Joy-Talib Kweli/Mos Def

[00:00.00]Joy （Version |Explicit ）-Talib Kweli /Mos Def [00:05.225]Wooaahh yeah [00:11.40]On top of the world [00:12.409]Yeah that's how my seeds got me feeling'right now [00:15.285]On top of the world [00:16.665]Yeah you ever felt like you could do anything （Yeah） [00:18.490]On top of the world [00:20.936]It was 19964th of July looking off in the sky [00:24.00]Dealing with thoughts inside [00:24.945]When something caught my eye [00:26.125]It was a silhoutte of a beautiful woman [00:27.875]Bright with life [00:28.625]Carrying my first seed [00:29.642]Looking like she gone bear fruit tonight [00:31.270]We at the African street festival [00:32.524]And she walking around [00:33.455]Talking about the midwife said [00:34.647]that bring the baby down [00:36.271]I'm about to be a father [00:37.835]The sights and sounds [00:38.712]Seem brighter around me [00:39.646]And for starters [00:40.594]I know I'ma work harder word [00:42.159]We got home at three in the morning I was beat [00:44.470]Them contractions started coming [00:45.281]As soon as I fell asleep [00:46.656]3:05like every five minutes [00:47.973]Then the water broke [00:49.344]We on the go yelling at the cabbie [00:51.540]Cause he's sort of slow [00:52.476]You know them hospitals all [00:53.412]Trying to get paid no questions [00:55.476]Hear come the doctor's with they drugs [00:56.727]Trying to do c-sections [00:57.702]But my baby stay's strong in labor for yay long [00:59.641]Eight-pound baby boy [01:00.515]To carry my name on joy [01:02.642]Huh yeah [01:03.330]I know how you feel Kweli I know how you feel [01:06.331]（That's the sound of joy） [01:07.830]See my brother I know how you feel [01:09.703]Kweli I know how you feel [01:11.640]（That's the sound of joy） [01:13.17]So when you have a seed [01:14.391]Come in the world say dog that sh*t's real [01:16.454]（That's the sound of joy y'all） [01:18.144]Huh Kweli yo I know how you feel [01:20.142]Kweli yo I know how you feel [01:21.893]My baby girl [01:22.704]June 10th 1999I been on the grind [01:25.16]Since the birth of my son [01:26.329]It's been about way more then rhymes [01:27.828]Baby on the way my lady glowing today at least [01:30.78]That's what the midwife said on the phone [01:31.955]Anyway the music got me going away [01:33.394]Like everyday but it's a blessing [01:34.829]So I gotta have patience [01:36.454]And she got pregnant on a Jamaican vacation [01:39.33]So it's all good this time well have the baby in a house [01:41.972]I went the hospital route [01:43.95]I know what they all about （Never again） [01:44.665]So I'm out on tour in Baltimore [01:46.167]Get the call around four [01:47.221]When the water hit the floor （Damn ） [01:48.976]I gotta rock my show but I gotta go [01:50.970]Got second thoughts about her not going [01:52.595]To the hospital [01:53.410]I left the show early Mos held me down [01:55.472]Good looking （No doubt） [01:56.477]Call the car service like [01:57.534]Take me straight to Brooklyn （Uh huh） [01:59.101]Got the news in the car stayed sorta calm [02:00.911]But I cried tears of joy [02:02.221]When they put my daughter in my arms how precious [02:04.471]Huh huh [02:05.222]Said I know how you feel uh [02:06.721]Said I know how you feel when you [02:08.409]（My precious joy） [02:09.222]Said I know how you feel uh [02:11.598]Kwe I know how you feel [02:13.227]（I know you do huh my precious joy y'all） [02:15.480]Huh uh said I know how you feel （yeah） [02:17.221]Said I know how you feel [02:18.597]（My precious joy） [02:19.914]Huh man I know how you feel （yeah） [02:22.114]Said I know how you feel [02:23.740]I do it for the seeds y'all [02:25.302]In they formative years when they need y'all [02:27.50]We gotta believe [02:27.806]In what we conceive y'all it's deep y'all [02:29.431]I give them the truth [02:30.441]So they approach the situation with ammunition [02:31.887]I keep nothing away [02:32.690]They hear everything [02:33.255]Cause they know how to listen [02:34.444]Teach them the game [02:35.382]So they know they position so they can grow [02:37.257]And make decisions [02:38.13]That change the world and break old tradition [02:39.817]They put kids in jail [02:40.944]For a life they ain't even get to start [02:42.696]That's murder too and it's breaking my heart [02:44.882]It's breaking our nation apart [02:45.816]We gave the youth all the anger it's just [02:47.646]We ain't taught them how to express it [02:49.83]And so it's dangerous [02:50.22]You can't talk to them [02:51.82]Unless your language is relating to what they going through [02:53.84]So busy ignoring them [02:53.959]You can't see what they showing you [02:55.459]And you wonder [02:56.148]Why we called baby-daddy's and baby-momma's [02:57.584]When we grow up [02:58.771]We can't act like adult mothers and fathers yo [03:00.895]I'm so blessed to have a boy and a girl [03:02.958]Everyday they bring joy to my world [03:04.898]Huh yeah [03:06.147]I know how you feel Kweli I know how you feel [03:09.958]（That's the sound of joy） [03:11.209]Brother Kwe'I know how you feel [03:13.146]Brother Kwe'I know how you feel [03:15.83]（Baby girl my precious joy） [03:16.395]Kweli I know how you feel [03:18.26]Say bro'I know how you feel [03:20.22]（Fela be my joy yo） [03:21.772]Huh if you know how the people feel [03:23.397]Let me really know how you yo [03:25.85]I do it for the seeds y'all