Q-Tip

Released: November 30, 1999

Featuring: Korn

Songwriter: Q-Tip J Dilla Jonathan Davis

Producer: J Dilla Q-Tip

[Q-Tip]
Just feelin' things out for real, ya know?
Just wanna do me for real, ya know?
No reason to make it complicated, for feelin' agitated
You love it or you hate it…fuck it
Desperation jumpin' off of street corners and
Hustlas lookin for runs like Pop Warner and
Local state officials….man they out of touch
Getting money for some, aiyo, ain't nothin' much
But yo…let them tell it, we smoke it and we sell it
You don't understand, so don't gel it
You sneakin' souls just for phat diamond golds
Cuz our lady friends have likings for designer clothes
People in my hood think….if I'm lookin raggedy, then the cat is just a weakling
In the very fake chain of oppression….the television taught me any lesson, it's
"Image is Nothing", but yo I got a thirst
Nothing, but yo I got a thirst
Nothing, but yo I got a thirst
What's worse? Your rings or your purse?

[Jonathan Davis (KoRn)]
All aboard! All aboard! Make your way to the back there! Hey you! Step lively! Women and
Children first! What's wrong with you?
The world is coming to an end!
Come on now, we're looking at the end! There's not enough room for freakin' everybody! We have to leave all of our paraphernalia behind! Come forward wankers! All of those wankers! Come on, let's go! This way! Come on now, lot! We're looking at the end. Let's go! Move it to the back, there! Come on now, let's go!

[Johnathan Davis]
Buck that, bum back
Bum dick, broke back
Baghdad, bomb back
Bum dick, right back
Dark dick, broke back
Right back, bomb that
Bum dick, bomb back
Bomb back!

[Johnathan Davis]
It's kinda scary you see
How fucked up things can be
Each time you take a breath
Hell it could be your last
There's so much shit around us
Things we can't even see
If this is end of the line
That's where I wanna be (repeat 4x's)

[Hook]
End of the line/
End of time (repeat 4x's)

Jonathan Davis (born April 10, 1970), aka Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, aka Q-Tip is a rapper and producer known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest, the hip-hop group responsible for helping popularize “jazz rap” and releasing classics such as “Bonita Applebum,” “Scenario,” and “Electric Relaxation.” After Tribe released their fifth album in 1998, Q-Tip launched his solo career, releasing three albums and popular singles such as “Vivrant Thing” and “Breathe and Stop” before reuniting with Tribe in 2016 to release the group’s final album following the death of his rhyme partner Phife Dawg.

Q-Tip also produced on a number of other projects during his time with Tribe, most notably for Queens representatives Nas and Mobb Deep on their classic albums Illmatic and The Infamous respectively. In 1995, he connected with producer Jay Dee aka J Dilla and Tribe’s DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad to form the production crew The Ummah, and the trio produced and remixed tracks for Busta Rhymes, Janet Jackson, and Michael Jackson. Tip also produced for Run-DMC, The Roots, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and he also worked with both Jay-Z and Kanye West on their Watch the Throne album.

Q-Tip currently has his own Abstract Radio show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 station.

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