text overlay image views
There are 2 solutions:


use title as the text and it will automatically redirects you to the content page when you click on it.
in your views add the path field to your fields, 




apply it and now check the exclude from display checkbox in its setting. go to Rewrite Results and set these settings:



click ok and move the path field at the top of the fields.



Now click on the field that displays your text on the image and set these settings:



Now that field will be a link to your content.