Q-Tip

Released: March 16, 2018

Featuring: Demi Lovato

Songwriter: Elton John Bernie Taupin

Producer: Q-Tip

[Verse 1: Q-Tip & Demi Lovato]
Don't go breaking my heart babe
I couldn't if I tried
Honey, if I get restless
Baby, you're not that kind
Don't go breaking my heart babe
You take the weight off of me babe
Ooh baby, when you knocked on my door
Oh I, I gave you my key

[Pre-Chorus: Q-Tip, Demi Lovato, & Both]
Yeah, yeah ooh, nobody knows it
(Nobody knows it)
When I was down
I was your clown
Ooh, nobody knows it
(Nobody knows it)
Right from the start
I gave you my heart, ohh oh
I gave you my heart, yeah

[Verse 2: Q-Tip & Demi Lovato]
And nobody told us
Oh 'cause nobody showed us, no
And now it's up to us babe
Oh yeah, I think we can make it, yeah ooh
Don't misunderstand me, no
You put the light in my life, yeah
You put the sparks to the flame
I've got your heart in my sights, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: Q-Tip, Demi Lovato, & Both]
Whoa
Ooh, nobody knows it
(Nobody knows it)
When I was down
I was your clown
Ooh, oh yeah, nobody knows it
(Nobody knows it, yeah)
And right from the start
I gave you my heart
Ooh, I gave you my heart, ooh

[Chorus: Q-Tip, Demi Lovato, & Both]
Don't go breaking my heart, no
Don't go breaking my heart, don't go breaking
Don't go breaking my heart
When I was down
I was your clown
Ooh, don't go breaking my heart, don't go
Don't go breaking my heart, don't go breaking
Don't go breaking my heart
Right from the start
I gave you my heart
Ooh, don't go breaking my heart baby
Don't go breaking my heart
Don't go breaking my heart
Don't go breaking my heart
Yeah, don't go breaking my heart

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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