Maxinquaye lyrics

Produced and mixed by Tricky Kid, Geoff Barrow
Engineered by Russ Kearney.
Publishing: Copyright (C) 1991. A.Thaws/G. Barrow
[All vocals by tricky, words in parentheses are unclear]
[Spoken]
How things are
Together we'll destroy
Then we can destroy what we are
Then we'll build what we are
When we dream the spirit free
We don't give praise we take praise
And why are we
[Rapped]

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, take ten paces.
Been up ahead - can't make head or tale of it

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

I stand firm for our soil
lick a rock on foil
Say reduce me, seduce me,
Dress me up as Tootsie [in Stussey].
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 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?

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

For one [more poor boy?], there's someone
For he for she
For one [more poor boy?], there's someone
For him, for me

Your eyes resemble mine, see as no others can
Here inherit my kingdom , speak other 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

So this is the aftermath

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, thoughts of touching
see you in the sun
there'll be big fun, ah, at my
hotel, motel, hotel, motel

I'll fuck you in the ass, just for a laugh

[From the Show 1/25/97 at El Rey in Los Angeles, California]
[Starts out with part of another song, vocals by Martina]
She's a circle til I stop it
[They'll disown you] til I (rock it/rocket)
You stared [at men again]
Are you [a man] again
Don't wait on me
I'll tell you when
Don't wait on me
I'll tell you when
[Vocals by Tricky]
Here we go again x4

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
I cock the trigger
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 :

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 dont, you dont
you dont, you dont
you dont, you dont 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 [?] in your devil's music

(T=Tricky, M=Martine)

T: in hell i'll be lost in the layers of weakness
all around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest
strugglin...strugglin...strugglin
brainwashed with the
hallucinagenics in my system
i cock the trigger
make me switch in
switch on, switch off
M: Here I'm lost
T: i'm lost
M: in the name of weakness
T: brainwashed

[Tricky raps in the background throughout:
hey you, so whatcha gonna do
terrible, searable, popular demand
from cradle to grave, the simple diary of man]

Martine:
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 dont give praise, we take praise
so why are we?

You want to estimate
The distance that it takes
To find a lover, lover

You want to rectify
This mad look in my eyes
Then find your other lover

I found how to be perfect for you my dear
While I was bumpin' around
Bumpin' around

You want to estimate
The distance that it takes
To find a lover, lover

C'mon let's rectify
This mad look in my eyes
C'mon yes let's discover

When I am drunk
Or want just to have sex
I drop complex
And flex 'pon them next
Drunkenstein
Drunken swine
Buzz Buzz me baby,
How 'bout some love maybe?
When I leave the club,
I am drunken swine
I think about you
The rest of the time
Drunkenstein, drunken swine
Drunkenstein, drunken swine
Night Club
What are we doing here?
Night Club
What are we doing here?
We are all sluts

Tricky :
Here we go again so tricky going flow again,
Those chicken cluckers is fakin pop in others,
Breed to sons and deform college,
D all the time you know we be bionic,
Skeezers make me paranoid smokin' hydroponic,
Shutting down one half of my brain, paralyzes one half of my body,
Now in need of a walk-in chain of McDonald's,
For those chicken cluckers whose fakin' pop in others,

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

Live at the Phoenix in Toronto 1-6-97 All vocals by Tricky
I am a tricky
Think about guns
[I'm two and i'm next]
I sat upon a [furnace]
Boys like girls
Girls like toys
I sat around and [go]
Tell me if i'm lyin' (up/on/uh) x3
Tell me if i'm x2
I love a tricky
Think what a girl is
And between the mens
I sat upon a [pearl is]
Boys like girls
Girls like toys
'N I sat around and [go]

Tricky :
What you gonna do with your sex drive?
Wait for your soul to catch up with me
Concretely seen
I talk to him
I wanna lie
She looks at me
I wanna hide
Wanna be rich and fat
How do I validate that?
I think every time to fluid
I cut my mouth...
Do I, returning into there
Can I rest my head on your chest and dribble
You know the rules I speaks in riddle

Alison Goldfrapp:

Pumpkin

you're hollow within

More how I'm to slowly

let their harm

Give us some

It's sad until

Like flowers untamed

Shine out ends

I find what will make him

Love me

Life is our find

Hollow is he

Tricky:

I can't breathe and I can't see

MTV moves too fast, I refuse to understand

You go your way and I'll see mine

Feels like wasted time

Tricky :
I confide to anything
So I have to hide from everything.
Everybody wants a piece of me.
You see origin and cease to be.
Sit back and let it happen,
Let us take your time away.
I don't understand you.
I don't want your time of day.
If you're gonna walk, might as well walk your way,
Always up the hallways,
Forget the punk, I pack the funk.
I'm gonna take a piece of you.

NK : Nine nine nine nine
Tricky :
One two one two (repeated)
Keep keep your head up
NK :
I don't wanna die
The doors up and smokin' (??)
So you must be jokin'
(????) On the chosen
I know we're not real
You're real good (??)
Tricky : We're freaky and we're fed up
NK :
For real for real
And you know the deal
Tricky : What is hot? what is not?
NK :
I don't wanna die

Trample on my
Trample on my soul
Kill me with a quickness
Trample on my soul
Kill me with a quickness
Trample on my soul
Money greedy
Money greedy
I trust you over all
The way you brake my heart
The way you trample on my soul
Kill me with a quickness
Kill me with a quickness
Money greedy
I trust you over all
Money greedy
I trust you over all
You trample on my soul

Drummer : One, two, three, four

Tricky and Cia Berg :

I wanna give birth to your baby, baby

Scream all night long

Exercise our breathing so they hear it in Vietcong

Untangle my umbilical

There's no need to be political

Let's not get too serious

Just try to stay predictable

Cos I....

All :

I can't help that I think you're really kickin'

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 X2
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 X2
Idle talk
And hollow promises
Cheating Judases
Doubting Thomases

( Live in Toronto 1/16/97 )
I live in the womb
But I'll be out soon
But I'll be out soon
That means you're a fucking pig
A fucking redneck pig
[E-fucking-ha]
I live in the womb
But i'll be out soon
My mother's blood's red
She gave birth
You must be dead X2
Wish you were dead X2
In god you trust
What does that mean
The (once side a green/once i'd agree/one-sided greed)

( Live Tricky & Terry Hall )
Tricky : This town is coming like a ghost town..
Terry : All the clubs have been closed down..
Tricky : This place is coming like a ghost town..
Terry : Bands won't play no more..
Tricky : Too much fighting on the dance floor.
Terry : Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town..

(Tricky's vox)
(marshall, vowles, del naja, thaws, williams)
Daddy G
Trendy windy you know what i mean
Hangin around with girl who's rolling up her jeans
She watches her street crack cause she's no dummy
Through rockin the microphone and she's calling me honey
Says i know what i want don't move with thugs
Well house parties hip hop and smoking drugs

( Massive attack )
(vowles, del naja, marshall, thaws, norfolk, locke)
3D
Sitting in my day care, yard is decopainted.
Blessed by the drink
Upon the corner ???
Chased by the planet
Haunted by the medium
Too high to flow toward to break the tedium
Glow from my tv set is blue like neon
Activated the remote I put the BBC on
I've seen this city somewhere
I'm looking out for no-one

[ Live at two Shows: Toronto 1/16/97 and Hollywood 1/25/97, vocals by
martina ]
[ Stuff surrounded by *words* only at Toronto Show / Stuff surrounded by
#words# only at H'wood show / Stuff not surrounded at both ]
She's a circle til i stop it
Earth is home until i (rock it/rocket)
You're still a mannequin
Are you a man again
Don't wait on me
I'll tell you when
#I'll tell you when#

( I use a code for a lot of the things said over and over:
FN="Fucking niggers"
W="Who I am" or "'s who i am" or "It's Who i am" or "N who i am"
P="N' polygram" "Polygram" or "to Polygram"
*=sample of the other guy (Carl Crack someone thought?) saying
"PolyGram!"
Stuff in [square brackets] is unclear

I know what you see X5
Wanted with me
Suffocate me with a notion
Deserve me with devotion
Wanted with me X2
Why are we not talkin'
Why are we not speakin'
No words can describe
Inside, inside, I know what we need
I wish life was as simple as 1-2-3, as you and me
So long since I surrender
So long you I remember
It's your turn to fight the things they say

So what you gonna do,
It's me that's haunting you
It's me you'll have to face
On judgement day
Are you gonna get releived
And never let you rest in peace
Lookin forward till the end
It's better we die frail
Have to cleanse my soul
Straight away your god
I can't wait until you die
I can't wait to meet you there
Organize the pian
Come riding on the train
Organize the colors

So you like to desmise with your pen
I was the same
I was the same back when
Then and now, I wanna change
But don't know how
Do's and don'ts - don'ts I don't like
She's not Tina and I'm not like Ike
But what was Ike like
Is Ike what you write
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know
We'll disarm ya, ask Julian Palmer
Only joking, too much smoking
But it's ok, it's ok

Tricky/B.Davis/R. Walters
My defenses
Become fences
Now I'm stumblin'
I change my faces
And if you think I'm fake-up
Wait around til I take off my makeup
Here we go again
I meet another one
Her name is...
She looks at me, says I'm the only one
(Chorus)
I met a Christian in Christiansands
A devil in Helsinki
I met a Christian in Christiansands
A devil in Helsinki

( Massive attack )
(marshall, vowles, del naja, thaws, brown, bennett, carlton, geurin,
sample, scott)
Tricky
You can be with the one you love or love the one you're with
Spliff in the ashtray-we're strong but far too little
Her touch tickles, especially when she's gentle
But i don't hear words cos i saw the instrumental
Keep the girl at a distance, moves are very hazy

Martina :
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

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
Your father's rich, your father's from the get-go