Gettin Up

by Q-Tip

From the album: The Renaissance

Duration: 3:17

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Lyrics for Gettin Up

Getting up C'mon we getting up Ooh we getting up Ah, yeah shorty work it Where you going Ah sent you a message, sent you a email Hasty decisions we made still prevail Both needed breaks, we both needed to bail Walking through the corridors of my mind The hideaways and jokes and things were good times Memories certainly, yes they still bind Still a common man, oh yeah that's for sure Still a bank roll, and yeah still couture But man this thing we had was much more Come back home, don't be out in the world It's a rat race and no place for a girl Amongst the scavengers I found a pretty pearl It's for the faint of heart who never get enough Gotta get tough buckle 'em up we call 'em guts And we, and we, and we, ahh We gatto getting up We gatto getting up (Today is nice, c'mon I say we) Getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up (come on we) getting up, (I say we) getting up (Tonight is right, c'mon we gon') getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up Come over here baby, don't look so grumpy This kind of lifestyle could be so comfy We can start a clan just like the Kennedys You and I again, certainly we can expand Feelings that should never end You respect me like a friend But love me like your man No other could contend And we could be like those exposed to history Like staying with each other truth and chivalry The things we go through they shape identity Yes pretty, let's do this all night Consummate this thing and make it all right And when we cuddle up I promise that I'll bite We need-a getting up Getting up (Today is nice, c'mon I say we) getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up (come on we) getting up, (I say we) getting up (Tonight is right, c'mon we gon') getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up I like to watch everybody gravitate towards you Your magnetism makes them all come through The same way you got them, you got me too Now look our lives' are so colorful A wonderful spectrum, not one tone dull Full of excitement and not one lull See we had an understanding, oh yes we did I'm bringing it back, I'm putting in my bid Have a couple of kids, and have a couple of cribs We like Ruby Dee and Ossie, Martin and Coretta Doin' it 'til death, no one can do it better When we leave our physical Our spirits still together So c'mon now here's a placement for your hand You're rocking with the number one MC man The number one controller all right through the land Getting up Getting up (Today is nice, c'mon I say we) Getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up (come on we) getting up, (I say we) getting up (Tonight is right, c'mon we gon') getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up Come on we getting up Come on we getting up (Today is nice, c'mon I say we) Getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up (come on we) getting up, (I say we) getting up (Tonight is right, c'mon we gon') Getting up I say we getting up, I say we getting up, come on

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