Q-Tip

Released: September 15, 2009

Songwriter: Q-Tip Guyora Kats Chris Sholar

Producer: Q-Tip

She work at Mickey D's from 10 to 5, Walmart 6 to 12
Saving up enough for school, her little girl is doing well
Daddy is a walking bum, smoking weed, drinking rum
Couldn't leave her if I tried
I see her light is on inside

Let's build...

She in the back room greasing up
Friday night is heating up
Young cats trickin' up
Dancing so they give it up
Best girl, workin' nerve
And you know for what it's worth
She's workin towards a better life
Regardless if she works at nights

Let's build...and the people go..
And even if she is, I dig her so...
Even if she is so...I dig her so

She work from Mickey D's from 10 to 5, Walmart 6 to 12
Saving up enough for school, her little girl is doing well
Daddy is a walking bum, smoking weed, and drinking rum
Couldn't leave her if I tried
I see her light is on inside
Let's build...

She in the back room greasing up
Friday night is heating up
Young cats trickin' up
Dancing so they give it up
Best girl, workin' nerve
And you know for what it's worth
Shes workin' towards a better life
Regardless if she workin' nights
Lets build...

I'm just an arty music gigolo
Life goes without me though
If you have some pay for me
I will come and play for thee
As long as I know she there
I don't even really care
'Cause even though our lives aren't right
We still see that better light
Let's build....

...even if she is so....I dig her so....
(Something about your love, keep me hangin' around
Something about your sweetness)
Even if she is so...even if she is so...

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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