Q-Tip

Released: November 30, 1999

Songwriter: Q-Tip J Dilla

Producer: J Dilla Q-Tip

[Produced by J Dilla]

[Intro]
To all the lowriders, and big-riders
Lowride, what happened in the car yo
F'real, let a nigga

[Verse 1]
Brand new Truck, butter soft seats
4-point-something with a low ridin something
Ain't nothing better than to ride out the hood with it
Who looking better and damn you looking good in it
Take a chance with a nigga in the choice ride
Listen to the CD's I play inside
Mos Def, Jay, Prince and Stevie
Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin and Biggie
And when the evening is over, love
Gonna find a nice spot for the Rover, love
Do things to make the man in the moon blush
My mind race but I tell my waist don't rush
You's a upper echelon piece
So when you find there's a stash then you don't freak
You wanna nibble on a nigga ear
And do all the things that make a nigga wanna get near
Oh, I'm a Queens representative
Get wild by any means my incentive is
When we done, I start it up again
And ride round with you ,cause you my special friend

[Hook]
Me and you I think we should ride
Come on come on come on come on
Don't worry just done get inside
Come on come on come on come on

[Verse 2]
The second part, my ride is like art
We get creative in it when we take it out and spin it
The backseat is the canvas we painting on
Abstract the word we creating on
The TV's in the back and the dash too
Got miss napkins and bamboo
Don't worry, the tints passed the legal one
Outkast's banging loud in my eardrum
The way the wheels spin cutting through the still wind
Outsiders looking in with the ill grin
Fuel injected, brand new inspected
Emissions got tested, details perfected
Got the Armor All touch, empty out the dutch
No tobacco spilling on my rug, klutz
Kick off your shoes, show off your pedicure
Shake off the blues, we all for getting more
More of that thing
Stuff that brings ecstasy making you cling
A little harder than your average hug or grab
Lady tell me this is better than taking a cab
And when you bounce, tell all your girls
You rode around hot-wheeling, drinking, no earl
Vacationing, V up my V8
Just one night we drive and we escape

[Hook]
Me and you I think we should ride
Come on come on come on come on
Don't worry just done get inside
Come on come on come on come on

Me and you I think we should ride
Come on come on come on come on
Don't worry just done get inside
Come on come on come on come on

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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