Pre-Millennium Tension

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 sighs
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 sighs
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 sighs
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 lunches, to the punches

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...

(it's a bad dream, man. that's all, man, you know what i'm sayin'?
Guess i was just buggin' or somethin', man...)

Tricky:
She's the one makes me feel these ways
He's the one needs some praise
Can't stand to feel
Hate to feel
Gone insane
Hijack a plane
Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
Trying hard not to lose my head
Can't hardly breathe
I've been and seen
She hides my Ventolin
Can't hardly breathe
Can't hardly breathe
Can't hardly breathe

Martina:
( I'm the one ), I'm the one
( Who hides his medicine ), Who hides his medicine
( Watch him stop breathe ), Watch him stop breathe
( Watch him bleed ), Watch him bleed
( I right the wrongs and take his songs ), I right the wrongs and take his song
( And we all live happy ever after ), And we all live happy ever after
( Can't hardly breathe ), Can't hardly breathe
Can't hardly breathe
Can't hardly breathe
Can't hardly breathe
And we all sing together now
Can't hardly breathe

Tricky:
One-two one-two
Huh, one-two one-two one-two ( d: Mikecheck )
Tricky:
That one fronts
Braggin' on the stunts
Coke in ya nose ( d: coke in ya nose )
Tricky:
Knock out ya gold fronts
That one fronts
Braggin' on your stunts
Coke in ya nose
Tricky & d :
Knock out ya gold fronts
Tricky:
Here comes a Nazarene
Look good in that magazine
Haile Selassie I
They look after I
God will receive us
Got me like Jesus
God will receive us
Tricky & d : Got me like jesus
Tricky:
Mary magdaleine
That'd be my first sin
Being with this temptress
d: Yeahhhh
Tricky:
It's a mongrel rage
It's a new age
As long as you're humble
Let you be the king of jungle
We run everything
Always and ever
Has been has been
Heard there's german-jamaicans
With twisted faces
Same as it ever was
Tricky & d : Tell me what the race is
Tricky:
It's surreal
They're not real
I put them on their places
d: Yeahhhh
Tricky:
They used to call me tricky-kid
I live the life they wish they did
I live the life, don't own a car
Now they call me superstar
d : Tell'm where you at baby ahhhh!
Tricky :
They used to call me tricky-kid
Tricky & d :
I live the life they wish they did
Tricky :
I live the life don't own a car
Tricky & d :
But now they call me superstar
Tricky :
Are you disturbed? i'll be with..
Everybody wants to know where my mind is
I'll tell you everything
Tell your life
Look deep into my mongrel eyes
d:
Tell me what you see
Tell me what you see
Tell me what you see
When you look into these mongrel eyes... ahhhh!
Tricky:
That one fronts
Braggin' on the stunts
Coke in ya nose
Tricky & d :
Knock out ya gold fronts
Tricky :
Here comes a Nazarene
Tricky & d :
Look good in that magazine
Tricky :
Haile Selassie I
They look after I
God will receive us
Got me like jesus
Mary magdaleine
That'd be my first sin
Being with this temptress
d : Wahhhhhhh
Tricky :
It's a mongol rage
It's a new age
As long as ya humble
Let ya be the king of jungle
We run everything
Always and ever
Has been has been
d : Don't you see...
Tricky :
Heard there's german-jamaicans
With twisted faces
d : Faces
Tricky : Same as it ever was
d : Same as it ever was
Tricky :
Tell me what the race is
It's surreal
They're not real
I put them by their places
d : See it
Tricky & d :
They used to call me tricky-kid
I live the life they wish they did
Lived the life, don't own a car
Tricky & d :
And now they call me superstar
Tricky :
Are you disturbed? i'll be with..
Everybody wants to know where my mind is
I'll tell you everything
Tell your life
Look deep into my mongrel eyes
Everybody wants a record deal
And everybody wants a...
And everybody wants a record deal
d : Fuck it the deal
Tricky : Everybody wants to be naked and famous
d : Naked and famous
Tricky : And everybody wants to be naked and famous
d : Naked and famous
Tricky : And everybody wants to be just like me
I'm the kid
Tricky & d : And famous
d : Check it
Tricky :
They used to call me tricky-kid
I live the life they wish they did
I lived the life to own a car
Tricky & d :
But now they call me superstar
Tricky :
Are you disturbed? i'm on with..
Everybody wants to know where my mind is
Tell you everything
I tell you lies
Tricky & d :
Look deep into these mongrel eyes
d : Check it
What do you see?
Tricky : If you test and turn the tables
Tricky & d :
We're gonna get in smoke up
And we're starting to unturn your label
Tricky :
And everybody who got a record deal
And everybody wants to be naked and famous
Everybody's got a record deal
And everybody wants to be naked and famous
d : Naked and famous
Tricky :
Everybody wants to be just like me
I'm the kid
Tricky & d :
And famous
Ha ha
And everybody wants a record deal
d : Everybody
Tricky :
And everybody just wants to be like me
I'm the kid
Tricky & d :
And famous
Tricky :
And famous
That one fronts
Braggin' on the stunts
And coke in ya nose
Tricky & d :
Knock out ya gold fronts
Tricky :
Here comes a Nazarene
You look good in that magazine
Haile Selassie I
They look after I
God will receive us
Got me like jesus
Mary magdaleine
That'd be my first sin
Being with this temptress
d :Ahhhhhhhh

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 perfectionist
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:
Lyrics of fury.

'Well I see it so much
( I see it so much ) I see it so much
( I see it so much ), I see it, I see it '

Tricky and Martina:
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

One, Two, One, Two, 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 you
Something happened-a car crash
Make you play with a weapon
A gun in your mouth, my voice in your mind

Two 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
Something happened-a car crash
make you play 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 sunny, the fame, the money
Who am I to say, do you wanna be a?
No, I can't say it, my mouth is like a...
Bittersweet and twisted, deceitful,rough 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 it
I'm a work on it, pray on it and stay in it
I'm a work on it ,pray on it and stay in it
I'm a work on it, pray on 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 you
Something happened-a car crash
Make you play 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 fifty thousand 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
I'm a work on it, pray on it and stay in it

My funny valentine, I don't find you funny
Seaside, the sunny, the fame, the money
Who am I to say, do you wanna be a?
No, I can't say it, my mouth is like a...
Bittersweet and twisted,deceitful, rough 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
I'm a work on it, I'm work on it
Pray on it and stay in it

My funny valentine, I don't find you funny
Seaside, the sunny, the fame, the money
Who am I to say,do you wanna be a?
No, I can't say it, my mouth is like a...
Bittersweet and twisted,deceitful, rough and gifted
Even got God scared
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 pray on it, stay in it, stay on it
I'm a work on it, pray on it, stay in it
I'm a work on it, pray on it ( stay in it )