Q-Tip

Released: October 15, 2008

Songwriter: Dean Parks Don Fletcher Q-Tip Hal Davis

Producer: J Dilla

[Intro: Q-Tip]
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come

[Verse 1: Q-Tip]
I'm just a brotherman, descendant of the motherland
I fuck with blackberries and dimes and butter tens
Good on my right and trouble on my other hand
Life is a tight rope I'm dyin' the balance in
And by the end hopefully I be the balance-man
A simple dude who can exude the talents and
I am the captain of the hot blooded caravan
Spread in a different look to charred and battered lands
It's outta function I see girls that can top it off
I hold mines while these cowboys pop it off
You just a movie-dude claimin' that you pop-soft
This shit's like cold grits without the hot sauce
This government seems to me like it's off course

[Hook: Q-Tip]
Come on, come on, let's move! And get down (like it's off course)
Come on, come on, let's move! (This government) and get down
Come on, come on, let's move! And get down (ride with me)
Come on, come on, let's move! And get down

[Verse 2: Q-Tip]
Your dubious style may rock for right now
But in the long run, you really lost one
Jamaica, Queens, man, land of the tossed gun
It's never easy, po-lice not sees we
Go through the checkpoints birds flip to po nine
I got a bad bird nicknamed her sunshine
I treats her so kind sweetening her at nighttime
Into the right tunes we hit the right rhymes
I dig her fashion smash into my memory
And in the club shorty stays real into me
A humble dude and never will pretend to be
The type of artist that's desired for the industry
Came in this fucka me and I'm a leave me
And in the end B you would believe me that I'm a leave me
So what's a industry if the listeners will always stand beside me?

[Hook: Q-Tip]
Come on, come on, let's move! And get down
Come on, come on, let's move! And get down
Come on, come on, let's move! And get down
Come on, come on, let's move! And get down

[Outro: Q-Tip]
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come

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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