Tricky

Strugglin'

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Tricky :
Because, in, 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 :
All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest
Exhausted by the mundane
Simplicity no longer plain

Tricky :
Strugglin, strugglin

Martina :
Strugglin, strugglin with the insane

Tricky :
I'm strugglin
Strugglin with the insane
...
Hallucinagenics in my system
...
They say i'm insane
I'm strugglin...strugglin

Martina :
Darkness and warmth
Obvious and mysterious
Magical colors

Tricky :
Mystical shadows

Martina :
Mystical shadows
Thought with no meaning

Tricky :
They say i'm insane

Martina :
Label me insane

Tricky :
But i'm more normal than most

Martina :
But i'm more normal than most
Strugglin so hard

Tricky :
I just need to remain
'Cause I'm strugglin

Martina :
To remain

Tricky :
I know i'm the truth

Martina :
'Cause we are the truth
See what we want to see

Tricky :
Please, please tell me what i want to hear

Martina :
Hear what we want to hear
Strugglin so hard

Tricky :
I'm strugglin

Martina :
I took a ride, yeah

Tricky :
Roll with the bullets to survive...to survive...to survive
Self preservation

Martina :
Roll with the bullets
Just to survive

Tricky :
Self preservation

Martina :
Self preservation

Tricky :
Keeps the crowd alive

Martina :
Keeps the crowd alive

Tricky :
Strugglin...strugglin
They...they say i'm insane
I'm strugglin...strugglin
They say i'm insane

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
I'm more normal than most

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
I'm just strugglin

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
Mythical shadows

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
Mysterious...the obvious

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
They say im insane...I'm strugglin

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
Switch in, switch on, switch off
I'm lost in contradiction
Feed me my visuals
A flashback...a flashback from way back
I'm strugglin...strugglin
Do you know what its like to struggle?
Do you...do you...have you...have you ever had to struggle?
Strugglin...strugglin
Roll with the bullets to survive
Strugglin...strugglin...strugglin to remain
They label me insane
But i'm...i'm...i think i'm more normal than most
Strugglin with the remains
Brainwashed with the cheapest
And if pain makes me stronger
Then how am i stronger?
There's a fate for the late
But the late must wait longer
Strugglin...strugglin
Roll with the bullets to survive
Self preservation keeps the crowd alive
Strugglin
In hell i'll be lost in the layers of weakness
All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest
In hell i'll be lost in the layers of weakness
All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest
Exhausted with the mundane
Simplicity means no longer plain
Strugglin with the insane
Darkness and warmth
The obvious and mysterious
Magical colors, mythical shadows
Half thought with no meaning
They label me insane X3

Submitted by

nicole On Jan 02, 2002

Hell Is Round the Corner

Excess

Overcome

Makes Me Wanna Die

Aftermath (Hip Hop Blues)

Martina :
Here I'm lost

Tricky :
I'm lost

Martina :
In the name of weakness

Tricky :
Brainwashed

Martina :
All around the surface brainwashed with the cheapest
Exhausted by the mundane
Simplicity no longer plain

Tricky :
Strugglin, strugglin

Martina :
Strugglin, strugglin with the insane

Tricky :
I'm strugglin
Strugglin with the insane
...
Hallucinagenics in my system
...
They say i'm insane
I'm strugglin...strugglin

Martina :
Darkness and warmth
Obvious and mysterious
Magical colors

Tricky :
Mystical shadows

Martina :
Mystical shadows
Thought with no meaning

Tricky :
They say i'm insane

Martina :
Label me insane

Tricky :
But i'm more normal than most

Martina :
But i'm more normal than most
Strugglin so hard

Tricky :
I just need to remain
'Cause I'm strugglin

Martina :
To remain

Tricky :
I know i'm the truth

Martina :
'Cause we are the truth
See what we want to see

Tricky :
Please, please tell me what i want to hear

Martina :
Hear what we want to hear
Strugglin so hard

Tricky :
I'm strugglin

Martina :
I took a ride, yeah

Tricky :
Roll with the bullets to survive...to survive...to survive
Self preservation

Martina :
Roll with the bullets
Just to survive

Tricky :
Self preservation

Martina :
Self preservation

Tricky :
Keeps the crowd alive

Martina :
Keeps the crowd alive

Tricky :
Strugglin...strugglin
They...they say i'm insane
I'm strugglin...strugglin
They say i'm insane

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
I'm more normal than most

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
I'm just strugglin

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
Mythical shadows

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
Mysterious...the obvious

Martina :
Strugglin

Tricky :
They say im insane...I'm strugglin

Martina :
Strugglin

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nicole

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2002-01-02 17:22:43

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by Appers66

18y ago

This song made me hate Tricky first time I heard it, but it's probably my favourite track, now! The music fits with the lyrics better than any song I've ever heard. It SOUNDS like being inside someone's mind slowly going more and more insane and struggling to keep control! Lyrically I guess it's say he's struggling to keep control of himself. But the final section is him saying that he may be struggling but everyone else has it so much worse because they're the ones living awful lives, brainwashed with the cheapest, exhausted with the mundane, and he may be drugged up and insane but at least he's living life.

I love the reintroduction of "many switch in switch on switch off" from Black Steel.

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by Voodemar

17y ago

Hard track, I needed long time to like it. For me the narrator used some drugs and found himself on the verge of commiting suicide.

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by pratyekayana

15y ago

I for one immediately fell in love with this track. And most of this album, for that matter.

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