes around What goes around comes around What goes around comes around What goes around you know it comes around
A repeat of the same message; be kind and 'do unto others what you'd have them do unto you'.

What? check it, check it Check it, what, what, what funky Pam Funky damn, a funky Pam, Pam, Pam, Pam Bam, bam, bam (FD in the house, y'all) Funky, funky, funky, funky, funky Bam, bam, bam, bam FD Funky, funky, FD, funky, funky Fuck it Everybody, funky Pam Bam, bam, bam, slam, Alabama And kick it, Al-a-fucking-bama I slam a saki hammer And chilling Funky Like penicillin Funky Like panasaursas Funky Doris the Finkasaurus Ha, he, ha, ha, ha
A bunch of gibberish put to words and melody, adding to the humor and playfulness for which the Beastie Boys were known.