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01. Overcome
02. Ponderosa
03. Black Steel
04. Hell is Round the Corner
05. Pumpkin
06. Aftermath
07. Abbaon Fat Tracks
08. Brand New You’re Retro
09. Suffocated Love
10. You Don’t
11. Strugglin’
12. Feed Me
OVERCOME
You sure you want to be with me? I’ve nothing to give.
Won’t lie and say this loving’s best
Leave us in emotional pace/peace [Hell is an emotional place]
Mmm, take a walk take a rest, a taste of rest [taste sadness]
Don’t wanna be on top of your list,
Phenomenally and properly kissed
We overcome in 60 seconds with the strength we have together.
But for now, emotional ties they stay severed.
And where there’s trust there’ll be treats
When we funk we’ll hear beats,
Karmacoma…
You and her walking through the suburbs
No, not exactly lovers
You’re a couple, specially when you’re body’s double.
Duplicate and then you wait
For the next Kuwait [UWAIT].
Karmacoma.
Jamacia Aroma [Jamaica In Roma], Karmacoma.
[Repeat verse 1]
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PONDEROSA
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
Don’t mind the crowds
Search for the spaces
Turn around time goes on [Turn around time’s gone]
A day to day basis [Take ten paces]
Been up ahead
Can’t made head or tail of it
I drink till I’m drunk
And I smoke till im senseless
See you black and white
Feel in slow motion
I drown myself in sorrow
Until i wake up tomorrow
The illusion of confusion is not from where I am sat
different recycles resemble me
different levels of the devils company.
[Primera.]
They lead us outside, take us out quietly
To the cage through the bars
You see scars: results of my rage
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 mind’s a crowd — search for the the spaces
And turn around time’s gone, I take ten paces.
Been up ahead — can’t make head or tale 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…
Tricky:
The illusion of… until I wake up…
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BLACK STEEL
I got a letter from the government
The other day
I Opened and read it
It said they were suckers
They wanted me for the army or whatever
Picture me given’ 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 occured 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
To criticize me some crime — never the less
They could not understand that I’m a Black man
And I could never be a veteran
On the strength, the situation’s unreal
I got a raw deal, now I’m lookin for the steel
Tricky:
Many switch in, switch on, switch off (x5)
Nevertheless they cannot 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
Lookin for the steel.
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HELL IS ROUND THE CORNER
I stand firm for our soil [a source]
lick a rock on foil [nigga I’ll come forth]
Say reduce me, seduce me, [They juice me, seduce me]
Dress me up in Stussy.
Hell is round the corner where I shelter.
Ism’s and schisms, we’re living helter skelter [been livin’ on a study]
If you believe and [or] deceive common sense says shouldn’t receive
Let me take you down the corridors of my life.
And when you walk, do you walk to your preference?
No need to answer till I take furthur evidence.
I seem to need a reference to get residence.
A reference to your preference to say,
I’m a good neighbor, I trudge, [shrug]
So judge me for labour,
live version of the song. The bond on me ensures [lobotomy] my good behavior
The constant struggle [strum] ensures my insanity.
Passing the ignorance 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 our fill.
[repeat first four lines]
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.
And as I grow, I grow collective.
Before the move sit on the perspective.
Mr. Quaye [Mr. Kray] lay in the crevice. [Distant cradle in the crevice]
And watches from the precipice.
Empirial passage.
Heat from the sun somedays slowly passes,
Until then, you have to live with yourself (x2).
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< PUMPKIN
pumpkin
you’re hollow kid
more how i’m to do
let the heart give us some
set the word seeds
like flowers they
shine out when
i find what will make you
love me
life is our find
hollow is he
(Tricky section)
So hollow
don’t back
over someone who
(?)
follow thee
how, how i feel
(Tricky section)
So hollow
how i
go on
(Tricky section)
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
I smell of she and I fail to be
Well, anyway… Well, anyway… Well, anyway…
I can’t breathe and I can’t see
I can’t see and I can’t breathe
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AFTERMATH
“Let me tell you about my mother…”*
Martina:
For once, there’s someone for he, for she.
For once, there’s someone for he, for me.
Tricky & Martina:
Your eyes resemble mine, you see as no others can
Here inherit my kingdom, speak of our [my] people’s plans
I’ll be here for my baby, for my baby I’ll be here [near]
So many things I need to tell you, things you need to hear
Tricky:
It was a day like no other
Clocks [hanging off]
It was said they dropped the bomb
And I walked out the door
Feeling lonely, [I see rain/as a ray]
Thinking of what was once
So I go in search of people
[Song of] the inhabitants
The air is filled with chemicals
So this is the aftermath
Walking over rubble
Which was once [cause’s calf]
Down to the center
Which used to be central
Martina:
So this is the aftermath
For once, there’s someone for he, for she.
For once, there’s someone for he, 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
Martina:
For once, there’s someone for he, for she.
For once, there’s someone for he, for me.
How can I
How can I
How can I be sure
In a world that’s constantly changing
How can I be sure
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 the film, Bladerunner.
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ABBAON FAT TRACKS
Fuck you in, tuck you in, suck you in
“Can you fly? You fly as fast as you can to baby Jesus!” (from the film The Rapture)
I am she
Mistakes of men
Gritty teeth, fists are clutching,
breast stroke, lots of touching
see you in the sun
there’ll be big fun, ah, in my
hotel, motel, hotel, motel
I fuck you in the ass, just for a laugh
with the quickspeed I’ll make your nose–bleed
I ride the premenstral cycle
Forget about the michael
Here’s the big blast, I like the big catch
i’ll spray you straight through
I spray your daydreams
Enjoy myself, within myself, encouraging sin
TV smile for TV is god… strange ways by the tube rays
I roll up the blue bills
I snort the cheap thrills
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BRAND NEW YOU’RE RETRO
We know, yes we know
i set my ego on fantastic.
still, you’re fuckin’ with my plastic
take a second and medicate it
dedicated, medicated,
they bend and break me
overrate me
i take a small piece and make it breathe
it takes a second to wreck
Takes a second for a hit sucka niggas won’t believe
They stress me, test me, vex me
So what, you got a gun?
that shit don’t impress me
you, you, you always walks with a crew
you’re a motherfucker cos’ you’re not alone [you bacdafucup cause you’re not alone]
(and) you don’t think i’m a brother, then check my chromosome
brand new, you’re retro
i already passed you on a 1-2
i’ve been cued to this already
Bullet to the head.
bullet to the head, do you think I’s joking?
What the fuck are you doin’?
You wanna represent my attention?
You need more than a mike 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 [the mimetical] through my manicle
Mechanical and super–natty
Love is not talk, I walk on by
Exotic spices
If your mouth can’t tame the meaning
Carefull of the faces you’re seeing
A dread of the past [In threat of the past] and fear of the future
That’s maniacle, I cuff through my manocle
Mechanical and super–natty
Brand new, you're retro.
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SUFFOCATED LOVE
it’s too good
it’s too nice
she makes me finish too quick
is it love?
no not love
she turns my sexual trick
she says she’s mine, i know she lies
first, i scream, then i cry.
take a second of me
you beckon, i’ll be
she suffocates me
she suffocates me with suggestion
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 stand
Now I could just kill a Man
she’s on her knees, i say please
I caress her silly lies, she’s got brown eyes
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…
Forgive and you’re forgiven
kingdom come
can you wait for yours, i need to taste some
life’s pretty 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 my 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
you ask what is this?
mind your business
I pass my 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.
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 your knees.
[repeat first lines]
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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 youre ready
Tricky:
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t wanna even try
Ragga:
I sleep, but get no rest.
You scheme, but gods know best.
Sick of trying! [Second try!] I was actually dying, oh!
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 don’t wanna even try
Ragga:
trust you if you’re trustful
use you if youre useful
really smooth, really 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 don’t hear me though
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 don’t wanna even try
Ragga:
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
and stable the walk
unbearable, searable, popular demand
from cradle to grave is Abel buried a man
with my moneys and my 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 don’t wanna even try
Ragga:
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t wanna even try
Tricky:
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t wanna even try
Ragga:
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t
you don’t, you don’t wanna even try
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STRUGGLIN’
Tricky:
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
like, I’m trippin’
many switch in
switch on, switch off
Martina:
Here I’m lost
Tricky:
i’m lost
Martina:
in the name of weakness
Tricky:
brainwashed
Martina:
all around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest
exhausted by the mundane
simplicity no longer plain
Tricky:
strugglin… strugglin
Martina:
strugglin… strugglin with the insane
Tricky:
i’m strugglin
strugglin with the insane
feels like I’m trippin’, skippin’
hallucinagenics in my system
like I’m trippin’, skippin’
they say i’m insane
i’m strugglin… strugglin
Martina:
darkness and warmth
obvious and mysterious
magical colors
Tricky:
mystical shadows
Martina:
mystical shadows
thought with no meaning
Tricky:
they say i’m insane
Martina:
label me insane
Tricky:
but i’m more normal than most
Martina:
but i’m more normal than most
strugglin so hard
Tricky:
i just need to remain
(?)
cos i’m strugglin
Martina:
to remain
Tricky:
i know i’m the truth
Martina:
cos we are the truth
see what we want to see
Tricky:
please, please tell me what i want to hear
Martina:
hear what we want to hear
strugglin so hard
Tricky:
i’m strugglin
Martina:
i took a ride, yeah
Tricky:
roll with the bullets to survive… to survive… to survive
self preservation
Martina:
roll with the bullets
just to survive
Tricky:
self preservation
Martina:
self preservation
Tricky:
keeps the crowd alive
Martina:
keeps the crowd alive
Tricky:
strugglin… strugglin
they… they say i’m insane
i’m strugglin… strugglin
they say i’m insane
Martina:
strugglin
Tricky:
i’m more normal than most
Martina:
strugglin
Tricky:
i’m just strugglin
Martina:
strugglin
Tricky:
mystical shadows
Martina:
strugglin
Tricky:
mysterious… the obvious
Martina:
strugglin
Tricky:
they say i’m insane… i’m strugglin
Martina:
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 it’s 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?
theres 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 lairs of weakness
all around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest
in hell i’ll be lost in the lairs 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, mystical shadows
half thought with no meaning
they label me insane
they label me insane
they label me insane
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FEED ME
[Tricky raps in the background throughout:
hey you, so whatcha gonna do
palpable, 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?
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?
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 ones free from love for one master [one lord for one master]
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 [tastes]
see how it is [tastes]
we only let you teach us wrong and right
give us priority
seniority
seniority
seniority
we only let you teach us wrong and right
give us priority
seniority
seniority
seniority
extract from crystal though nothing is clear
i despise you, damn you, dream you
i love you
but still nothings clear
i think of when i found you
keep on singin while i’m drowning
down into that two-tone vision
i’ve been raised [maze] in this place
and now concrete is my religion
see how it is [tastes]
see how it is [tastes]
see how it is [tastes]
see how it is [tastes]
we only let you teach us wrong and right
give us priority
seniority
seniority
seniority
we only let you teach us wrong and right
give us priority
seniority
seniority
seniority
we only let you teach us wrong and right
give us priority
seniority
seniority
seniority
The only lesson you teach us ????
They ask my origin,
The only lesson you teach us ????
They ask my origin, it’s a moral sin.
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