Q-Tip

Released: September 9, 2009

Songwriter: Kelvin Sholar Q-Tip Antuan Barrett

Producer: Q-Tip

[Verse 1:]
Looking in your eyes and it's sparkling
Listen to your laugh, it's disheartening
I can see your common sense, it's clear to me
I can tell you're hurting, it's plain to see

[Chorus:]
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Don't be blue, girl
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Don't be blue, girl
Don't be blue, girl

[Verse 2:]
Wanna let you know how you're making me feel
Got my head spinning like a ferris wheel
We can ride [?] until it's shangri-la
When we get there, I can marry ya
Got my head spinning like a wonder wheel
Said I wanna let you know how you're making me feel
Making me feel
All you gotta do to soothe your pain
Close your sparkle eyes and chant to me

[Chorus 2:]
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Don't be
You're a blue girl
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Don't be
Don't be blue, girl
Girl
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Don't be
You're a blue girl
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Don't be
Don't be blue, girl
Girl

[Jazz Solo Break]

[Fade Out]

Wait a minute, you got brains in your head
Then why you got that pain in your head
Always testing folks and always have a reason
Blame the pain from before, the sight is never leaving
Them self help books and that meditation
Can't set you free, you still have hesitation
Been trained "through pain there's love"
Most of us have sailed above
Pain, games, and lighting old flames
Girls, being blue is such a shame
Taking secrets with you to the grave
Little girl, it's you I can't save
Playing games and lighting old flames
Girls, being blue is such a shame

Yeah, yeah, the birds

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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