Q-Tip

Released: November 4, 2008

Songwriter: Q-Tip J Dilla

Producer: J Dilla

[Verse 1:]
What a consorted effort
The crew ain't ever sayin' "eff it"
My dude I'm saying
Instead of laying for the credit
We rather wait our best and just [?] it
Let's put forward
Yes we got to be historic
But we got to have love for it
It's not your regular average poet
I'm into to the [?] just to know
And I know it
When it's time to get a hand in there
Incite the party with the fire
No sitting there
And no complaining here
Disgruntled thirty-somethings
Whining over yesteryear
Let my drums just rumble through
Cats wanna fuck around
Fuck it, let's do it, dude
Like a sand dune, sure to get swept up
You never should have stepped up
You need to know your man's MO
Queens pedigree, bro
In the outskirts, feel it be
You got the feva here
You feel the heat

[Chorus:]
Oh my my my, I think I got a feva
(I think I got the fever, I-I-I-I-I think I got the fever)
For something good
(I think I got the fever, I-I-I-I-I think I got the fever)
Oh my my my, I think I got a feva
(I think I got the fever, I-I-I-I-I think I got the fever)
For something good
(I think I got the fever, I-I-I-I-I think I got the fever)

[Verse 2:]
For a minute, man, you saw a bit
And the tribe was the conduit
Deep in the pit of your stomach
The feva made you heart rate summit
My ears on the asphalt
Why quit when it's your fault
You gotta wake up and read the mercury
I'm like Chicken George
Dude, doggie, you ain't merking me
With the golden mic
I'm known to be a motherfucker
And do what I like
Spitting volumes of tales that needs to be in libraries
You're mortified up in the cemetery
And we stay open
It's in our blood, it's genetic
While others are infected
With the weakening DNA that makes both sweet and [?]
Bounce, girl, shake a bit
Break 'em, oracles do away with the [?]
My brother makes a real quick way out the stands
With a lot of stout
So what? You made your money, now what?
What you living for? What you gon' do, dummy?
Yo, you gotta have a fever for something
You gotta have a fever for something

[Chorus]

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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