[Intro: Q-Tip]

Gettin' up

Come on, we gettin' up

Come on, we gettin' up

Ugh, yeah

(*scatting*)

Ugh

[Verse 1: Q-Tip]

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 nooks and things with good times

Memories, certainly, yes, they still bind

Still a common man, and yeah, that's for sure

Still a bankroll, 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 bad place 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 duds

And we, and we, and we, ahhh! (Ugh, ugh)

[Hook: Q-Tip]

We got the gettin up, we got the gettin up

Today is nice, come on, ayo, we gon' gettin up

Said we gettin up, said we gettin up

Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin up

I said we gettin up, I said we gettin up, come on

[Verse 2: Q-Tip]

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 (Mm)

But love me like your man, no other could contend

And we could be like those exposed to history

Like staying with each other with truth and chivalry

The things we go through, they shape our identity

Mm, yes, pretty, let's do this all night

Consummate this thing and make it alright

And when we cuddle up, I promise that I'll bite (Ugh, ugh)

[Hook: Q-Tip]

We got the gettin up, come on, we got the gettin up

Today is nice, come on, ayo, we gon' gettin up

I said we gettin up, I said we gettin up

Come on, we gettin up, I said we gettin up

Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin up

I said we gettin up, I said we gettin up

[Verse 3: Q-Tip]

I like to watch everybody gravitate towards you

Your magnetic presences make them come through

The same way you got them, you got me, too

Now look at 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 puttin in my bid

Have a couple of kids and have a couple of cribs (Ugh)

We like Ruby Dee and Ossie, Martin and Coretta

Doin it to death, no one can do it better

When we leave our physical, our sprits still together

So, come on now, here's a placement for your hand

You rockin with the number-one MC man

The number-one controller of right with the plan (Ugh, ugh)

[Hook: Q-Tip]

I said we gettin up, we got the gettin up

Today is nice, come on, we gon' gettin up

I said we gettin up, said we gettin up

I said we gettin up, come on we gettin up

Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin up

Said we gettin up, said we gettin up

I said we gettin up, come on we gettin up

Today is nice, come on, we gon' gettin up

I said we gettin up, said we gettin up

I said we gettin up, come on we gettin up

Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin up

Said we gettin up, said we gettin up