The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Tricky
Why'd you fall sour over me?
You know you have no power over me
I get on your nerves so I twitch
My friends call me "bitch"
But that okay cause I'm your bitch
I'm your rich bitch and
I got money, money I got
She likes me a lot
Cause I'm...a go go Jupiter joy
A ghetto boy
Unfortunately, she gives me a boy
If I find out I'm not the only one
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
I'ma tear your mouth and nose off
If you dare to take your clothes off
Martina
(repeating throughout background)
Seemed like the real thing
Only to find
Mucho mistrust
Love's gone behind
Tricky
I wouldn't want distance from you
You test my muscle vein to see if I was true
Never liked my new spouses cause I crept from strange houses
I keep tellin' em don't give a fuck about millennium
Why'd you fall sour over me?
You know you have no power over me
I get on your nerves so I twitch
My friends call me "bitch"
But that's okay cause I'm your rich bitch and
I got money, money I got
She likes me a lot
I keep tellin' em don't give a fuck about millennium
If I find out I'm not the only one
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
I'ma tear your mouth and nose off
If you dare to take your clothes off
I keep tellin' em don't give a fuck about millennium
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
She likes me a lot
If I find out I'm not the only one
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
Come on
She likes me a lot, she likes me a lot
If you dare to take your clothes off...
( repeat again and again...)
Why'd you fall sour over me?
You know you have no power over me
I get on your nerves so I twitch
My friends call me "bitch"
But that okay cause I'm your bitch
I'm your rich bitch and
I got money, money I got
She likes me a lot
Cause I'm...a go go Jupiter joy
A ghetto boy
Unfortunately, she gives me a boy
If I find out I'm not the only one
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
I'ma tear your mouth and nose off
If you dare to take your clothes off
Martina
(repeating throughout background)
Seemed like the real thing
Only to find
Mucho mistrust
Love's gone behind
Tricky
I wouldn't want distance from you
You test my muscle vein to see if I was true
Never liked my new spouses cause I crept from strange houses
I keep tellin' em don't give a fuck about millennium
Why'd you fall sour over me?
You know you have no power over me
I get on your nerves so I twitch
My friends call me "bitch"
But that's okay cause I'm your rich bitch and
I got money, money I got
She likes me a lot
I keep tellin' em don't give a fuck about millennium
If I find out I'm not the only one
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
I'ma tear your mouth and nose off
If you dare to take your clothes off
I keep tellin' em don't give a fuck about millennium
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
She likes me a lot
If I find out I'm not the only one
I'ma chew you up like bubble-gum
Come on
She likes me a lot, she likes me a lot
If you dare to take your clothes off...
( repeat again and again...)
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This is perhaps my favorite song from Tricky besides Tricky Kid and 6 Minutes. It's gorgeously dark and relentlessly unheartful, beautiful stuff I say. This is what made me a fan of this man, that beat and his voice and lyrics speak out loud and beyond what is being sung. I first heard it when i had bought Trick's video dvd and in the short autobiographical footage it was played while he was in the studio. Luckily i found it to d/l becuz the soundtrack it's on sucks ass. From what i can interpret, he's either talking about some chick he devoted to somehow but he's very possessive and feels backstabbed for some reason. I think his "...don't give a ... about millenium" he's just giving his personal opinion about how it doesn't phase him any, he's not in any concern about music in the future or the styles. Hell the guy in the song evidentally must be a pimp or something. Tricky loves the word 'anti'. anyway, beautiful stuff, wish Tricky made more songs like this, but he's in a diff direction now, oh well. Good for him.