Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Alison Goldfrapp
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Ragga
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
Tricky & Martina Topley-Bird
This is the opening track to Tricky’s 1995 debut solo effort, Maxinquaye. This song features lead vocals from then-girlfriend, Martina Topley-Bird, singing the rap lyrics that Tricky wrote with the British Trip-Hop group Massive Attack, being a founding member of the group.
[Verse 1: Martina Topley-Bird]
You sure you want to be with me?
I've nothing to give
Won't lie and say this loving's best
Whoa, leave us in emotional peace
Mmm, take a walk take a rest
And taste the rest
[Chorus: Martina Topley-Bird]
Don't wanna be on top of your list
Monopoly improperly kissed
We overcome in 60 seconds with the strength we have together
But for now, emotional ties they stay severed
And when there's trust, there'll be treats
When we funk, we'll hear beats
[Hook]
Karmacoma
Karmacoma
[Verse 2: Martina Topley-Bird]
You and her, walking through the suburbs
No, not exactly lovers
You're a couple, oh, 'specially when your bodies double
Duplicate and then you wait
For the next Kuwait
[Hook]
Karmacoma
Karmacoma
Jamaican an' Roma, karmacoma
[Verse 1: Martina Topley-Bird]
You sure you want to be with me?
I've nothing to give
Won't lie and say this loving's best
Whoa, leave us in emotional peace
Mmm, take a walk take a rest
And taste the rest
[Chorus: Martina Topley-Bird]
Don't wanna be on top of your list
Monopoly improperly kissed
We overcome in 60 seconds with the strength we have together
But for now, emotional ties they stay severed
And when there's trust, there'll be treats
When we funk, we'll hear beats
[Hook]
Karmacoma
Karmacoma
Overcome was written by Tricky.
Overcome was produced by Mark Saunders & Tricky.
“No, no, not at all. Even the parts that are about sex ain’t about sex. Like in Overcome: ‘You and I walking through the suburbs / We’re not exactly lovers’. Then it goes, ‘And then you wait / For the next Kuwait’. You could be walking down the street with your girlfriend, and at the same moment Kuw...