I take what I do very seriously, but it’s a lighthearted seriousness.
Q-Tip quotes
- Quotes
- 10
- Lyrics
- 4
- Interviews
- 6
Craft leads with 4 of the 10 lines. Six are interview quotes (Spin (2008), TIDAL interview and a Red Bull Music Academy lecture) and four are lyrics from Do It, See It, Be It. The interviews are the real draw. One calls hip-hop the last true American art form apart from jazz; another takes the work very seriously but with a "lighthearted seriousness"; a third observes that most people prefer comfort to progression. Identity, faith, perseverance and growth fill out the rest, each on two or three lines.
Apart from jazz, hip-hop is the last true American art form.
It’s because, in action, the majority of people prefer comfort rather than progression. In theory, people would pick progression every time over being idle.
For real
E'rybody's a star, e'rybody shine
Follow your heart and not mankind
I'm still here, take notes, and let hope float (I know...)
Never let my dream die
My album's platinum, but I'm still feelin' blue – c'mon
I just hear mistakes and things I could do better.
People who are in hip-hop are invested in the culture, and the minute you fuck with it, it’s like you’re fucking with their biochemistry, you’re fucking with their lifeline.
All we had was records.