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181. Party for Your Right to Fight; Public Enemy

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 04:38 PM

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For another more obscure one

Public Enemy,
Party for Your Right to Fight

It was written as a political rebuttal for the Beastie Boy's Fight for Your Right to Party, produced by the same guys who produced that Beastie track.

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