Q-Tip feat. Raphael Saadiq

This is my favorite song off Q-Tip's "The Renaissance", his long awaited follow-up to 1999's "Amplified", a fantastic record. Check out "Vivrant Thang" on youtube for a taste) A cool thing about this album is Q-tip's use of other beats or prior recordings. You may know that Kanye West and other producers have been using bits and pieces of other songs for years. What makes "The Renaissance" so interesting is the fact that Q-tip employed his own personal band to recreate the recordings in a new way, thus making the songs he produces and creates completely his own, with familiar sounds.

I post the lyrics to this song because I feel strongly that we should, as the end of this song's lyrics imply, "(Love) just a little bit more". In tandem with the sadness I feel for those embroiled in war in Iraq and wars throughout the world, is my feelings of hope and love for all people. I hope we're able to overcome all the fighting and that love will prevail.

I just love the identity verse where he's touching on the idea of being in the armed forces as a way to travel the world and find yourself and find something with which to connect, yet only finding your gun as an understanding element. Profound.

Have a great day, and I hope you (love) just a little bit more than you (fight).

We Fight/We Love ft. Raqhael Saadiq - Q--Tip

We Fight Love Lyrics

[Verse 1]
And it, and it begins, he walks outside for a cigarette break
And thinks how many cigarettes does it take
He takes a long drag with the sun in his eye
He squints, he thinks he starts to sigh
Sometimes he cry
When he think about his girlfriend on his side
She held him down, she made him better
Fought the love, through the fucked up weather
And she thinkin about her life
With no more work just being a wife
But instead her love, she gave it to a man
Who fought against her lovely plans
So when she go to work, plus go to school
Plus fight the love, she must feel like a fool
She want the ease that come after pain
She fights for love, thats her campaign
We fight, we love

Chorus: Raphael Saadiq
We fight and love so much sometimes
I get confused of who we are
Maybe if we just stop and chat a bit
We'll find out who we are
[2x]

(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit
(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit more

We just keep on...

(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit
(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit more
[2x]

[Verse 2]
And it, and it begins, he's off the ball
He left his friends, he ain't home no more
He's in a place, that's far away
Where he can't understand what they say
They say salaam, they cary bombs
In crouded places, and cause alarm
You're the infidel who's uninvited
But really an American boy who's slighted
It ain't your fault, you want identity
So you join this big fraternity
You get to travel the world, its cheaper than college
And you get guns and you get knowledge
Lookin for your soul, and WMD's
You can't find nothing, cause its empty
You got your gun, and he's your friend
And he's your man, until the end
We fight, we love

Chorus: Raphael Saadiq
We fight and love so much sometimes
I get confused of who we are
Maybe if we just stop and chat a bit
We'll find out who we are
[2x]

(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit
(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit more

We just keep on...

(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit
(Fight) just a little bit
(Love) just a little bit more
[4x]