This beat is my recital I think it's very vital To rock a rhyme That's right on time It's tricky tricky yo here we go It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky I met this little girlie, her hair was kind of curly Went to her house to bust her out, I had to leave real early These girls are really sleazy, all they just say is please me Or spend some time and rock a rhyme, I said it's not that easy It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky In New York the people talk and try to make us rhyme They really hawk, but we just walk, because we have no time And in the city it's a pity, 'cause we just can't hide Tinted windows don't mean nothing, they know who's inside It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky When I wake up people take up mostly all of my time I'm not singing, phone keep ringing so I make up a rhyme I'm not bragging, people nagging, 'cause they think I'm a star Always tearing what I'm wearing, I think they're going too far A girl named Carol follows Darryl every gig we play Then he dissed her and dismissed her, now she's jocking Jay I ain't lying, girls be crying, 'cause we're on TV They even bother my poor father, 'cause he's down with me It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky We are not dumb, we don't use drugs, but you assume on your own They offer coke and lots of dope, but we just leave it alone It's like that y'all, but we don't quit You keep on, rock shot, 'cause this is it
This beat is my recital I think it's very vital To rock a rhyme That's right on time It's tricky tricky yo here we go It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky I met this little girlie, her hair was kind of curly Went to her house to bust her out, I had to leave real early These girls are really sleazy, all they just say is please me Or spend some time and rock a rhyme, I said it's not that easy It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky In New York the people talk and try to make us rhyme They really hawk, but we just walk, because we have no time And in the city it's a pity, 'cause we just can't hide Tinted windows don't mean nothing, they know who's inside It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky When I wake up people take up mostly all of my time I'm not singing, phone keep ringing so I make up a rhyme I'm not bragging, people nagging, 'cause they think I'm a star Always tearing what I'm wearing, I think they're going too far A girl named Carol follows Darryl every gig we play Then he dissed her and dismissed her, now she's jocking Jay I ain't lying, girls be crying, 'cause we're on TV They even bother my poor father, 'cause he's down with me It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky It's tricky to rock a rhyme To rock a rhyme that's right on time It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky We are not dumb, we don't use drugs, but you assume on your own They offer coke and lots of dope, but we just leave it alone It's like that y'all, but we don't quit You keep on, rock shot, 'cause this is it
"It's Tricky" foi o quarto single do terceiro álbum do Run‑DMC, *Raising Hell*, lançado no início de 1987 pela Profile Records, com produção compartilhada entre Rick Rubin e o próprio grupo.
A canção chegou ao nº 57 na Billboard Hot 100 dos EUA e ao nº 21 na lista Hot Black Singles, enquanto no Reino Unido atingiu a posição nº 16 na UK Singles Chart.
Em 1998, o produtor americano Jason Nevins remixou a faixa sob o título "(It's) Tricky", alcançando o nº 74 nas paradas britânicas; sua versão de “It’s Like That” chegou ao topo da UK Singles Chart.
O remix de Nevins também entrou no top‑40 da Austrália, Nova Zelândia e vários países europeus, chegando ao nº 1 nas paradas da Finlândia.
Duas décadas após o lançamento, a banda The Knack processou o Run‑DMC por suposto uso não autorizado de “My Sharona” em “It’s Tricky”, caso que foi resolvido em acordo em 2005.
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