Lyrics to Beat On The Brat

This version of Beat On The Brat was released by Ramones in 1976.

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Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat
Oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh.

What can you do?
What can you do?
With a brat like that always on your back
What can you do? (lose?)

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About Lyrics and Beat On The Brat by Ramones

The lyrics for Beat On The Brat are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Ramones. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Beat On The Brat have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Beat On The Brat - Ramones and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Beat On The Brat by Ramones in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Beat On The Brat" means the words set to the music of Beat On The Brat, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ramones. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Beat On The Brat and the lyrics to Beat On The Brat are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ramones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Beat On The Brat, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.