[Verse 1 - Tricky]

It's too good, it's too nice

She makes me finish too quick

Is it love? No, not love

She turns my sexual trick

She says she's mine, I know she lies

First, I scream, then I cry

Take a second of me

You beckon, I'll be

She suffocates me

She suffocates me with suggestion

I ask 'Do you feel the same?'

And later on, maybe

I'll tell you my real name

She's so good, she's so bad

You understand, I can't stand

Now I could just kill a man

She's on her knees, I say please

I caress her silly lies, she's got brown eyes

[Hook - Martina Topley-Bird]

I think ahead of you, I think instead of you

Will you spend your life with me

And stifle me?

I know why the caged bird sings, I know why

[Verse 2 - Tricky]

Forgive and you're forgiven

Kingdom come

Can you wait for yours, I need to taste some

Life's pretty funny, I laugh while she spends my money

She's my freak, I guess I'm weak

You ask what is this?

Mind your business

I pass idle days with my idle ways

'Til the twelfth of always

She walks my hallways

I keep her warm, but we never kiss

She cuts my slender wrists

Let's waste some more time

I sign the dotted line

A different level

She-devil

[Hook - Martina Topley-Bird]

I think ahead of you, I think instead of you

Will you spend your life with me

And stifle me?

I know why the caged bird sings, I know why

[Verse 3 - Tricky]

You ask what is this?

Mind your business

I pass my idle days with my idle ways

Til the twelfth of always

She walks my hallways

I keep her warm but we never kiss

She says I'm weak and immature

But it's cool, I know what money's for

Push comes to shove

Her tongue's her favorite weapon on attack

I slap her back, she mostly hates me

[Hook - Martina Topley-Bird]

I think ahead of you, I think instead of you

Will you spend your life with me

And stifle me?

I know why the caged bird sings, I know why

[Verse 4 - Tricky]

Can I take off your clothes before we go out?

And when you're helpless, I'll scream and shout

We finish everyday (well, anyway)

Sixty-nine degrees

My head's between your knees

You ask what is this?

Mind your business

It's too good, it's too nice

She makes me finish too quick

Is it love? No, not love

She turns my sexual trick

She says she's mine, I know she lies

First, I scream, then I cry

Take a second of me

You beckon, I'll be

Take a second of me

[Hook - Martina Topley-Bird]

I think ahead of you, I think instead of you

Will you spend your life with me

And stifle me?

I know why the caged bird sings, I know why

I know why the caged bird sings, I know why

[Outro - Tricky]

She-devil