What It Is

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What It Is is a slang phrase popularized in the 1970s as a greeting or as another way to ask an individual about their well-being or general perception of things (similar to "How are you?", "How is it going?" or "What's Up?") It is a shortening of the greeting, "What it is, what it was, and what it shall be," popular in the 1960s among African Americans.

It also may refer to :

Music

Album

• What It Is (Boogaloo Joe Jones album), 1971
• What It Is, a Cordelia's Dad album
• What It Is (Mal Waldron album), 1981
• What It Is (PSD album), 1999
• What It Is! (Kahil El'Zabar album), 2013

Song

• "What It Is", a Black Eyed Peas song from the album Behind the Front, 1998
• "What It Is" (Busta Rhymes song), from the 2001 album Genesis
• "What It Is" (Gorilla Zoe song), 2009
• "What It Is" (Mark Knopfler song), a 2000 song by Mark Knopfler from Sailing to Philadelphia
• "What It Is (Strike a Pose)", a 2008 song by Lil Mama from VYP (Voice of the Young People)

Other

• What It Is, a comedy stand-up DVD by Dylan Moran
• What It Is, a graphic novel by Lynda Barry