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Wait Up

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Hip-Hop/Rap

Wait Up was released on November 30, 1999 by Arista as a part of the album Amplified

Song Details

Release DateNovember 30, 1999

LabelArista

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM96

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Q-Tip

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Kamaal Fareed

Composer

James Dewitt Yancey

James Dewitt Yancey

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Q-Tip

Producer

Jay Dee

Producer

Jason Groucott

Engineer

Ken "Duro" Ifill

Ken "Duro" Ifill

Mixing Engineer

Glenn Marchese

Engineer

Steve Souder

Engineer

Lyrics

We on a brand new page; millennium days

Desperation on the streets gotta find a new way

Keep the mics in choke holds. The saga unfolds

Machavellian approaches executed by the coach

I'm in these streets like a ghost

The air-jettin' artist

To the love, I hit 'em right plus I hit the hardest, man

I got a whole new approach for the rhymin'

You cherry cats slide, I'm holdin out for the hymen

Uh! You play the rappin' roll

I take the rap and sold

And intertwine it wit' mine and turn a half to whole

I'm just a genie in a Jack bottle

Them fake ballin'-ass cats is just a wack model

This joint knocks wit' the force of a gat throttle

I live by 'You put it out, we get it back' motto

Hey. But who around but just your average reproduction, love

Rap is gettin' loose so all the ice is screamin' 'Thug'

What the hell is wrong? I'm askin' in this song

One time I smoked hash out of the hippies' bong

One of us is goin' laid cause I ain't gettin' played

I leave you right inside that shitty-ass bed you made

And walk along chuggin' Baller's Brains, rockin' rings

And things and just waitin' for white rains

I got the drive, dog. I hope the dogs' ready

My mentality on dime chicks is stay sweaty

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("It's the Ummah for all time.") wait up

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("The Ummah forevea!") wait up

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("GET YOUR WAAAIIIIIIIIIIT...") wait up

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("..UP! UP! UP! UP! Yo!" ) wait up

You wanna shoot dice or wanna shoot rounds?

Wanna sell rhymes or wanna sell pounds?

The decision is yours. I'd rather see tours

Get chicks wit' ghetto shit fallin' out they drawers

My team stay posted. They stay roasted

**** who all in it had a hard knock livin'

Administra, rhyme minista, illa treasura

You didn't know that your man was a legend, huh?

Embonishment for the both of you

I hit the road and I take my whole fuckin' crew

Cause I'm a Queens cat. ("True.") To the G's cat. ("True.")

Gettin' money for more than one needs cat. ("Aiiight, c'mon.")

Condition never peers and ("Take it home, kid.") mind stands out

From Seattle to South Beach my joint: grand clout

It's the street commentator, providin' you wit' data

On how to live unique and it's really not neat. We gotta...

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("It's the Ummah for all time.") wait up

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("The Ummah forevea!") wait up

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("GET YOUR WAAAIIIIIIIIIIT...") wait up

Wait up. Your wait up. Wait up

Get your ("..UP! UP! UP! UP! Yo!" ) wait up

And all the fellas go, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.'

And all my ladies go, 'Uh, uh, uh.'

And all the fellas go, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.'

And all the ladies go, 'Uh, uh, uh.'

Fellas go, 'Where you at?'

Ladies go, 'Yo, come back!'

Fellas go...ladies go...

Fellas go...ladies...yo...

A mellow disposition even when it's pain

Your mental ammunition is faulty wit' a drain

I puts it down, Lord, Fuck a mic cord

Brother's out of his game so we can see tours

The innovator - your man still a hater

The Abstract imprint, it stays like a Smint

I got the masses cold, wigglin' and shakin' they ass

Ma, you betta get involved and do it real fast

Written by: James Dewitt Yancey, Kamaal Fareed

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