Released
September 12, 1989
Label
Geffen Records
Recorded At
Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver BC
Length
47:42
Discs
1

Credits
Tyler/Perry
Length
3:57
First known play
1989-10-18
Most recent known play
2016-10-21
Total known full plays
318
Total times opening a show
2
Total times closing a show
1

Woe is me
But I've been dyin'
Got to get that monkey
Off my back

Fortune teller looked into my eyeballs
The wrinkles on her face about to crack
She said, "You best believe it, you ain't goin' nowhere
Unless you get that monkey off your back"

Well, I make believe the devil made me do it
I was the evil leader of the pack
You best believe I had it all and then I blew it
Feedin' that fuckin' monkey on my back

If you put it in a spoon then I won't do it
Some king whose mental house was just a shack
Where do you draw the line
When all your friends are dyin'
You got to get that monkey off your back

Crystal ball is where you chase the dragons
She said now, "Bring me home his head inside a sack"
But now you find your crystal balls are draggin'
Got to get that monkey off your back