The Derg (Ge'ez: ደርግ) or Dergue was a military junta that ruled Ethiopia between 1974 to 1987, taking power following the ousting of Haile Selassie I. Derg, which means "committee" or "council" in Ge'ez, is the short name of the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Territorial Army. The committee was formally renamed the Provisional Military Administrative Council later in 1974, but was still popularly known as the Derg. The Derg embraced Communism in 1975, and its regime eventually became formally known as the Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia.
Between 1975 and 1987, the Derg executed and imprisoned tens of thousands of its opponents without trial.
The Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Territorial Army, or the Derg (Ge'ez "Committee"), was officially announced 28 June 1974 by a group of military officers to maintain law and order due to the powerlessness of the civilian government following widespread mutiny in the armed forces of Ethiopia earlier that year. Its members were not directly involved in those mutinies (as far as anyone presently knows), nor was this the first military committee organized to support the administration of Prime Minister Endelkachew Makonnen: Alem Zewde Tessema had established the Armed Forces Coordinated Committee 23 March. However, over the following months radicals in the Ethiopian military came to believe he was acting on behalf of the hated aristocracy, and when a group of notables petitioned for the release of a number of government ministers and officials who were under arrest for corruption and other crimes, three days later the Derg was announced.
The Ethiopian Civil War began on November 28, 1974 when the Marxist Derg staged a coup d'état against Emperor Haile Selassie, and lasted until the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of rebel groups, overthrew the government in 1991. The war overlapped other Cold War conflicts in Africa, such as the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002). The war left between 230,000-1.4 million dead.
The revolutionaries abolished the monarchy in March 1975 and Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen settled permanently in London, England where several other members of the Imperial family were already based. The other members of the Imperial family who were still in Ethiopia at the time of the revolution were imprisoned, including Amha Selassie's father the Emperor, his daughter by his first marriage, Princess Ijigayehu, his sister Princess Tenagnework and many of his nephews, nieces, relatives and in-laws. In 1975, first his father Emperor Haile Selassie then in 1977, his daughter Princess Ijigayehu died in detention. Members of the Imperial family remained imprisoned until 1988 (for the women) and 1989 (for the men).
Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ, "Power of the Trinity") (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was the heir to a dynasty that traced its origins to the 13th century, and from there by tradition back to King Solomon and Queen Makeda, Empress of Axum, known in the Abrahamic tradition as the Queen of Sheba. Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history.
At the League of Nations in 1936, the emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people. His internationalist views led to Ethiopia becoming a charter member of the United Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring. His suppression of rebellions among the nobles (mekwannint), as well as what some perceived to be Ethiopia's failure to modernize adequately, earned him criticism among some contemporaries and historians.
Move over, move over, yeah you heard what I said, move over.
I feel so lonely, haven't slept a wink.
I walk the floor, and watch the door.
And in between I drink black coffee.
Love's a hand-me-down brew.
I never know why Sunday in this weekday brew?
I'm talking to the shadows, 1 o'clock till 4
And Lord how slow the moments go.
All I do is pour black coffee.
Since the blues caught my eye,
I'm hanging out on Monday,
But sunday dreams too dry
They say a man is born to go alone
And a woman is born to weep and fret
To stay at home and drown her past regrets
In coffee and cigarettes.
And moody all the morning, moody all night.
And in between I drink black coffee.
Black coffee.
Into the morning
Got me through the night
I've seen the light
I see the light
I live of what I need
I've got greed
I've been a sinner for as long as I know
So help me understand
The little that I know
Shadow dancing with my spirit
Got to face your demon on your own
Take my body and put it through the dust
I've been buried in the crust
Together now
So help me understand
The little that I know
Together now, together now
It's us now, It's us now
And there's them, and there's them
And should we start again
Together now, together now
It's us now, it's us now...
The descendants of Christ
And it's you
Will you help me I'm confused
What you gonna do
With the little that I know
With the little that I got
We're together now, we're together
It's us now
And there's them, and there's them
And should we start again
Together now, together now
To the noose, to the neck, to the boost, to the check
To the micic, to the psychic, to the circuit
To the games pays to blame
To the freedom, make it rain, make it sane
Make it dance, not a chance, see her run
See her come, take her kindly
She is dark eyed, no soul, no soul
She is lifeline to the heartbeat
Can't feel the heartbeat
To the flowers, to the bunches,
To the lunches, to the punches
To the noose, to the neck, to the boost, to the check
To the micic, to the psychic, to the circuit
To the games pays to blame
To the freedom, make it rain, make it sane
Make it dance, not a chance, see her run
See her come, take her kindly
She is dark eyed, no soul, no soul
She is lifeline to the heartbeat
Can't feel the heartbeat
To the flowers, to the bunches,
To the lunches, to the punches
To the good, to the clean
And i'll be you're ugly
To the occasion, to the lie
Kiss beneath, bridge of size
Not some moaning, until they homing
And they spoil it all
To the noose, to the neck, to the boost, to the check
To the micic, to the psychic, to the circuit
To the games pays to blame
To the freedom, make it rain, make it sane
Make it dance, not a chance, see her run
See her come, take her kindly
She is dark eyed, no soul, no soul
She is lifeline to the heartbeat
Can't feel the heartbeat
To the flowers, to the bunches,
To the lunches, to the punches
To the good, to the clean
And i'll be you're ugly
To the occasion, to the lie
Kiss beneath, bridge of size
Not some moaning, until they homing
And they spoil it all
Not some moaning, until they homing
Not some moaning, until they homing
To the good, to the clean
And i'll be you're ugly
To the occasion, to the lie
Kiss beneath, bridge of size
Not some moaning, until they homing
Not some moaning, until they homing
To the noose, to the neck, to the boost, to the check
To the micic, to the psychic, to the circuit
To the games pays to blame
To the freedom, make it rain, make it sane
Make it dance, not a chance, see her run
See her come, take her kindly
She is dark eyed, no soul, no soul
She is lifeline to the heartbeat
Can't feel the heartbeat
To the flowers, to the bunches,
To the bom bom diggy-zizzy need the tricky i said i really xxx don't forget the cab. A piece a my piece my soul control the beast, get arrest off my chest, keep far from the rest. progressive best wham bam thank you ma'am, you the man with the transnational plan I snap my uncle sam. I said it's Joani Mitchell that does look like a rich kid with bombs who killed the Fonz, Henry Winkler, How does he think?; does he drink at all; does he sink at all; big rock eyes girls don't treat me nice you gonna burn off those wings with all those shiny things
Bom Bom diggy...
all that we can we men creep when it see em in the east end when the T stem Pretend the gasoline went in the ground and right between them. Wit bout mon and why don't keep firm but the kind bud taught to caught police scent then keep firm while we was standing right outside you never know what the helicopter. Mine sent around to a robber (you) never know what the helicopters straight dawg i hate that place wanna see me and HFE whino a womans cry flys wanna do my girlfriend dry fret of a auto ride will come up, don't ever say "what winona does" Lord cuz they think I'm turning up with a (wet) response to their remark, just cuz I've everything under control dont even know who's runnin the show with the guns and the hoes, what if I know when it comes to the doe I'm on a role nigga wit a job But it's a cool flow but the hoes isn't right for the video. The green boyz show their flyin skills why they always try an tell informers gonna fry in hell Bitch dont even try and hell One reac!
hed in my pocket well Nigga gonna dye in five minutes so Me and mu congees I am well things they tryin die and gel gotta be fast when your ass beats hard finish scheme off so no body see you are This badge is like a movie star Aint reyin to see no fuckin police cars. Thats when I try back draw back (sirens outside off thats right There goes the slam of doors on my side Gotta tell nobody Four and then five To the Bom bom who is diggy....
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 Stssy.
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).
Starts off in the hips
Move to my lips
For all those who want to analyze me
Start it off in the hips
Move to my lips
For all those who want to analyze me
For all those who want to analyze me
My mother committed suicide when I was four or five
I love Mike-O was killed by a psycho
But I'm not sad or sorry cause we be tomorrow
Will it be on hot sand or on hot land
Maybe a concrete corner - December
Red zones in my head phones
The Devil's tools - inside us fools
Love shall leave me alone
Will it be on hot sand or on hot land
Maybe a concrete corner - December
Red zones in my head phones
The Devil's tools - inside us fools
Cover [colour] me, cover [colour] me.
When you're sitting all alone in the middle of the floor,
There's something uncontrollable,
You sit there watching the door,
Cover me, cover me.
Already feel ill,
Tattoo you're bad side
Slap your thigh,
Slap your calf
Sing your mantra,
Leave your walk,
Cover me, cover me.
Something fits along my spine,
Just givin' lovin' from behind,
Fortify my arms (x2)
Cover me, cover me.
where've you been, love?
how've you been, love?
it's a long time since i've seen love
you make me happy, love
hope that you're happy, love
i was a scrappy love
i feel like i'm stupid now
i feel like i'm stupid now
how've you been, love?
i've committed a sin, love
you care for him, love?
he's good for you, love
guess who has sinned, love?
she asked how you're doin', love
i feel kind of stupid, love
'till he moves to the neck to the push to the shove
how much time has it been, love?
how much time has it been, love?
we don't even speak now
remember the first walk-out?
you fill my need
you tell me to read
we sat in the park
we sat just apart
but not for our own love
we grew a strong love
but not for our own love
we grew a strong love
wish i could sin love
wish i could sin love
wish i could sin love
where've you been, love?
how've you been, love?
it's a long time since i've seen love
you make me happy, love
hope that you're happy, love
i was a scrappy love
feel like i'm stupid now
feel like i'm stupid now
how've you been, love?
i've committed a sin, love
do you care for him love?
he's good for you love
guess who i've seen, love?
she asked how you're doin', love
i feel kind of stupid love
'till he moves to the neck to the push to the shove
how much time has it been, love?
how much time has it been, love?
we dont want to speak now
remember the first walk-out?
you fill my need
tell me to read
sat in the park
we sat just apart
but not for our own love
we grew a strong love
but not for our own love
we grew a strong love
wish i could sin, love
wish i could sin, love
how've you been, love?
it's a long time since i've seen love
you care for him, love?
he's good for you, love
he's good for you, love
Tricky:
Little blood clock
You could never test I
You come close
Just close my left eye
See with my third
The rest you never heard
Executive roosters
And pop producers
What you€™re used ta
I get looser
I can use ya, abuse ya
Fuck what you€™re used to
I€™m gonna lose you
I€™m not what I used to
I see thru ya
I see thru ya
Costanza Francavilla :
I€™m needy
I€™m greedy
Feed me
Give me some
I€™m needy
I€™m greedy
Feed me
Give me some
I keep it coming
I keep it coming
I€™m running all the way
And while I€™m running
And while I€™m running
I€™m gonna leave you far away
Perry Melius:
Who you down like
Who do you sound like
Who you down like
Who do you sound like
You sound like T
How he used to be
Keep on talking
Watch what he€™s making
You€™re in the bars
With your stars
You go far
You€™re up to par
Your turn to flex
Costanza Francavilla :
I€™m needy
I€™m greedy
Feed me
Give me some
I€™m needy
I€™m greedy
Feed me
Give me some
I keep it coming
I keep it coming
I€™m running all the way
And while I€™m running
And while I€™m running
I€™m gonna leave you far away
Tricky:
Little blood clock
You could never test I
You come close
Just close my left eye
See with my third
The rest you never heard
Executive roosters
And pop producers
What you€™re used ta
I get looser
I can use ya, abuse ya
Fuck what you€™re used to
I€™m gonna lose you
I€™m not what I used to
I see thru ya
I see thru ya
Costanza Francavilla :
I€™m needy
I€™m greedy
Feed me
Give me some
I€™m needy
I€™m greedy
Feed me
Give me some
I keep it coming
I keep it coming
I€™m running all the way
And while I€™m running
And while I€™m running
I€™m gonna leave you far away
(2x)
Tricky :
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
Yes yes you always walk with the crew
Y'all back the fuck up '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 one-two
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 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
Carefull of the faces you're seeing
A dread of the past and fear of the future
That's maniacle, 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, 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)
Brand new, you're retro. (x3)
Brand new, you're retro. (x3)
Tricky:
If I came into your life
If I come to my life
The life was strange
We rely the same horse (but I think it€™s: We remain the same)
Set the pain, share the strain
252 stuck in the game
Girls that I smack, it€™s for my babe
Stuck in my life, stuck in my wife
Stuck in the scratch, she says she€™s dead
Waiting for God is very hard
Costanza & Tricky:
I wait for God and it€™s very hard
I am the lamb I don€™t understand
I drink your blood and I€™m still thirsty
I wait for God and it€™s very hard
Costanza:
I€™m stuck in the church
Stuck in the verse
Stuck in the words
Stuck in my nerves
Stuck in the wrong
Stuck all along
Stuck in the bars
Stuck in the cars
Stuck in the time
Stuck in this line
I€™m doing fine
I€™m doing mine
I€™m reading signs
We€™re killing time
I€™m stuck in time
Stuck in this line
Costanza & Tricky:
I wait for God and it€™s very hard
I am the lamb I don€™t understand
I drink your blood and I€™m still thirsty
I wait for God and it€™s very hard
Tricky:
I wait for God I wait for Christ
I wait for wife
I wait for life
Tomorrow come
We feel the sun
Tomorrow come
We feel as one
The only God
The only son
Holy from the only one
Costanza:
We€™re on our own now we€™re fully grown
I€™m all alone when I roam
Costanza & Tricky:
I wait for God and it€™s very hard
I am the lamb I don€™t understand
I drink your blood and I€™m still thirsty
I wait for God and it€™s very hard
(repeated)
Tricky:
It€™s my world
It€™s my world
Tricky & Costanza:
Running
Breathing
Deceiving
Take and make
What you breath in
Know me
Show me
Hardly
No you can€™t A&R; me
Costanza Francavilla :
I pretend I don€™t exist
I close my eyes and wish
Taste like liquorice
& sound so devilish
Slide across the floor
Move a little more
Take a sip & pour
I€™ve heard it all before
Tricky & Costanza:
It€™s my world
Gonna take it now
Make it now
Make it shout
All this green
Gonna make me mean
Make me dream
Make me skim
(2x)
Constanza Francavilla :
I€™m feeling
Feeling
Craw across the ceiling
In the day mix
They play cheap tricks
I pretend I don€™t exist
Close my eyes and wish
My thoughts are devilish
My thoughts are just a wish
Tricky:
It€™s my world
Gonna take it now
Make it now
Make it shout
All this green
Gonna make me mean
Make me dream make me skim
Tricky & Costanza:
It€™s my world
Gonna take it now
Make it now
Make it shout
All this green
Gonna make me mean
Make me dream make me skim
Tricky:
It€™s funny how you feel
The eyes in your head
The brain and spine
Releases fluid when you€™re dead
Then you start to shed
Turning to something else instead
Something else was said
Someone else€™s sunset was red
Tricky & Costanza:
It€™s my world
Gonna take it now
Make it now
Make it shout
All this green
Gonna make me mean
Make me dream make me skim
(repeated)
Is simplicity the best or simply the easiest?
The narrowest path is always the holiest
So walk on barefoot for me, suffer some misery
If you want my love, if you want my love
Man will survive the harshest conditions
And stay alive through difficult decisions
So make up your mind for me, walk the line for me
If you want my love, if you want my love
Idle talk and hollow promises
Cheating Judases, doubting Thomases
Don't just stand there and shout it
Do something about it
You can fulfill your wildest ambitions
And I'm sure you will lose your inhibitions
So open yourself for me, risk your health for me
If you want my love, if you want my love
Fuck you in, tuck you in, suck you in
'Then you fly
You fly as fast as you can to baby Jesus!'
I am she, mistakes of men
Gritted teeth, fists are clutching
Breast stroke, lots of touching
See you in the sauna
There'll be a big foreigner at my
Hotel, motel, hotel, motel
I 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 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 two praise
I roll up the blue bills
Don't hold me, don't fuck with me.
Just do it.
[bjork babble] ooooh.
[bjork babble] ooooh.
[bjork babble]
Don't hold me down, don't fuck with me.
I can want it.
[bjork babble] ooooh.
(x2)
(beautiful bjork babble)
Oooooh.
Just do it, don't fuck with me.
Don't hold me down, I'm jumping.
Tricky:
Wash my soul, wash my soul, wash my soul
Tricky and Bob Khaleel:
I get paid while they starve
In the streets
Visa cards, VIP
Wash away and use you as a fan
Starving these children
And i change the channel
You know me, i'm Mr.Nice
You know me I survive at any price
So it seems i'm the devil's son
Lick it, wet it, you like it, you let it
Lick it, wet it, touch it, take your turn
On somedays, together we can learn
Wash my soul, wash my soul, wash my soul
Lick it, wet it, you like it, you let it
Lick it, wet it, touch it, take your turn
On somedays, together we can learn
I've served with gangsters
And I've served with kings
These are a few of my favorite things
Think about love, love now and then
It's no good
I am weak, I admit
Wash my soul
Lick it, wet it, you like it, you let it
Lick it, wet it, touch it, take your turn
On somedays, together we can learn
Wash my soul, wash my soul
Lick it, wet it, you like it, you let it
Lick it, wet it, you like it, take your turn
Take your turn, take your turn
Together we can learn
Someone talk to me now
Energy won't move me
Oceans won't sooth me
Cry me a bayou
Slime, sleaze pass through
You love it when I'm leaving
Angels with dirty faces disappear without traces
Them bones
Love it when I'm leaving
You love it when I'm leaving
i've been working so hard
just came home from my job
i look down in my wallet
goddamit I been robbed
where can my money be now
[five of a???] a week's long work
what can I do now
I got so many bills to pay
you got me singing the blues
and i'm payin all my dues
you got me singing the blues
and i'm payin all my dues
[????] outta my pocket
oh what a day
the bills are gonna rob me tomorrow
that's why i need my ten dollars today
you got me singing the blues
and i'm payin all my dues...
She makes me wanna die
Follow where Mary goes
Cherish the things she knows
Says if I change my stride
Then I'll fly
She makes me wanna die
Change my stride
Then I'll fly
Look to the sun
See me in psychic pollution
Walking on the moon
How could you dare?
Who do you think you are?
You're insignificant
A small piece, an ism
No more no less
You try to learn the universe
Can't even converse in universe
You know it's ironic smoking hydroponic
She makes me wanna die
And change my stride
Then I'll fly
She makes me wanna die
Follow where Mary goes
Cherish the things she knows
Says if I change my stride
Then I'll fly
And change my stride
Then I'll fly
Look to the sun
See me in psychic pollution
Walking on the moon
How could you dare?
Who do you think you are?
You're insignificant
A small piece, an ism
No more no less
You try to learn the universe
Can't even converse in universe
We're the only ones here so speak your mind,
I feed your appetite, so you feed mind.
I sing for you, so you can find your way home.
There's nothing to fear but fear itself,
If you know how to look inside yourself.
I sing for you.
Forget all you learned from yesterday,
If you learn how to change, you'll change today.
I sing for you, so you can find your way home.
I pray for you.
And I breathe aside my impurities,
But I can't take your insecurities.
If you trust, then trust me now.
Can you trust?
Round and round together, round and round forever.
Pray for me, pray for me so I can find my way home.
Leave me now, so I can be alone.
Give it to them
Voice:
(next message)
Yo, Rick, what kind a message you leave over the phone sky
?hut up shut up.. murder.
(end of message)
Hawkman:
Bad man give it to them anywhere
From a badness them go program
Them better prepare
I'm the Hawk with the eagle we no have no fear
Them no have so read ma lips or pull up a chair
(Repeat 3 times)
Tell them when shot a tear
Me tell so punk prepare
Having nuclear what we have up in gear
Nuff liquor shot up
....
Bad man give it to them anywhere
From a badness them go program
Them better prepare
I'm the Hawk with the eagle we no have no fear
Them no have so read ma lips or pull up a chair
(Repeat 3 times)
Tricky:
(next message)
Stress for free (?)
They wanna stretch to see
They wanna see the dark
They wanna leave a mark
Don't wanna hear them scream
I wanna lie in my wet dream
Don't wanna go too far
Don't wanna drive my car
Don't wanna die too soon
So I like people to provide with room (?)
Don't wanna move too quick
You won't suck my ....
Don't wanna see strip bars
Don't wanna live in cars
You love to live in large
Live in credit cards
I'd like to talk and walk
I'd like to move walk (?)
Hawkman:
Bad man give it to them anywhere
From a badness them go program
Them better prepare
I'm the Hawk with the eagle we no have no fear
Them no have so read ma lips or pull up a chair
(Repeat 3 times)
(End of message)
Tricky & Costanza:
You leave me hungry
Wanting more
Am I thirsty
I wasn€™t sure
See me driving
Through the rain
Why am I driving
I can€™t explain
In my car to where you are
I won€™t make it
I can€™t make it
In my car to where you are
I won€™t make it
I can€™t make it
I am sliding
I lose my breaks
The lights are blinding
The earth quakes
Now I€™m lying
Will I die
Will they find me
Will they try
In my car to where you are
I won€™t make it
I can€™t make it
In my car to where you are
I won€™t make it
I can€™t make it
Doesn€™t matter about the time we make
Doesn€™t matter it doesn€™t shatter
If time we take
You know they€™re lost
While I€™m dragging the cross
(If you sing along€)
And where you cross (If I scream€)
While they€™re washing they sins
(And we sing along€)
She sings, I do evil things
I need I strive (and we sing along€)
I bleed alive
(And we sing along€ and we sing along€)
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
Tricky:
Damn bam
Read the lines
Bleed succeed
We design
I couldn't care less
It's a killing time
We're killing mine
you're feeling fine
Running (?) every time and every sign
every line and every crime
No snack, it bring you curse
No sweat, you like your worse
strange fruit ...
changing bombs into ear gums
Running (?) every time and every sign
Every line and every crime
Tricky & Costanza:
Where I'm from
There's something wrong
Something wrong
I don't belong
(2x)
Please be still
Not for real
(2x)
Where I'm from
There's something wrong
Something wrong
I don't belong
Please be still
Not for real
Not for real
Not for real
Mike Black:
So you really want it
Yes, we got it
If you listen in then yes, you got
We want a company we're in
let's do talk shit
I don't really want to have a problem til' (?)
I don't really want to have a problem til' (?)
All I really want to do is make this clear
we do bleed you
so deceive your mind and nose
when I dont see in
wosen grosen (?) to a dream
it bozen dozen (?) to something
Hold it tight when cuts run deep
No one sees what you're hiding
Tricky & Costanza:
Where I'm from
There's something wrong
Something wrong
I don't belong
(2x)
Please be still
Not for real
(2x)
Where I'm from
There's something wrong
Something wrong
I don't belong
Tricky:
Please be still
Not for real
Not for real
Not for real
Costanza:
Such you gonna get
and you see ya
something you dont wanna
you dont wanna see ya
la solita vita non modifica il mondo*
[the same life doesn't modify the world]
solo e' se una donna puo' fermare l'onda
[only if is a woman she can stop the wave]
rosso fuoco viva nel mio petto
[red as fire,alive in my breast]
solo una parola c'e' : rispetto
[there's only a word : RESPECT]
scelgo,lo voglio non aspetto
[I choose,I want it I dont wait]
che l'onore del l'onore del tuo scettro
[that the honour of the honour of your sceptre]
Blitz a Diaz, polizia
[Blitz in Diaz, police]
blocco nero e' la tua spia
[black block is your spy]
non mi fermero' mai ai tuoi richiami
[I wont never stop to your recalls]
corro piu' veloce della tua Ferrari
[I run faster than your Ferrari]
Tricky & Costanza:
Where I'm from
There's something wrong
Something wrong
I don't belong
(2x)
Please be still
Not for real
(2x)
Where I'm from
There's something wrong
Something wrong
I don't belong
Tricky:
Please be still
Not for real
Not for real
Not for real
Tricky & Costanza:
Where I'm from
There's something wrong
Something wrong
I don't belong
(repeated)
*translation of the Italian rap part:
the same life doesn't modify the world
only if is a woman she can stop the wave
red as fire,alive in my breast
there's only a word : RESPECT
I choose,I want it I dont wait
that the honour of the honour of your sceptre
Blitz in Diaz, police
black block is your spy
I wont never stop to your recalls
I run faster than your Ferrari
She said, she said, she said, she said
She said she could tempt me
Both in rooms full or empty
She said, she said
Even might turn out the lights
She said, she said
Pretend to know me- then show me
She said, she said
She was a missed good night,I
Wanted to share her vagina
She said, she said
Then we jumped in her car
Went real far
After the pizza
With Wendy and Lisa
She said, she said
Asked about Prince
I left my fingerprints
She said, she said
Then I jumped in the car
Go real far
Jumped in the car
Go real far
She said, she said
Now I start fucking with drugs
I got Muggs
She said, she said
Then we jump in the car
And go real far
She was just showin' me tanks
Robbin' banks
A new inflation bring migration
If you want to be boy
Don't send a decoy
She said, she said
Tricky and Kioka:
Wait 'til dark comes
Don't play with guns
And kill the toys
Don't play with boys
Tricky:
She said, she said
Let's go stress
Then touch my breasts
It's all yours
We finish tours
She said, she said
Then we jumped in the car
Went real far
Jumped in the car
Went real far
She said, she said
Now I'm on the run
Always weighs a ton
She said, she said
Dark brown eyes
'You wanna stroll with' eyes
She said, she said
Takes lots of patience
Then I lost my patience
Acting like an actress
Killed her on the mattress
She's dead, she's dead
She's dead, she's dead
Then I jumped in my car
Went real far
Jumped in my car
Went real far
Jumped in my car
Went real far
She's dead, she's dead
It's too good
It's too nice
She makes me feel it's 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.
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
Ahah, 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
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 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 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
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...
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.
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
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.
You ask what is this?
Mind your business
It's too good
It's too nice
She makes me feel it's 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 bleed
Take a second of me
I think ahead of you, i think instead of you
Will you spend your life with me
And stifle me?
D'na:
I'm calling you
I'm calling you now
And now won't wait
And now won't change now
Or rearrange
it might get strange now
it might get strange now
Tricky and D'na:
Just fallin' free
Just fall in me
And i'm your coffin
And I'm your coffin
For endless sleep now
For endless sleep now
Little sunbeam
I hear you scream
I feel your heat now
I feel your heat now
Here's to one way sleep now
I hear trees scream
Ain't the people mean?
What do they mean?
It's time to sleep now
It's time to go now
I wait for you, I wait for you
I wait for you, I wait for you
I wait for you
Little sunbeam
I can hear you scream
I can feel your heat now
I can feel your heat now
Here's to one way sleep now
I hear trees scream
Ain't the people mean?
What do they mean?
It's time to sleep now
It's time to go now
I wait for you, I wait for you
I wait for you, I hate for you
I wait for you, i hate for you
I wait for you, i hate for you
I wait for you, i hate for you
I wait for you, i hate for you
I wait for you, i hate for you
Hate for you
I wait for you, I wait for you
I wait for you, I hate for you
I hate for you
Hate for you
I hate for you
I can feel your heat now
It's time to go now
Bury in the evidence
Tricky:
(Hawkman in the background)
I can picture it now
You in your car
Left the bar
Playing Big Part
Keep up complainin'
It's probably rainin'
Keeping complaining
It's probably raining
You're gonna visit your car
It's one of my peeps
With a blow to your head
Is that what you need
You're probably bleeding
Is that what you needed
You're probably bleeding
Just like a movie
Just like a movie
Just like a movie
Life doesn't move me
Life doesn't move me
I keep with you now
Here in your car
Left the bar
Playing the Big Part
Keeping complaining
It's probably raining
It's one of my peeps
With a blow to your head
Is that what you needed
What you needed
What you needed
You caught me breathing
It's just like a movie
Life's just like a movie
It's like a movie
Just like a movie
It doesn't move me
Move me
Move me
It doesn't move me
Life doesn't move
It doesn't move me
Move me
It's like a blow to the head
It's like a blow to my head
It doesn't move me
Move me
Move me
Move me
It doesn't move me
It's like a movie
Just like a movie
Blow to the head
Life's like a blow to the head
What you needed what you needed what you needed
Life's like a blow to the head
It's that what you needed
Is that what you needed
What you needed
A blow to the head
Move Me
Move me
It doesn't move
It doesn't move
It's like a movie
Movie Movie
Just like a movie
It doesn't move me
It's like a movie
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
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
The illusion of confusion is not from where I am sat
Different levels of the devil's company
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 wino
The place where I stand gives way to liquid lino
Underneath the weeping willow lies a weeping wino
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
I drown myself in sorrow, until I wake up tomorrow
I drown myself in, I drown myself in
Girls, boys
Girls, boys
Girls wish you never had boys, they grow up to be bad boys
Cry I've never had boys, never seen your dad, boy
I've never seen my dad, boy, without the Roy
And when my career stops kickin', I'm gonna stick him
Rock a dub now let me show you where it's at, boy
Just a puppet and then you grew into a fat boy
Make a dog and then you chase another cat, boy
Blow it up and let me show you where it's at, boy
Girls wish you never had boys, they grow up to be bad boys
Cry I've never had boys, never seen your dad, boy
I've never seen my dad boy, I've never seen my dad boy, without the Roy
And if my career stops kickin', I'm gonna stick him
Starin' through the sun tell your devil beware
I am not the son of your family affair
Baby breaks away and I've got my face in my hand
Genetics from my gun, trust me I don't care
I don't need no man
Little boys
Rappa rouser, bappa bouser
Shake it for me, baby, let me step into your trousers
I allow this
Come on baby let me take you to the houses
I allow this
This is now and you better bow this
This is now and you better bow this
This is now and you better bow this
Staring through the sun tell your devil beware
(Jamaica's skirts and blouses)
I am not the son of your family affair
(He didn't rob his houses)
Baby breaks away and I've got my face in my hand
(Fuck the biological)
Genetics from my gun, trust me I don't care
I don't need no man
I'm not a fire starter
'Cause I'm a little smarter
I'm not a fire starter
'Cause I'm a little smarter
Smarter than the average bear
You always say that you care
I don't care, family's there
Rock a dub now let me show you where it's at, boy
Just a puppet and then you grew into a fat boy
Make a dog and then you chase another cat, boy
Blow it up and let me show you where it's at boy
Staring through the sun tell your devil beware
(Jamaica's skirts and blouses)
I am not the son of your family affair
(He didn't rob his houses)
Baby breaks away and I've got my face in my hand
(Fuck the biological)
Genetics from my gun, trust me I don't care
I don't need no man, I don't care
Jamaica's skirts and blouses
I don't care
He didn't rob his houses
I don't care
I'm not a fire starter
I don't care
'Cause I'm a little smarter
Staring through the sun tell your devil beware
(I said, I don't care, I said, I don't care)
I am not the son of your family affair
(I said, I don't care)
Baby break away and I've got my face in my hand
(Stop the care)
Genetics from my gun, trust me I don't care
(I said, I don't care)
I don't care
Say, I don't care
Care, I don't care
Alright, alright
Why the fuck do they keep making those guns ?
Chew compassion save some sons
Why'd you keep buying their guns
Foolish, life's too short for stray bullets
Why'd you keep buying their guns
Foolish
Corporate companies love when them kill themselves
It boost up the record sales
Why'd you keep making your guns ?
Alright
Chew compassion save some sons
Why'd you keep buying their guns ?
Foolish
Life's too short for stray bullets
Record companies love when them kill themselves
It boost up the record sales
Now which one of you's gonna be the next niggy
You don't have to worry 'bout them
2pak holding hands with biggy
Alright, alright
I watch where I venture, see
'Cause I don't like this century
I watch where I venture, see
'Cause I don't like this century
Alright
Now which one of you's gonna be the next niggy
You don't have to worry 'bout them
2pak holding hands with biggy
I don't like this century
Back up chicks
All you got is hips
Alright
I see your hollow way
My baby mamma kick it like Billie Holiday
I watch where I venture see 'cause I don't like this century
I watch where I venture see 'cause I don't like this century
Why the fuck do they keep making their guns ?
Alright
Chew compassion save some sons
Why'd you keep buying their guns
Foolish
Life's too short
Record companies love when them kill themselves
It boost up the record sales
Record companies love when them kill themselves
It boost up the record sales
Now which one of you's gonna be the next niggy
You don't have to worry 'bout them
2pak holding hands with biggy
Now which one of you's gonna be the next niggy
Alright
??? waste my time
Alright
That's why ???
Now which one of you's gonna be the next niggy
Which one of you's gonna be the next niggy
Why the fuck do they keep making their guns ?
Chew compassion save some sons
Why the fuck you keep buying their guns
Foolish
Life's too short for stray bullets
Record companies love when them kill themselves
It boost up the record sales
It boost up the record sales
Alright
It boost up the record sales
?? venture, see
I don't like this century
I don't like this century
Your name
Tricky and Ambersunshower:
If you like-a-me,
like I like-a-you
And we like-a-both the same,
I like-a say,
this very day,
I like-a-change your name.
'Cause I love-a-you
and love-a-you true
And if you-a love-a-me.
One live as two,
two live as one
Under the mango tree
If you like-a-me,
like I like-a-you
And we like-a-both the same,
I like-a say,
this very day,
I like-a-change your name.
'Cause I love-a-you
and love-a-you true
And if you-a love-a-me.
One live as two,
two live as one
Under the mango tree
(Spoken:)
Fuck the music industry
Lets take it back to the council flats.
(/Spoken)
I
Can see you
Changing me
A change in me (To band:) -Drums!
Wanna
And I
Can see you
Changing me
(Grumble)
Wanna
Take my
Wanna
And I
Can see you
A change in me
Changing me
You change me
I wanna, wanna, wanna
Take my
Clothes off
Tear my
Mouth
And nose off
Take out my eyes
Take out my eyes
I wanna
Walk on
[Warmalees]
Hot sand
Cool breeze
Hot sun
I want my
And I
Can see you
Just changing me
Changing me
Wanna, Wanna
Just take my
Clothes off
Tear my
Mouth and nose off
Take out my eyes
Take out my eyes
Wanna, Wanna
Walk on
[Warmalees]
Hot sand
Cool breeze
Hot sun
I want my
I want my
Mom
Look Mom!
On top of the world!
Full of white plasma
I got asthma
I wanna demenstrate
I wanna hate
I wanna rattle
Sleepless
Sleepless
Blow my
Head off
In
Seattle
No Way
Check it
No Way
Check it
No Way
Check it
And I
Can see you
Can see you
Can see you
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my head off
Blow my
-No way, Check it!
No way
Check it
No way
Tear my
Clothes off
Wanna
Tear my
Clothes off
Tear my
Mouth and nose off
Take out my eyes
Take out my eyes
I see you
Changing me
Changing me
Blow my
Head off
Blow my
Head off
You
You
Blow my
Head off
Tear my
Mouth and
Tear out my eyes
Tear out my eyes
Tear out my eyes
And I
See You
And I
See You
See You
Changing me
Blow my
Blow my
Blow my
Blow my
Blow my
Blow my
Blow my
Blow my
Head off
Blow my
Head off
Blow my
Head off
No way
No way
Check it
And I
Can see you
See you
Changing me
>From [Fuller Broadway] to Fourth and Broadway
>From [Fuller Broadway] to Fourth and Broadway
Norwest
You know how we like it
You know how we do
[???] crews are comin' through
I don't sell records, I sell guns...
Costanza Francavilla:
What is wrong with us
All we do is fight
Get out of my view
I€™m not feeling right
I€™m not feeling good
I don€™t think I should
Something€™s standing in your view
I€™m standing next to you
You and me heavenly
Forever what does it mean
You and me heavenly
Forever what does it mean
What is good for you
Doesn€™t mean too much
What you think is true
I can€™t feel or touch
I can€™t feel or touch
I don€™t feel that much
What is wrong with you
You€™re standing in my view
You and me heavenly
Forever what does it mean
You and me heavenly
Forever what does it mean
What is wrong with you
All you do is fight
Get out of my view
I€™m not feeling right
I€™m not feeling good
I don€™t think I should
Something€™s standing in your view
I€™m standing next to you
You and me heavenly
Forever what does it mean
You and me heavenly
Forever what does it mean
You and me
(repeated)
Well, I'm sittin' on my lunch break, grinnin' my teeth
It's the last day of the week, boy, what a relief
My muscle's kind of ache, they felt rigid and stuff
So I turned around, and I smoked this big fat spliff
Now I'm happy as can be, I'm in this pothead spell
I put some eye drops in my eyes so that no one can tell
Now it's five forty five almost time for the bell
I'm back on the job, I don't bother no one
I keep strictly to till my job is done
Now it's five forty five it's time to have fun
I'm hangin' out with a rapper, a kid named Don
We got more drunk than a skunk and happy as can be
We went, to the Latin quarters and we got in free
Scoopin' all the girls with my fly jewelry
'Cause I'm a fly brown brother and you can't school me
Boogie down was performin', hey they ain't no joke
And a bunch of Brooklyn kids was lookin' all up my throat
Was it my big chains with the big plates on 'em?
Then they rolled on me and told me to run 'em
This was the moment I feared
"Yo take off your chains"
This was the moment I feared
"You need to take those chains off"
I said, "They're really not real
They're just a front for the girls"
Then a whole bunch of fists just caved my world
I was in pain, so ashamed, I wish I never came
Had to pick up my face and go home on the train
Then I went to my apartment and brought me a fort
Then I went to the park, and I sat and I thought
I seen Danny boy blue with his girl named Sarah
In one of their cars, I think it was a Valera
She called out to me, but I really didn't hear her
So I went a little closer so I could hear a little clearer
She said "You know where, Tilden"
I said, "I know where that is, just next to my building"
I gave 'em the information and then I went on my way
Then I went home, and slept till two the next day
There was a knock on my door, I opened it, no quit
It was Sarah standing there with a bag named Kit
She starts to use me and abuse me and at first I wasn't with it
Then we did it and we did it and we did it
She said it was great, she said she's glad we had done it
The elevator come and Danny boy was on it
This was the moment I feared
This was the moment I feared
Well he was huffin' and puffin' and he swung at me word
So I pulled out my jam and sauced the nerd
Then he was dead two in the head I took the cash and the Visa's
She said, "Everything's all right, just make sure nobody sees us"
Now I was rich as I was rich, I could have whatever would please me
Now I could wear real gold in front of folks who don't tease me
Yah, I'll be a new neighborhood dad
Cats'll roll up on me like, "Trick's my man!"
Ya see a policeman rolled up on me and told me, "Make my day"
I said "Relax brother", but he had proof that I had done it
He found the gun with my fingerprints on it
But now I'm in prison doin' life and I'm scared
Some kid knocked me cold and greased me where no one dared
This was the moment I feared
"Now bend over!"
This was the moment I feared
"Take your trowsers down, and bend over!"
Now I'm doin' life and I'm scared
A kid knocked me cold and greased me where no one dared
The moment I feared
I feel you changing me, changing me
I can see a changing me
I can see a changing me
Changing me
I wanna take my clothes off
Tear my mouth and nose off
And take out my eyes
Take out my eyes
I take my clothes off
Tear my mouth and nose off
Tear out my eyes
Tear out my eyes
Wanna walk on warm leaves
Hot sand cold breeze
Hot sun
I want my mum
Look mum
I'm on top of the world
World wide plaza
I got asthma
I wanna demonstrate hate
I wanna rattle
I wanna blow my head off in seattle
No way
No way check it
No way
I can see a change in me
And I change me
I, I, I,
I deserve to die because of lies
It's crazy lies
We have to die because of lies
Wanna take my clothes off
Tear my mouth and nose off
And take out my eyes
Background vocals:
Time slippin'
Time slippin'
Tricky:
Remember
I can
Remember
I can
Remember
I come to see you again
she said
?and you put down your pen?
No way baby
Im alright
???
For you
Make a wish are you take a wish
Time slippin'
Time slippin'
Time slippin'
I feel presseous
I feel my measures
?call me?
???
???
all you need is love
its not my sissi love
???
I feel presseous my measures
I cant remember last night
Time slippin'
Time slippin'
Time slippin'
I'm seeing double tricky double
I'm seeing double
I'm in trouble and she knows I like girls
But when all the lights go
I rather rob the mic though
Tricky double see trouble
And she knows I like girls
When all the lights go
I rather rob the mic though
Time slippin'
Time slippin'
Time slippin(repeat till end)
Something in the way
( Nirvana Cover )
Hawkman :
Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And all the animals i have trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off the grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
It's okay to eat fish
'Cause they don't have any feelings
Something in the way
Something in the way
Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And all the animals i've trapped
Have all become my pets
And i'm living off the grass
And the drippings from my ceiling
It's okay to eat fish
'Cause they don't have any feelings
Something in the way
Something in the way
Something in the way
Something in the way
Martina :
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
Mmm, take a walk take a rest, a taste of rest
Don't wanna be on top of your list,
Monopoly improperly kissed
We overcome in sixty seconds with 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, karmacoma, 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.
Karmacoma, karmacoma, Karmacoma ...
Jamaica Aroma, Karmacoma.
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 peace
Mmm, take a walk take a rest, a taste of rest
Don't wanna be on top of your list,
Monopoly improperly kissed
We overcome in sixty seconds with 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,
"Well I see it so much..."
Before you test, know what's going on,
I've been around for long, my evil is strong
I lie awake and hate you,
maybe that's strong enough to make you
12 12 catch up
Before you test, know what's going on,
I've been around for long, my evil is strong
I lie awake and hate you,
Maybe that's strong enough to make something happen-
A car crash, make you pay with a weapon
A gun in your mouth, my voice in your mind.
Before you test, know what's going on,
I've been around for long, my evil is strong
I lie awake and hate you
Maybe that's enough to make you do something-
make it happen-
A car crash, make you pay with a weapon
A gun in your mouth, my voice in your mind.
Sleep and I'll find you,
Put my mind to
Am I strong enough?
Watch me rock a thousand stage
My funny valentine, I don't find you funny
Seaside, the Sony, the fame the money
Who am I to say, do you wannabe?
No, I can't say it
My mouth is like a...
Bitter sweet and twisted, decietful and gifted
Even got god scared
Mend the things we did
Making children
Strong enough to take a life,
Are you strong enough to take care of one?
I'm a work on it, pray on it, stay on (in) it and stay in it
Before you test, know what's going on,
I've been around for long, my evil is strong
I lie awake and hate you
Maybe that's enough to make something happen,
A car crash, make you pay with a weapon
A gun in your mouth, my voice in your mind
Sleep and I'll find you,
Put my mind to
Am I strong enough?
Watch me rock a 50,000 stage
cannot tell me-do you feel it?
Is this energy strong enough to work you like a blade?
I'm a work on it, pray on it, stay on it
My funny valentine, I don't find you funny
Seaside, the Sony
The fame, the money
Who am I to say, do you wannabe?
No, I can't say it
My mouth is like a...
Bitter sweet and twisted,
Decietful and gifted,
Even got god scared
Mend the things we do
Making children strong enough to take a life
Are you strong enough to look after one?
I'm a work on it, pray on it, stay in it
My funny valentine, I never find you funny
Seaside, the Sony,
The fame, the Money
Who am I to say?
Still want to be?
No, I can't say it
My mouth is like a...
Bitter sweet and twisted,
Decietful, rough and gifted,
Even got god scared
Even God's--God's scared
Mend the things we do
Making children strong enough to take a life,
But are you strong enough to take care of one?
I'm a work on it, pray on it, stay in it
Make a change for maisie
She don't understand the days, yeah
With our different deeds
'Cause maisies not the slave
Breakaway the chains
You know nothing else remains
No more last names (x2)
If you [?]
Live a lie [?]
Stay before the hatred (x2)
If i make a change for you whose gonna make a change for me
If im not with you maisie [?]
With no more real reason, wanna know my real tune
Wanna know my [?]
It's your turn to fuck with things that they say
it's your turn to fuck things they say (yeah)
Make the change fantastic (x2)
Fantastic (x2)
Gonna make it last forever (x3)
Take it from [?]
Then its time to sever, sever
Seize the chance to change (x3)
I'm going to (x2)
Make the change fantastic (x2)
I'm rated "R"...this is a warning, ya better void,
Poets are paranoid, DJ's destroyed,
'Cause I came back to attack others in spite-
Strike like lightnin', It's quite frightenin'
But don't be afraid in the dark, in a park,
Not a scream or a cry, or a bark, more like a spark;
Tremble like a alcoholic, muscles tighten up,
What's that, lighten up, you see a sight but,
Suddenly you feel like you're in a horror flick,
You grab your heart then wish for tomorrow quick.
Music's the clue, when I come your warned,
Apocolypse Now, when I'm done, ya gone.
Haven't you ever heard of a MC-murderer?
This is the death penalty,and I'm servin' a
Death wish, so come on, step to this
Hysterical idea for a lyrical professionist
Friday the thirteenth, walking down Elm Street,
You come in my realm ya get beat,
This is off limits, so your visions are blurry,
All ya see is the meters at a volume,
Pumping lyrics of fury
Terror in the styles, never error-files,
Indeed I'm known-your exiled!
For those that oppose to be level or next to this
I ain't a devil and this ain't the exorcist.
Worse than a nightmare, you don't have to sleep a wink,
The pain's a migraine every time ya think,
Flashbacks interfere, ya start to hear:
The R-A-K-I-M in your ear;
Then the beat is hysterical,
That makes Eric go get a ax and chops the wack,
Soon the lyrical format is superior,
Faces of death remain,
MC's decaying, 'cause they never stayed,
The scene of a crime every night at the show,
The fiend of a rhyme on the mic that you know,
It's only one capable, breaks-the unbreakable,
Melodies-unmakable, pattern-unecscapable,
A horn if want the style I posses,
I bless the child, the earth, the gods and bomb the rest,
For those that envy a MC it can be,
Hazardous to your health so be friendly,
A matter of life and death, just like a etch-a-sketch,
Shake 'till your clear, make it disappear, make the next,
After the ceremony, let the rhyme rest in peace,
If not, my soul'll release
The scene is recreated, reincarnated, updated, I'm glad you made it,
'Cause you're about to see a disasterous sight,
A performance never again performed on a mic:
Round the corner
Turn the corner, turn
Hell is round the corner hot like a sauna
I know I hurt her when I tell her that I want her
And with this drama I act like Jeffrey Dahmer
I beat her then I eat her nigga's sweet
There's no one sweeter I think I lost my tweeter
To your pussycats do you call your pistols 'gats'?
Don't sleep her love away
Don't let her run away
Don't sleep her love away
Don't let her
Dream and I'm seein' it harmed a girl like Monica
Everyday be like Hanukkah and change my mind again
Hide off like to find a friend I call her 'Enemy'
She says I act like there's ten of me
A sketch for their clone a dog without a home
But you want more when I was on tour
Told her you should write a lot
Now look how much time you got
Told you, shouldn't run a lot
Now look how much time you got
Take life on the streets your own
Made by Grease beats pure dog
Running with the renegades of NY
Street Dog speak the true talk
Wanna talk about crime? Yeah right
Stick ups- get in mind to realize, alright
Run the airtime, fuck the police it's startin' to get hyped
Niggas gettin' paranoid and void then imply Tetth's a bad boy
Just gonna rap about kids that can't cope
Dogs get mad when niggas stand broke
With a phat rope, yo, what a joke
Shit, I had coke and fifty pound notes
Puffed it for those niggas I know
Far as I know you're a freak if I bone like I go
Trix and Milo, I roll with niggas with big machines
Blank screens, video scenes blue, black and green
Niggas with wigs scared the scam clean
And get the cream- know what I mean?
Diggin' the scene with the gasoline with enough magazines
Them nine to fives, big executives who ride the clock
There'll be no crime from nine to five
There be no crime for none of us
Livin' to find those kinds of drugs with no undercovers
Those motherfuckers can't flop dogs
In any form, this rough coughs quick
I'm sick going where the Jungle is clicking
In England the trans-Atlantic
In Harlem where demands don't quit
Levitating and useless debating
In these devastating times, don't let her run away
While everybody's just doing drugs
And writing melodic rhymes, don't sleep her love away
Trying to get one and not get into trouble
I might just be inclined, don't let her run away
We all got needs, we all do dirty deeds now
And then wanna smoke some weed, don't sleep her love away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Walkin' round with unsatisfying needs, don't let her run away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Walkin' round with unsatisfying needs, don't sleep her love away
Come with a bang bang
It's a hangman gettin' my prayer
My hands can slang bang actors
That have the will to gang slang
That's the type of nigga that can't say
You don't go and forget the down times
And the walk while I was with the bad man
Many to fly right? Master plan
Miracle flight like Pan-Am, man,damn
Sure as the echo 'fore that gonna pump the petrol
Niggas with escorts hide in the get-go
Now lay it in the ghetto, yeah y'all
I could find life in a Paris metro
While I'm walkin' around slammin' ghettos in the real
Know the rapper with the black girls
Deliverin' travels with the Maxwell's gettin' paid off girls
Rockwell's, high L's
Well as drop sales with Stock well
Street Dog with a Molotov cocktail
No no can't stop flowin' no, gettin' paid off girls
Rockwell's, high L's
Well as drop sales with Stock well
Street Dog with a Molotov cocktail
No no can't stop flowin' no
Levitating and useless debating
In these devastating times, don't let her run away
While everybody's just doing drugs
And writing melodic rhymes, don't sleep her love away
Trying to get one and not get into trouble
I might just be inclined, don't let her run away
We all got needs, we all do dirty deeds
Now and then wanna smoke some weed, don't sleep her love away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Walkin' round with unsatisfying needs, don't let her run away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Walkin' round with unsatisfying needs, don't sleep her love away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Walkin' round with unsatisfying needs, don't let her run away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Walkin' round with unsatisfying needs, don't sleep her love away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Walkin' round with unsatisfying needs, don't let her run away
Yeah we're free, yes we need to be free
Costanza & Tricky:
Doesn€™t matter about the time we take
Doesn€™t matter about the lies we make
Go slow
I think of how you€™re making me mad
I think of all the love we had
Feel so
Always question never quenching your thirst
Let me die when I lie to you first
I follow
When I€™m with you it€™s from within
I know you can see through my skin
I€™m hollow
I need you to feed me once more
I need you like I needed before
I€™ll grow
I€™m floating I€™m flying I€™m dying
I€™m floating I€™m flying I€™m dying
Tricky:
I said you needed like I needed before
Said you need me that you meet at five
You don۪t show I don۪t I۪۪m alive
My pulse slow
My pulse slow
Costanza & Tricky:
I€™m floating I€™m flying I€™m dying
I€™m floating I€™m flying I€™m dying
Liz Constantine (opera vocals in the background) & Costanza & Tricky:
I€™m floating I€™m flying I€™m dying
I€™m floating I€™m flying I€™m dying
(repeated)
You watch too many films
Too many films for real
And something else you take too seriously
Your record deal
A record deal pays bills
Pays bills and feeds a family
And your profile is too big
How ya gonna be a crime family
Too many films for real
You watch too many films, too many films for real
Don't get me wrong, I know you got guns and your not scared to use them
But is there money being made around these guns or lives until you lose them
You watch too many films, films for real (2x)
Some of those people have to live that life, for real
I don't have to, I got a record deal
For real, you heard, I chill and smoke herb
And how about these sexy singers, sex gods, talking about hitting girls in a turn
You're fantastic, you're super sperm
Yeah, I'm a player hater, I hate when players can't take their turn
And when a record company drops me, that's when I learn
It's not real, it's just passing time
It's not real, all I do is rhyme
It's not real, it's just passing time
All I do, all I do is rhyme
You heard, you heard
"You go Romeo" girls say
You look tall in the video
And the color girl sings
Get money (4x)
And no one sings the blues and everyone sings the greens
Someone said keep your eye on the prize
How you lose the dream
Who am I to say, I know you need cash... in this hundred yard dash
I moved awhile ago and past through New York
I'll be back in a minute, it's my turn to talk
For Real, you heard
Water now I've got me a daughter
Carriage for two
I call my baby Boo
Hey "T" I've got me a little black girl
And this little black girl's beautiful
I try to do what's dutiful
Teach her to lead
But never must she let go
This is a matter of utmost urgency
You might even call it a police emergency
Suckers got ill when they finally heard the G
Wasn't sellin' out, they tried to murder me
Reached for my jammy like a troop's supposed to do
Never let a sucker get too close to you
Heard 'em comin', ducked behind the wall
Then saw the whites of his eyes, the first one had to fall
Another bug creeped up the fire escape
Trying to sneak, I guess he snuck too late
Lookin' like a scene from Real Life Vice
The way his head fell apart like a block of solid ice
Uzi does it, come to think of it
Dude had a nine, but his wasn't as fast as mine
I heard the phone ring, should I answer?
This is gettin' serious as terminal cancer
And that is the final stage, my primal rage
Began to rise and I started to fantasize
How many more might try to rush the door
And blast their way in, hell, I ain't stayin'
I opened the back door and felt the summer night heat
Saw a bunch of bugs wearin' white sheets
What else could it mean? I know it ain't Halloween
The cross in the background burnin' made a ill scene
First I was panicky, then I was angry
One creep even had a rope ready to hang me
Now who am I supposed to be? Eddie Spaghetti?
You come and vic Rob G any time you're ready?
Fuck that, they had me trapped so I rushed back
They tried to bust me but they don't have enough caps
I dipped, dived, slipped, slid, they missed me
I had to move quick or they was bound to get me
One bullet grazed me, that didn't phase me
What could I say? I was havin' a fucked up day
Stood up and took aim, my finger on the trigger
I shouted "Now let me hear you say nigger!"
Well anyway, nobody spoke or went for broke
The place was all clouded up from gunsmoke
And everything got quiet, I don't buy it
Just a second ago we had a riot
They must be plannin' attack or settin' a trap
Whatever the case you won't get this black
Now I'm on the edge and there's no denyin' it
Whatever the hell might work I'm tryin' it
Thought I was a target that they could get right quick
But I ain't goin' out like no statistic
Another number, made me wonder
How many other brothers they've put under
I sat in the dark real still for a long time
Didn't make a sound cos I've got a strong mind
Made my way to the street, it was daybreak
Must've fallen asleep, but for Pete's sake
I didn't see the enemy tryin' to put an end to me
The night before, my finger trigger was sore
I went in the house to get a fresh clip
And then I woke up an' shit...
Was just a bad dream....
Tricky & Costanza:
I€™m antimatter
I don€™t matter
Cancer phones
Break my bones
I€™m illusion
Sonic solution
Magic mind
Sonic pollution
I just detox
I just see lots
I see nothing
Show me something
We go round and round
We make it safe and sound
I try to break it down
Alright
(2x)
I have visions
Homosapiens
Fast I€™ve grown
I think alone
I€™m confusion
Evolution
I€™m in man cub
Institution
I move forward
I make awkward
I just jump jump
I just thump thump
We go round and round
We make it safe and sound
I try to break it down
Alright
(2x)
I evolve
Then dissolve
Maintain my laws
€˜til April falls
My sea runs red
My trees are dead
My breath runs short
Please report
Is there someone out there
Is there someone out there
Do you receive me
Do you receive me
We go round and round
We make it safe and sound
I try to break it down
Alright
(repeated)
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 get 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 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 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 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 :
Tricky Vocal solo :
I can't relax I need to meditate.
Yeah, I'll make 'em wait. (x2)
Time moves in numbers,
I count the summers, direct the drummers.
I can't relax I need to meditate.
Yeah, I'll make 'em wait.
Time moves in numbers,
I count the summers, direct the drummers.
Tell me you don't feel nothing,
Would you like to ride on my train, or
Would you like to drink from my vein?
My vibe's just a fuckin' feeling.
I see the ceiling.
And adjust to such a feeling.
I be the prophet, slay me then we'll cross it.
I'm ready on the other side X4
Martina Vocal Solo :
I can't relax I need to meditate.
I'll make them wait.
Time moves in numbers,
I count the summers, direct the drummers.
Would you like to ride on my train, or
Would you like to drink from my vein?
My vibe's just a feeling.
I see the ceiling.
And adjust to such a feeling.
I be the prophet, slay me then we'll cross it.
I'm ready on the other side X3