"leavin" is a song by american r&b group tony! toni! toné! it was released on april 12, 1994, as the fourth single from their 1993 album "sons of soul". the optimistic, upbeat song features turntable scratches and a sample of a tribe called quest's 1990 song "if the papes come". music critics found the song's style and group member raphael wiggins' singing reminiscent of smokey robinson.