[Intro]
    This speech is my recital, I think it's very vital
  To rock (a rhyme), that's right (on time)
  It's Tricky is the title, here we go...
    It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
  It's Tricky...it's Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
  It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
  It's Tricky...Tr-tr-tr-tricky (Tricky) Trrrrrrrrrrricky
    [Verse 1]
    I met this little girlie, her hair was kinda curly
  Went to her house and 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...(How is it D?) It's Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Trrrrrricky)
  It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
  It's Tricky...Tricky (Tricky) Tricky
    [Verse 2]
    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 cos we just can't hide
  Tinted windows don't mean nothin', they know who's inside
    It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
  It's Tricky...(How is it D?) 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) huh!
    [Verse 3]
    When I wake up people take up mostly all of my time
  I'm not singin', phone keep ringin' cos I make up a rhyme
  I'm not braggin', people naggin' cos they think I'm a star
  Always tearin' what I'm wearin', I think they're goin' too far
  A girl named Carol follows Daryll every gig we play
  Then D dissed her and dismissed her, now she's jockin' Jay
  I ain't lyin', girls be cryin' cos I'm on TV
  They even bother my poor father cos he's down with me
    It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
  It's Tricky...(How is it?) Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
  It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time
  It's Tricky...Tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-tricky (Tr-Tr-Tr-Tricky) Tr-tr-tr...
    [Verse 4]
    We are not thugs (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 (y'all), but we don't quit
  You keep on (rock!) shock! Cos this is it...