Released: November 4, 2008

Featuring: Raphael Saadiq

Songwriter: Q-Tip

Producer: Q-Tip

[Verse 1: Q-Tip]
And it, and it begins, he walks outside for a cigarette break
And thinks "How many cigarettes does it take?"
He takes a long drag with the sun in his eye
He squints, he thinks he starts to sigh
Sometimes he cry
When he think about his girlfriend on his side
She held him down, she made him better
Fucked a thug through fucked up weather
And she thinkin' about her life
With no more work, just being a wife
But instead her love she gave to a man
Who fought against her lovely plans
So when she go to work, plus go to school
Plus fight the love, she must feel like a fool
She want the ease that come after pain
She fights for love, that's her campaign
We fight, we love

[Hook: Raphael Saadiq]
We fight and love so much
Sometimes I get confused of who we are
(Cmon, yeah, yeah, uh uh uh uh, yeah, yeah, yeah cmon)
Maybe if we just stop and chat a bit
We'll find out who we are
We fight and love so much
Sometimes I get confused of who we are
(Cmon, yeah, yeah, uh uh uh uh, yeah, yeah, yeah cmon)
Maybe if we just stop and chat a bit
We'll find out who we are
(Cmon, yeah, cmon, yeah, cmon)

[Bridge: Raphael Saadiq]
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)
We just keep on fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)
We just keep on fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)

[Verse 2: Q-Tip]
And it, yeah, and it, and it begins, he's off the wall
He left his friends, he ain't home no more
He's in a place that's far away
Where he can't understand what they say
(Cmon)
They say "Salaam!", they carry bombs
In crowded places, and cause alarm
You're the infidel who's uninvited
But really an American boy who's slighted
It ain't your fault, you want identity
So you join this big fraternity
You get to travel the world, it's cheaper than college
And you get guns and you get knowledge
Lookin' for your soul, and WMD's
You can't find nothing, cause it's empty
You got your gun, and he's your friend
And he's your man, until the end
We fight, we love

[Hook: Raphael Saadiq]
We fight and love so much
Sometimes I get confused of who we are
(Cmon, yeah, yeah, uh uh uh uh, yeah, yeah, yeah cmon)
Maybe if we just stop and chat a bit
We'll find out who we are
We fight and love so much
Sometimes I get confused of who we are
(Cmon, yeah, yeah, uh uh uh uh, yeah, yeah, yeah cmon)
Maybe if we just stop and chat a bit
We'll find out who we are
(Cmon, yeah, cmon, yeah, cmon)

[Outro]
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
We just keep on fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
We just keep on fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)
We just keep on fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)
We just keep on fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit
Fighting just a little bit, loving just a little bit more
(Yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh, yeah huh)

Q-Tip

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.