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Tricky Kid

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Tricky Kid

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Tricky:one-two one-two

huh, one-two one-two one-two

d:mikecheck

Tricky:That one front

braggin' on the stunts

coke in ya nose

d:coke in ya nose

Tricky:knock out ya gold fronts

that won't front

braggin' on your stunts

coke in ya nose

knock out ya gold fronts (with d)

Here comes the Nazarene

look good in that magazine

Haile Selassie

they look after i

god will recieve us

got me like jesus

god will recieve us

got me like jesus (with d)

mary magdalaine

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

tell me what the race is (with d)

it's surreal

they're not real

i put them on their places

d:yeahhhhh

Tricky:they used to call me tricky-kid

i lived the life they wished they did

Lived the life, don't own a car

and now they call me superstar

d:tell'm where you at baby ahhhh!

Tricky:they used to call me tricky-kid

i lived the life they wished they did (with d)

i lived the life don't own a car

and now they call me superstar (with d)

are you disturbed? i'll be with..

everybody wants to know what my momma did [where my mind is]

i'll tell you everything

i'll tell you lies

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

knock out ya gold fronts (with d)

Here comes the Nazarene

look good in that magazine (with d)

Haile Selassie

they look after i

god will recieve us

got me like jesus

mary magdalaine

that'd be my first sin

being with this temptress

d:wahhhhhhh

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:tell me what 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:they used to call me tricky-kid (with d)

i lived the life they wished they did (with d)

Lived the life, don't own a car

and now they call me superstar (with d)

are you disturbed? i'll be with..

everybody wants to know what my momma did

i'll tell you everything

i'll tell you lies

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 naked

and famous (with d)

d:check it

Tricky:they used to call me tricky-kid

i lived the life they wished they did

i lived the life don't own a car

but now they call me superstar (with d)

are you disturbed? i'm on with..

everybody wants to know what my momma did [where my mind is]

i'll tell you everything

i'll tell you lies

look deep into these mongrel eyes (with d)

d:check it

what do you see?

Tricky:if you test and turn the tables

We're gonna get in, smoke up (with d)

and we're starting to unturn your label (with d)

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 naked

and famous (with d)

ha ha

and everybody wants a record deal

d:everybody

Tricky:and everybody just wants to be like me

i'm naked

and famous (with d)

and famous

that won't front

braggin' on the stunts

and coke in ya nose

knock out ya gold fronts (with d)

Here comes the Nazarene

you look good in that magazine

Haile Selassie

they look after i

god will recieve us

got me like jesus

mary magdalaine

that'd be my first sin

being with this temptress

d:ahhhhhhhh

Tricky:being with this temptress

it's a mongrel 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:same as it ever was

Tricky:we run everything

always and ever

has been has been

d:same as it ever was

Tricky:heard there's german-jamaicans

with twisted faces

same as it ever was

tell me what the race is

it's surreal

they're not real

i'm gonna put them on their places

d:hey, check

Tricky:we run everything

always and ever

has been has been

d:yeahhhhh

Tricky:we run everything

always and ever

has been has been

d:tell'm where...

Tricky:heard there's german-jamaicans

with twisted faces

same as it ever was

tell me what the race is (with d)

it's surreal

they're not real

i-i put them where their place is

they used to call me...

d:what'd they call you, what they call you

Tricky:they used to call me

d:tricky-kid tricky-kid

Tricky:they used to call me tricky-kid (with d)

i lived the life they wished they did (with d)

d:tricky-kid tricky-kid

Tricky:they used to call me tricky-kid (with d)

i lived the life they wished they did (with d)

Lived the life, don't own a car

and now they call me superstar (with d)

i lived the life

d:you lived the life tricky-kid

(fade out)

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