Tricky
Maxinquaye lyrics

 
 
 
 

		Overcome
		_ Martina: You sure you want to be with me? I've nothing to give Won't lie and say this loving's best  Whoa, leave us in emotional peace Mmm, take a walk take a rest, a taste of this Don't wanna be on top of your list,    Monopoly improperly kissed We overcome in sixty seconds the strength we had together But for now, emotional ties they stay severed And when there's trust there'll be treats When we funk we'll hear beats Karmacoma (x7) You and her, walking through the suburbs    No, not exactly lovers      You're a couple, 'specially when your bodies double       Duplicate and then you wait      For the next Kuwait Karmacoma (x6) Jamaican aroma, karmacoma You sure you want to be with me? I've nothing to give Won't lie and say this loving's best  Whoa, leave us in emotional peace Mmm, take a walk take a rest, a taste of this Don't wanna be on top of your list,    Monopoly improperly kissed We overcome in sixty seconds the strength we had together But for now, emotional ties they stay severed And when there's trust there'll be treats When we funk we'll hear beats Karmacoma (x7) Karmacoma (x7) from:  source: Always on the run

 
 

		Ponderosa
		_ Martina: The place where... (x6) Tricky:  ...Where I stand Martina: The place where I stand gives way to liquid lino Underneath the weeping willow lies a weeping wino The place where I stand gives way to liquid lino Underneath the weeping willow lies a weeping wino Tricky: Uhh... Tricky & Martina: The mighty crowd Search for their spaces And turn around time's gone Take ten paces Can't make head or tail of it I drink till I'm drunk And I smoke till I'm senseless. You see in black and white Feel in slow motion I drown myself in sorrow Until I wake up tomorrow The illusion of confusion It's not from where I am sat Recircle recycle resemble me Different levels of the devil's company Tricky: Yeah (x3) Martina and Tricky: They lead us outside Take us out quietly To the cage through the bars The place where I stand gives way to liquid lino Underneath the weeping willow lies a weeping whino The place where I stand gives way to liquid lino Underneath the weeping willow lies a weeping whino The mighty crowd search for their spaces And turn around time's gone, I take ten paces. Been up ahead - can't make head or tail of it I drink 'till I'm drunk, and I smoke till I'm senseless. (I smoke, I smoke, I smoke) You see in black and white, feel in slow motion, I drown myself in sorrow, until I wake up tomorrow I drown myself in sorrow, until I wake up tomorrow (the illusion of, the illusion of) I drown myself in, I drown myself in (the illusion of...until I, until I wake up tomorrow) The illusion of confusion is not from where I am sat (it's not from where I'm...circle) from:  source: Always on the run

 

 

		Black Steel (written by Drayton/Ridenhour/Sadler/Shocklee, originally performed by Public Enemy)
		_ Martina: I got a letter from the government The other day Opened it and read it It said they were suckers They wanted me for their army or whatever Picture me givin' a damn, I said never Here is a land that never gave a damn About a brother like myself Because I never did I wasn't wit' it, but just that very minute... It occurred to me The suckers had authority Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before I contemplated a plan on the cell floor I'm not a fugitive on the run But a brother like me begun, to be another one Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all They criticize me for some crime I got a letter, I got a letter, I got a letter Picture me given' a damn, I said never Mmm...mmm...mmm It occurred to me The suckers had authority Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before I got a letter from the government The other day Opened it and read it It said they were suckers They wanted me for their army or whatever Picture me givin' a damn, I said never Here is a land that never gave a damn About a brother like me and myself Because I never did I wasn't wit' it, but just that very minute... It occurred to me The suckers had authority Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before I contemplated a plan on the cell floor I'm not a fugitive on the run I'm not a fugitive on the run Tricky: Many switch in, switch on, switch off (x5) Martina: Nevertheless they could not understand That I'm a black man, and I could never be a veteran. On the strength of situations, I'm real. I got a raw deal, so I'm lookin' for the steel Looking for the steel. I got a letter from the government The other day Opened and read it It said they were suckers They wanted me for their army or whatever Picture me givin' a damn, I said never Here is a land that never gave a damn About a brother like me and myself Because they never did I wasn't wit' it, but just that very minute... It occurred to me The suckers had authority Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell How long has it been? They got me sittin' in the state pen I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before I contemplated a plan on the cell floor I'm not a fugitive on the run I'm not, I'm not I'm not a fugitive on the run But a brother like me begun, to be another one Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all To criticize me for some crime I got a letter from the government The other day Opened it and read it It said they were suckers They wanted me for their army or whatever Picture me givin' a damn, I said never Here is a land that never gave a damn About a brother like me and myself Because I never did I wasn't wit' it, but just that very minute... Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm I got a letter from the government The other day Opened it and read it It said they were suckers They wanted me for their army or whatever Picture me givin' a damn, I said never Here is a land that never gave a damn from:  source: Always on the run originally performed by Public Enemy

 
 

		Hell Is Round The Corner
		_ Tricky: I stand firm for a soil I lick a rock off foil So reduce me, seduce me Dress me up in Stüssy   Hell is round the corner where I shelter  Isms and schisms, we're living on a skelter If you believe I'll deceive common sense says you are thief Let me take you down the corridors of my life Tricky and Martina: And when you walk, do you walk to your preference No need to answer 'till... Tricky: I take further evidence. I seem to need a reference to get residence A reference to your preference to say I'm a good neighbour, I trudge So judge me for my labour Lobotomy ensures my good behavior The constant struggle ensures my insanity Passing the indifference ensures the struggle for my family We're hungry, beware of our appetite Distant drums bring the news of a kill tonight The kill which I share with my passengers We take our fill, take our fill, take a feel I stand firm for a soil I lick a rock off foil So reduce me, seduce me Dress me up in Stüssy Confused by different memories Details of Asian remedies Conversations, of what's become of enemies My brain thinks bomb-like So I listen he's a calm type As I grow And as I grow, I grow collective Before the move sit on the perspective Mr. Quail's in the crevice And watches from the precipice Imperial passage Heat from the sun someday slowly passes  Until then, you have to live with yourself Until then, you have to live with yourself I stand firm for a soil Lick a rock off foil So reduce me, seduce me Dress me up in Stüssy Martina: Hell is round the corner where I shelter Isms and schisms, we're living on a skelter If you believe I'll deceive and common sense says you are the thief Let me take you down the corridors Tricky: My brain thinks bomb-like, bomb-like My brain thinks bomb-like, bomb-like, bomb-like My brain thinks bomb-like Beware of our appetite from:  source: Paypack Press

 
 

		Pumpkin
		_ Alison Goldfrapp: Pumpkin you're hollow within More how I'm to slowly  Let their harm Give us some It's sad until Like flowers untamed Shine out ends I find what will make him Love me Life is our find Hollow is he Tricky:  I can't breathe and I can't see MTV moves too fast, I refuse to understand You go your way and I'll see mine Feels like wasted time And it feels like I must be blind How'd you like yourself?  You don't know yourself Alison Goldfrapp: To a hollow kind, don't mind Love is some of you Don't dabble in fall of failure  How bad, ooh, ooh Tricky and Alison Goldfrapp:  I smell of she and I fail to be Well anyway, well anyway, well anyway  Alison Goldfrapp: See how high Go on Tricky: I can't see and I can't breathe I can't see and I can't breathe I can't see and I can't breathe I can't see and I can't breathe Well anyway, well anyway from:_ source: Always on the run

 
 

		Aftermath
		_ Martina: For one more poor boy, there's someone For he, for she For one more poor boy, there's someone For him, for me Martina & Tricky: Your eyes resemble mine, you see as no others can Here inherit my kingdom, speak of our people's plan I'll be here for my baby, for my baby I'll be near So many things I need to tell you, things she needs to hear Martina: So this is the aftermath Tricky: Your eyes resemble mine, you see as no others can Here inherit my kingdom, speak of our people's plan I'll be here for my baby, for my baby I'll be near So many things I need to tell you Martina: For one more poor boy, there's someone For he, for she For one more poor boy, there's someone For him, for me "Let me tell you about my mother" (from the film  "Bladerunner") Martina: For one more poor boy, there's someone For he, for she For one more poor boy, there's someone For him, for me Tricky & Martina: Your eyes resemble mine, you see as no others can Here inherit my kingdom, speak of our people's plan I'll be here for my baby, for my baby I'll be near So many things I need to tell you, things you need to hear How can I be sure In a world that's constantly changing How can I be sure In a world that's constantly changing How can, how can I be sure (Background vocals) Just when I thought I was winning Just when I thought I could not be stopped Just when I thought I was winning Just when I thought I could not be stopped How can I be sure? from: source: Always on the run lyrical quotes: The Young Rascals, Japan

 
 

		Abbaon Fat Tracks
		_ Tricky and Martina: Fuck you in, tuck you in, suck you in "Then you fly, you fly as fast as you can to baby Jesus!" (Susan Sarandon, from the film Lorenzo's Oil, 1:03:29) I am she who stinks of me Gritted teeth, fists are clutching, Breast stroke, lots of touching See you in the sun There'll be big fauna at my Hotel, motel, hotel, motel I'll fuck you in the ass, just for a laugh With the quick speed, I'll make your nose bleed I ride the pre-menstrual cycle Forget about the Michael Now here's the big blast, I like the big catch I'll spray you straight through I spray your daydreams Enjoy myself, within myself And back again, encouraging sin, a powerful mind Devious mind for a devious kind Ugly noises and strange ways by the tube rays I roll up the blue bills I snort the cheap thrills from: source: Always on the run lyrical quotes: Sugarhill Gang

 
 

		Brand New You're Retro
		_ Tricky: We know, yes we know It's my ego on fantastic But still, you're fuckin' with my plastic Dedicated, medicated, They bend and break me Overrate me I take a small piece and make it breathe It takes a second for a record sucka niggas won't believe They stress me, test me, vex me So what, you got a gun? That shit don't impress me Yes yes you always walks with the crew You're a motherfucker 'cause you're not alone If you don't think I'm a brother, then check my chromosome Brand new, you're retro I already passed you on a one-two I've been cued to this already Bullet to the head Bullet to the head, what you know I's joking? What the fuck are you doin'? You come to represent my attention? You need more than a mic and a mention Through the scars you see bars Through the bars you see scars results of my rage Brand new, you're retro (x3) Martina: Scared to skip and step in case you trip and fall Thunder picks you up, slaps you on the wall That's maniacal, I cuff through my manocle Mechanical and super-natty Love is not talk, I walk on by Exotic spices If your mouth can't tame the meaning Be careful of the faces you're seeing A dread of the past and fear of the future That's maniacal, I cuff through my manocle Mechanical and super-natty Tricky: Brand new, you're retro (x3) Brand new, you're retro (x3) Bullet to the head, what you know I's joking? What the fuck are you doin'? You come to represent my attention? You need more than a mic and a mention Through the scars you see bars Through the bars you see scars results of my rage Brand new, you're retro (x3) Brand new, you're retro (x3) Brand new, you're retro (x3) Brand new, you're retro (x3) from:_ source: Always on the run lyrical quotes: Public Enemy

 

 

		Suffocated Love
		_ Tricky: It's too good, it's too nice She makes me finish too quick Is it love? No not love She turns my sexual tricks She says she's mine, I know she lies First, I scream, then I cry You take a second of me You beckon, I'll bleed She suffocates me She suffocates me with suggestions I asked 'do you feel the same?' And later on, maybe I'll tell you my real name She's so good, she's so bad You understand, I can't expand Now I could just kill a man She's on her knees, I say please I cross her city lines, she's got brown eyes Martina: I think ahead of you, I think instead of you Will you spend your life with me And stifle me? I know why the caged bird sings, I know why Tricky: Forgive and you're forgiven Kingdom come Can you wait for yours I need to taste some Life's really funny I laugh while she spends my money She's my freak I guess I'm weak You ask what is this? Mind your business I pass idle days with my idle ways 'Til the twelfth of always She walks my hallways I keep her warm, but we never kiss She cuts my slender wrists Let's waste some more time I sign the dotted line A different level She-devil Martina: I think ahead of you, I think instead of you Will you spend your life with me And stifle me? I know why the caged bird sings, I know why Tricky: You ask what is this? Mind your business I pass idle days with my idle ways 'Til the twelfth of always She walks my hallways I keep her warm but we never kiss She says I'm weak and immature But it's cool I know what money's for Push comes to shove Her tongue's her favourite weapon on attack I slap her back, she mostly hates me Martina: I think ahead of you, I think instead of you Will you spend your life with me And stifle me? I know why the caged bird sings, I know why Tricky: Can I take off your clothes Before we go out And when you're helpless I'll scream and shout We finish everyday Well, anyway Sixty-nine degrees My head's between her knees. You ask what is this? Mind your business It's too good, it's too nice She makes me finish too quick Is it love? No not love She turns my sexual tricks She says she's mine, I know she lies First, I scream, then I cry Take a second of me You beckon, I'll bleed Take a second of me Martina: I think ahead of you, I think instead of you Will you spend your life with me And stifle me? I know why the caged bird sings, I know why I know why the caged bird sings, I know why from:_ source: Always on the run (with corrections by Laurie) lyrical quotes: Maya Angelou, Cypress Hill inspired by: Shakespeare's Sonnett 138

 
 

		You Don't
		_ Ragga:  I fight evil with evil I fight evil with evil Believe me how you found me Take away my self-esteem Anytime you're ready Tricky:  You don't, you don't  You don't, you don't You don't, you you don't you don't wanna even try Ragga:  I sleep, but gets no rest. You scheme, but gods know best. Second trying, I was actually dying, ohohoh! When you drown in your devil's music I did every need to use it. Tricky:  You don't, you don't  You don't, you don't You don't, you you don't you don't wanna even try Ragga:  Trust you if you're trustful Use you if you're useful Really (rarely) smooth, really (rarely) evil And if you're here, and that is the reason. Giant strides, twelve tribes It takes a second to wreck it Sixty seconds, forget it I guess you dont hear me though Tricky:  You don't, you don't  You don't, you don't you don't, you you don't wanna even try Ragga:  I guess you dont hear me though, I'm not looking yours, I'm looking mine Looking so quiet but discreet Echoes to see On an unsuggested stream, unsuggested mean Take it to the top, unstable the times Unstable the walk Unbearable, searable, popular demand From cradle to grave is Abel buried a man With my moneys and the felons, we conquer a clearance Building extensions of potential But I guess you don't hear me though Tricky :  You don't, you don't  You don't, you don't You don't, you you don't you don't wanna even try Ragga:  You don't, you don't  You don't, you don't Even wanna try Tricky:  You don't, you don't  You don't, you don't You don't, you you don't you don't wanna even try Ragga:  oohhh ahhh  You don't, you don't  You don't, you you don't Even wanna try Tricky:  You don't, you don't  You don't, you don't You don't, you you don't you don't wanna even try Ragga:  Hmmmm from:_ source: Always on the run

 
 

		Strugglin'
		_ Tricky: Because, in, in hell I'll be lost in the layers of weakness All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest Strugglin...strugglin...strugglin Brainwashed with the Hallucinagenics in my system I cock the trigger Many switch in Switch on, switch off Martina & Tricky: Here I'm lost (I'm lost) In the layers of weakness (Brainwashed) All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest Exhausted by the mundane Simplicity no longer plain (Strugglin, strugglin) Strugglin, strugglin with the insane Tricky: I'm strugglin I'm strugglin with the insane ... Hallucinagenics in my system ... They say I'm insane I'm strugglin, strugglin Martina & Tricky: Darkness and warmth Obvious and mysterious Magical colors (Mystical shadows) Mystical shadows Thought with no meaning (They say I'm insane) Label me insane But I'm more normal than most Strugglin so hard (I just need to remain) ('Cause I'm strugglin) To remain (I know I'm the truth) 'Cause we are the truth See what we want to see (Please, please tell me, tell me what i want to hear) Hear what we want to hear Strugglin so hard (I'm strugglin) I took a ride, yeah (Roll with the bullets to survive... to survive... to survive) (Self preservation) Roll with the bullets Just to survive (Self preservation) Self preservation (Keeps the crowd alive) Keeps the crowd alive Tricky: Strugglin... strugglin They... they say I'm insane I'm strugglin... strugglin They say I'm insane Martina & Tricky: Strugglin (I'm more normal than most) Strugglin (I'm just strugglin) Strugglin (Mythical shadows) Strugglin (Mysterious...the obvious) Strugglin (They say im insane...I'm strugglin) Strugglin Tricky: Switch in, switch on, switch off I'm lost in contradiction Feed me my visuals A flashback... a flashback from way back I'm strugglin... strugglin Do you know what its like to struggle? Do you...do you...have you...have you ever had to struggle? Strugglin...strugglin Roll with the bullets to survive Strugglin...strugglin...strugglin to remain They label me insane But i'm...i'm...i think i'm more normal than most Strugglin with the remains Brainwashed with the cheapest And if pain makes me stronger Then how am i stronger? There's a fate for the late But the late must wait longer Strugglin...strugglin Roll with the bullets to survive Self preservation keeps the crowd alive Strugglin In hell I'll be lost in the layers of weakness All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest In hell I'll be lost in the layers of weakness All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest Exhausted with the mundane Simplicity means no longer plain Strugglin with the insane Darkness and warmth The obvious and mysterious Magical colors, mythical shadows Half thought with no meaning They label me insane (x3) from:_ source: Always on the run

 

 

		Feed Me
		_ Tricky: Hey you, so whatcha gonna do Unbearable, searable, popular demand From cradle to grave, the simple diary of man Unbearable, searable, popular demand Unbearable, searable, popular demand From cradle to grave, the simple diary of man Unbearable, searable, popular demand Martina: How things are together we'll destroy And then we can destroy what we are Together we can build what we are when we dream the spirit free We don't give praise, we take praise So why are we? Tricky: Unbearable, searable, popular demand From cradle to grave, the simple diary of man Martina: How things are together we'll destroy And then we can destroy what we are Together we can build what we are when we dream the spirit free We don't give praise, we take praise So why are we? Tricky: Unbearable, searable, popular demand From cradle to grave, this simple diary of man Unbearable, searable, popular demand Martina: Feed me when I'm hungry Drink me 'till I'm dry The dream of yesterday becomes another lie You feed me lies, distortion, the English disaster No one's free from love for one master Tricky: Unbearable searable popular demand From cradle to grave, the simple diary of man Martina: We found a new place to live where we're taught to grow strong And strongly sensitive, it always sets the scenery Colors leave only beauty, words and wine amongst the greenery See how it is (x2) The only lessons you teach us from a margin They ask my origin The only lessons you teach us from a margin They ask my origin, it's a moral sin, it's a moral sin Extract from crystal though nothing is clear I despise you, damn you, dream you I love you But still nothing is clear I think of when i found you You keep on singin while I'm drowning Down into that two-tone vision I've been raised in this place And now concrete is my religion See how it is (x4) The only lessons you teach us from a margin You ask my origin The only lessons you teach us from a margin They ask my origin The only lesson you teach us, wrong and right You ask my origin The only lesson you teach us, wrong and right They ask my origin, it's a moral sin, it's a moral sin from:_ source: Always on the run

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