Q-Tip

Released: November 4, 2008

Featuring: Norah Jones

Songwriter: Robert Glasper Q-Tip

Producer: Q-Tip

[Verse 1: Norah Jones]
Life's filled with gray
But now, it comes clean
Leaves fall away
Hip-hop is playing again
And it's banging, too
Know it's banging, for you
Don't stop this feeling I feel
I just wanna lay around all day and feel the breeze upon my knees
I'm so into your rich history
Tell me stories and take me away
Come and take me, ooh
Come and take me with you

[Hook: Norah Jones]
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you

[Verse 2: Q-Tip]
Uh, uh, one step at a time, a man walked on the moon
One record got played, Kool Herc said boom
One minute young man, your time come soon
We waiting, it was prophesized you loon
We bang our drums, enter message through sound
We restless and we takin over your town
Hands sweatin'
It's critiquing all this vibe I'm gettin, playlist setting:
Cold Crush, Furious Five and the Masterdon
Cosmic Force, Bambaataa, Jazzy 5
Lovebug Starski, Junebug, Busy Bee
Run, D, Jay, LL, Kane, Biz Markie
Doug E., Will, Barry B., Spoonie, Schoolly D
Rakim, BDP, Dana Dane, Ricky D
Leaders of the New School, Snoop Dogg, Monie Love
BIG and Pac are up above, Eazy-E and Bone Thugz
Fat and Skinny Boys, Cash Money and the rapper Nas
Large Professor, Lauryn, Wyclef, and Pras
Brand Nubian, Diamond D, Ludacris and Jay
R.I.P. Pimp C, Common, Lil Wayne and 'Ye
Primo, OutKast, where my nigga Dilla at?
S.V., uh, uh, where my nigga Dilla at?
And when you look into my eyes, it makes all these feelings rise
Makes my space a better place, can't you see it in my face?

[Hook: Norah Jones & Q-Tip]
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, now that, now that I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better...
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, since I found you
Life is better, since I found you

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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