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“Got ‘Til It’s Gone” was the lead single from Janet Jackson’s 1997 album The Velvet Rope.
Though Janet’s career-long production team Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis are credited as producers on this #1 song, its bassy neo-soul sound—an entirely different environment for Janet—points to beatsmith J Dill...
[Intro: Janet Jackson & Q-Tip]
What's, what's the next song?
The one about me
Oh, yeah, I like this one
Uh, uh, like Joni says
[Chorus: Joni Mitchell]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
[Verse 1: Janet Jackson]
Have a feeling, now believing that you
Were the one I was meant to be with
Oh how I'm wishing, thinking, dreaming 'bout you, and the love
How'd I ever let you get away?
[Pre-Chorus: Joni Mitchell]
Don't it always seem
Don't it always seem
Don't it always seem
Don't it always seem
[Chorus: Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Joni Mitchell never lies
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
[Verse 2: Janet Jackson]
If I could turn back the hands of time
Make you fall in love, in love with me again
So would you give me another chance to love
To love you, love you the right way, no games
[Pre-Chorus: Janet Jackson & Q-Tip]
Got 'til it's gone
Got 'til it's gone
Joni Mitchell never lies
[Chorus: Joni Mitchell]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til
[Verse 3: Q-Tip]
One-two, one-two, yo
Let me just fuck with it for a minute, what
(That you don't what you've got til it's gone)
Now you realizing when them nights go long, right?
Campaign for me to stay when you know that I'm gone, right?
You act all wild, when I tell you to settle
I was working round the clock, but your girls want to meddle
Talk about I heard he swims with this chick on the beach
That was out with the tide but my love you impeach
Now you looking at the walls, head in hands, cold jonesin'
Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing
[Interlude: Q-Tip]
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh?
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh?
Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh?
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh?
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh?
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh?
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh?
Now why you wanna go and do that?
[Chorus: Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Joni Mitchell never lies
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
[Outro: Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell]
Yo, do you feel that?
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Dust
Got ’Til It’s Gone was written by Janet Jackson & Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell & Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis & René Elizondo Jr & Michael Kwesi Graves & Des’ree.
Got ’Til It’s Gone was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson.
Janet Jackson released Got ’Til It’s Gone on Tue Oct 07 1997.
I think the song is more about the character Q-Tip is playing in the song. Janet’s verses are about a lover she regrets casting off, where Q-Tip’s rap is about being that cast-off lover who apparently isn’t too keen on coming back.
Jackson discusses the song:
Yes. When “Got Til It’s Gone” was released in 1997, R&B music artist Des'ree accused and sued Jackson and her team of “borrowing” part of her song “Feel So High” and using it in “Got ‘Til It’s Gone”. Ultimately, the case was settled out of court and Des'ree was awarded 25% of the royalties from...
I believe she (Janet) was vacationing somewhere, and then [she and her team] heard some beats me and Dilla had done together. From that I think that spurred on to them doing “Got Til It’s Gone” and then they called me to rhyme on it. So it sounded familiar like one of the joints me and Jay had done....