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Massive Attack – Spying Glass
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“Spying Glass” is the only track on “Protection” to feature frequent Massive Attack collaborator and reggae legend Horace Andy. It is a cover of Andy’s original track of the same
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Horace Andy – Spying Glass
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[Vocalese intro] / You live in the city / You mind you own business / What you see you don't see / Yet some people, they always see / They never mind their own business / You move
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Massive Attack – Spying Glass Samples
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Horace Andy – Spying Glass - Massive Attack Version
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You live in the city / You stay by yourself / You avoid all wickedness / Still some people they run your yard / Just because you a rasta / You move to the country / You live in the
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Johnny Pate – Shaft In Africa (Addis) Samples
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Johnny Pate – Shaft In Africa (Addis) Samples
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Johnny Pate – Shaft In Africa (Addis)
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Massive Attack – Light My Fire (Live)
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[Intro] / One more tune, rub it down to the sounds of the Massive / You want more? Hear this now / The sound of Mister Horace Andy / [Verse 1] / You know that it would be untrue
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Horace Andy – Skylarking
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[Refrain] / Skylarking, skylarking / That's what youths do today / Skylarking, skylarking / Before they stand up firm on their feet / [Verse 1] / Yet a little work, a little work
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Massive Attack (Ft. Tracey Thorn) – Protection
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The title track from the band’s second album, “Protection” is a collaboration between Massive Attack and Tracey Thorn, the lead singer of British duo Everything But the Girl.
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Massive Attack – Three
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[Verse 1: Nicolette] / Three's my lucky number / And fortune comes in threes / But wish I knew that number / That even little children seem to see / [Chorus: Nicolette] / Oh, I'm
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Massive Attack (Ft. Horace Andy) – Girl I Love You
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Original working title was the inexplicably named “16 Seeter”, when the song debuted live in 2007. It remained known as such on the 2008 and 2009 tours, before being changed at the
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Massive Attack – Better Things
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[Verse 1] / Don't drag me down just because you're down / Just cause you're blue don't make me too / And though you've found you need more than me / Don't talk to me about being
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Massive Attack – Sly
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Sly was the combination of Craig Armstrong’s strings combined with Nicolette’s unique sensual vocals. Massive Attack had chosen Nicolette to appear on the album Protection after
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Massive Attack – Weather Storm
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[Instrumental]
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Massive Attack – Eurochild
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“Eurochild” is the second of the two songs on Protection to feature Massive Attack collaborator Tricky. The title refers to the then newly-formed European Union.
The song’s
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Horace Andy – Girl I Love You
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Girl I love you but your loving has gone forever / Gonna miss you but my love has gone forever / I say I love you but your loving has gone forever / Gonna miss you but my love has
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Massive Attack – Heat Miser
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Whilst not much information exists exactly on the origins of “Heat Miser” (or its sister songs, “Weather Storm” and “Sly”), it was the direct result of Massive Attack’s partnership
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Horace Andy – Love of a Woman
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Love of a woman is all I can take / Love of a woman is all I can give / That is all / That is all / All I can do / The heart of a woman is all I can steal / I did it two times
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Horace Andy – Just Say Who
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... tell me who / Just say who baby / Just say who baby / Just say who / I want you to tell me who / When the first time / That I ever saw you / I tell you / That I love you / But
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