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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Common
Vocals
Mos Def
Vocals
Monie Love
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Poyser
Songwriter
James Dewitt Yancey
Songwriter
Dante Smith
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
James Poyser
Producer
Jay Dee
Producer
Bob Power
Mixing Engineer
Todd Fairall
Recording Engineer
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer
Common
Co-Executive Producer
Derek Dudley
Co-Executive Producer
Dylan Koski-Budabin
Assistant Recording Engineer
Mike Tocci
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Questlove
Executive Producer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Uh
[Chorus]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions (Ha)
It's the questions, yeah
Talkin' 'bout the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
It's the questions, dig it, the questions
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
Yo, yo
[Verse 1]
What is an MC if the boy ain't got no back? (He must be kinda wack)
What is paper to a **** if the **** don't stack?
Why do these girls look so good in the summer? (I don't know, I was just sayin' this shit)
If you gotta ta-dap-ta-dap-tap for your lady, would you wanna? (Motherfuckin' right)
'Cause you answer the phone, "Peace," do that mean that you not a freak?
Hell naw, that's right
'Cause you recognize me, yo, I got to speak
Why you can't speak? You that star now?
Why you got to act like a **** all the time? (Even on Sundays and shit)
Is a **** your complexion? Is it all in your mind? (Ha, I don't know)
It's all in your mind
What's it called, y'all?
[Chorus]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions (Uh)
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions (Come on)
****, it's the questions
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
It's the questions, come on, the questions
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
Yo
[Verse 2]
If I'm a intellectual-al, I can't be sexual?
I don't know, you wanna be sexual?
If I wanna uh-ta-uh, does that mean I lack respect for you? (I think you just wonderful)
I don't know? You tell me
You's a grown man, why for that young girl are you lustin'? (Slow down, pump your brakes)
I might look twenty, but I'm fifteen
If you got paper like that, then why you still hustlin'?
Why you still hustlin'? C'mon
Now, you know your stomach too big to be wearin' a shirt like that
Your shirt's too small, sloppy, it's sloppy
So why you want to go and do that? (Why you want to go and do that?)
[Verse 3]
Why you, why you, why you, why you wanna, why you wanna
Why you wanna go and do that, love, huh?
Yo, why your girl get giddy when my name come up?
How come the industry build careers that don't last?
Uh-huh, that's right, ask again
How come **** don't know, but they front and don't ask?
Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm
Man, I don't know, I don't know
[Chorus]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, girl, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions (What?)
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
It's the questions, uh, the questions
Can we talk about the questions?
It's the questions, girl, it's the questions
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
What it's all about
[Verse 4]
Yo, why they say, "Never say never," when they know that ain't right?
What?
'Cause to say, "Never say never," you done said never twice
One, two, yeah, that's twice
They scrubs, that's why, c'mon, man
Why do I need ID to get ID?
I don't know, beats me, beats me
If I had ID, I wouldn't need ID
Haha, that's right, that's true
Why do these fine ghetto women got so much ass?
Why you gotta talk about my ass, though? C'mon now
Why did Dr. J shave his beard and mustache?
Like this, this, this, this, this
How you got high expectations, but got low patience?
C'mon, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
How come this joint named The Questions is so john blazin'?
Uh-huh, john bla—, uh-huh, john blazin'
Man, I don't know, I don't know
[Chorus]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
It's my questions, c'mon, it's the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions (Yo)
It's the questions (Come on)
Tell 'em 'bout the questions
It's the questions, girl, it's the questions
It's the questions, come on, the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
The questions, yeah
[Chorus]
The questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
The questions, yeah, the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
Ha, it's the questions, what?
[Outro]
It's the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
It's the questions, it's the questions
It's the questions, c'mon, it's the questions
It's the questions, it's the questions, it's the questions
Written by: Dante Smith, James Dewitt Yancey, James Poyser, Lonnie Lynn