Breathe and Stop - Q-Tip

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Get up
For real
Come on
What, what, what, what

A hard time if your motion is still
Let me move some things around because the lyrics is ill
Abstract, you know my stiggidy in here
Niggaz get on and swear it's they fuckin' year
But yo your girl just moved
To the joint in the club, in the car if it groove
Broad look, the movement is on
Mild mannered mami's in Victoria thongs, uh

I give my rhyme a bless
Guaranteed to make it right if your night is a bust
You vibrant and you fresh and all
Original to say the least and you've impressed Kamal, come on
Rappers start then they stall
Findin' it very hard to make it over the wall
Hey, get your weight up, my motto you heard?
And I grown a deaf ear to felonious words, uh
So girls move it around
If you see your main dog give a brother a pound

And just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
And just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
Give it what you got, give it what you got
And if you on the block then give it what you got, uh

A thug, a thrill, you as mean as the eyes
I wanna feel you, them big ass thighs
Your Prada dress or your Gucci bag
With the Polo jeans over doobi-bag, uh
You hold the door aight?
We comin' through, Tribe beef, hold it down for the night
Big Moon got the fifth
D-Lyfe, he got the deally and girl, you got the gif, uhh

Turn it over the page
Usherin' all of y'all to a brand new age, where
Status really don't matter
Everybody get right to the pitter, the patter
Makin' moves, settin' precedence
Enterin' your residence, the whole scene is decadence
And the feelin' is true
I'm seein' me and my crew, you seein' black and blue, uh
So let's go for the ride
Strap yourself in tight and if you bonafied then

Just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
And just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
Give it what you got, keep makin' it hot
And if you on the block then give it what you got, come on

Done, what, what, bring it, bring it
A-bring it, give it, bring it, give it
Bring it, give it, bring it, give it
Bring it, give it, bring it, give it
Bring it, give it, bring it, give it
Bring it, give it, bring it, give it
A-where we bring it to?

Right here, right where?
Right here, right where?
Right here, right where?
Right here, right where?
Right here, right where?
Right here, here here
Right here, take it home, home
Take it home, right here

Millennium on your mind, are you runnin' out of time?
Hope you skippin' every line 'cause I'm gettin' mine
Move it around a bit again
Every block, every town, we startin' a trend
Eye to eye, ma and toe to toe
Who concentratin' on killin' the show?
Penetration is methodically slow
Mountain high valley low, gonna find the dough

All my peoples, no matter the creed
We gonna satisfy the urge and discover the need
You feel, you feel the bite in this
If you think I'm type real then invite me miss
And let me say a rhyme in your ear
Dancin' close you the most and you fit in here
You feel the rhythm is right, you know the spittin' is tight
You think you won't but I think you might

Breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
Just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got

'Cause uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
Just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got

Just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
Just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got

Just uhh, breathe and stop for real
And give it what you got
And if you on the block then keep makin' it hot
And if it's a beautiful thing then keep makin' it hot

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Jonathan Davis (born April 10, 1970 in Harlem, New York), also known by his stage names Q-Tip, Kamaal the Abstract and The Abstract Poetic, is an American Grammy Award winning rapper, actor, producer and the former leader of the group A Tribe Called Quest. He converted to Islam in the mid-1990s and changed his name to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed. He later moved to Jamaica, Queens, New York as a child. As referenced in the song "Check the Rhime", he mostly resided at Linden Boulevard. He released his debut solo album Amplified in 1999 and followed this up in 2008 with The Renaissance. His third release, Kamaal/The Abstract, was recorded in 2002 but was shelved by his label Arista as they didn't believe it had commercial appeal, but it was eventually released on CD in 2009.

The Q in his name stands for Queens, and it is also said to be a name that represents his ability to get into one’s ears.

Early career:
Q-Tip's first appearance on record was on the Jungle Brothers' Straight Out the Jungle in 1988. Besides performing with his popular and successful jazz-influenced hip hop group, Tip also did production work (under his production alias "the Abstract" or often — along with fellow Tribe member Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Slum Village member Jay Dee — as part of The Ummah) for artists such as Nas ("One Love," from Illmatic, 1994), Mobb Deep (co-producer on "Give up the Goods (Just Step)," "Temperature's Rising," and "Drink Away the Pain," from The Infamous, 1995) and even R&B divas Mariah Carey ("Honey," from Butterfly, 1997) and Whitney Houston ("Fine," from Greatest Hits).

Solo career:
A Tribe Called Quest disbanded in 1998, after which Q-Tip pursued a solo career. His first solo singles, "Vivrant Thing" and "Breathe & Stop," were far more pop-oriented than anything he had done in A Tribe Called Quest, as was his solo debut LP for Arista Records, Amplified. His 2002 follow-up, Kamaal the Abstract, although critically acclaimed and issued a catalog number, was never released because the label believed that it did not have commercial appeal. His next album, The Renaissance, was released November 2008.

A Tribe Called Quest reunited in 2006 and played a limited number of dates. The group was composed of its original lineup, including Tip and occasional member Jarobi White. Early the next year, Tip signed a new solo deal with Motown/Universal Records.

As of late, Q-Tip has been very active, once again happily reunited with the full line-up of A Tribe Called Quest on the 2K7 NBA Bounce Tour and regaining control of his previously label-owned MySpace page. He has filled the page up with demos and rarities, (some of them from Kamaal the Abstract), and has announced he is negotiating for the ownership of the masters of earlier material from his previous labels and plans to release them independently. Currently, he resides in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Q-Tip has recently stated that he will be forming a hip hop group with fellow rapper Common, called "The Standard."

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