Born Jill Heather Scott in the North Philly neighborhood of the City of Phi… Read Full Bio ↴Born Jill Heather Scott in the North Philly neighborhood of the City of Philadelphia, PA on April 4, 1972, Jill Scott began her career as a performance poet. She was discovered by Amir "Questlove" Thompson of The Roots. Questlove invited her to join the band in the studios, which resulted in the live version of "You Got Me" in 1999.

Subsequently, she collaborated with Eric Benet, Will Smith, Lupe Fiasco, Common and broadened her performing experience by touring Canada in a production of the Broadway musical Rent. Signed to Steve McKeever's newly formed Hidden Beach Recordings label, she released her debut album Who Is Jill Scott: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 in July 2000. The following summer she released Experience:Jil Scott 826+ after she released the single "A Long Walk." Scott continued to gain more recognition, eventually earning a Grammy nomination in early 2003 for Best Female Vocal Performance for "A Long Walk". Jill Scott also won a Grammy award at the 2005 Grammy awards for Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female.

Jill Scott appears in David Chappelle's Block Party performing with The Roots and Erykah Badu.

Scott released a new album, entitled Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 in 2004. Her book of poetry, The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours was released in April 2005.

Recently, Scott was prominently featured on hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco's 2006 single "Daydreaming" which also appeared on a new Scott collection called Collaborations on January 30, 2007.
The Collaborations collection served as "an appetizer" for her next studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 released September 25, 2007. A clip of the title track was released on a bonus disc from Hidden Beach Records and included with Collaborations. The lead single, "Hate on Me", gained airplay in May 2007 with a video released in mid-July. In advance of the album's release, Hidden Beach released a 17-minute album sampler through their forums. Interspersed between the dozen songs previewed on the sampler was a personal explanation from Jill for the inspiration behind some of her songs.

Jill Scott is also an accomplished actor, appearing as detective Precious Ramotswe in the BBC's dramatisation of Alexander McCall Smith's series of books: "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". Scott also appeared as "Sheila" in the Tyler Perrry film, "Why Did I Get Married" (2007) and its sequel, "Why Did I Get Married Too" (2010) .

Gimme
Jill Scott Lyrics

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If you want it in the morning
Just call my name
If you want it in the evening (baby)
Just do the same

Let me
Sock it to ya, sock it to ya, sock it to ya, sock it to ya
The way a woman can

Let me
Give it to ya baby
Make you feel like a real

Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme

Gimme, gimme oh

If you want me to super freak ya
Slow my role and teach ya
Peak peak peak peak peak
Peak peak peak peak peak

What'cha gonna do?

Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme

Gimme, gimme oh

Give it to me high
Give it to me high
Oh oh daddy what'cha gonna do?
Give it to me high
Give it to me high
Oh baby what'cha gonna do with it?

Oh love me down
Oh if you want the funk honey
Momma gone give you what you want honey
Just don't front honey
Ill give it to you
But you gone have to

Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, give me
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme
Give it to me, give it to me, gimme

Gimme, gimme
Gimme

Gimme
Gimme

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Jill Scott's song "Gimme" encapsulate a woman's desire to be desired physically and emotionally by her lover. The repeated use of the phrase "gimme, gimme, gimme" emphasizes this desire and the chorus serves as a plea to the lover to give her what she wants. The lines "if you want it in the morning, just call my name, if you want it in the evening, just do the same" suggest a willingness on the part of the singer to be available to her lover whenever he desires, and the line "let me sock it to ya" connotes a sexual intensity that is being promised. The singer is asking her lover to meet her sexual needs while also acknowledging her own power to provide pleasure to her partner.

Furthermore, the use of the word "real" in the line "make you feel like a real" adds a deeper dimension to the song, suggesting that the singer wants to be more than just a sexual object to her lover. She wants to be valued and respected as a person. The lines "give it to me high" and "daddy, what'cha gonna do?" also hint at a somewhat submissive relationship dynamic between the two, where the singer is asking her lover to fulfill her desires.

Overall, the lyrics of "Gimme" are a sexual declaration of desire from the singer to her lover, with an underlying desire for emotional connection and respect.

Line by Line Meaning

If you want it in the morning
If you desire to have sex in the morning

Just call my name
Just let me know and I will be willing to have sex in the morning

If you want it in the evening (baby)
If you desire to have sex in the evening

Just do the same
Just let me know and I will be willing to have sex in the evening

Let me
Allow me

Sock it to ya, sock it to ya, sock it to ya, sock it to ya
Let me give it to you vigorously and repeatedly

The way a woman can
The way only a woman can

Give it to ya baby
I will satisfy you sexually

Make you feel like a real
Make you feel like a real man

Gimme, gimme, gimme
I am asking you to give me what I want

Give it to me, give it to me, gimme
Give me what I want

If you want me to super freak ya
If you want me to excessively satisfy you sexually

Slow my role and teach ya
I will slow down and help you learn

Peak peak peak peak peak
Experience the highest level of sexual pleasure

What'cha gonna do?
What are you going to do about it?

Give it to me high
Satisfy me sexually energetically

Oh oh daddy what'cha gonna do?
Oh, what are you going to do about it, daddy?

Oh love me down
Make love to me passionately

Oh if you want the funk honey
If you want to have sex with me

Momma gone give you what you want honey
I am going to give you what you want

Just don't front honey
Just don't pretend or fake it

Ill give it to you
I will satisfy you sexually

But you gone have to
But you have to do something in return

Gimme, gimme
Give me what I want

Gimme
Give me

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, THE MUSIC GOES ROUND, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: JILL H. SCOTT, RANDY MULLER

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