Joy lyrics

Artist  : Talib Kweli 
Song : Joy



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[Talib Kweli]
Wooaahh! yeah
on top of the
world
Yeah, that's how my seeds got me
feeling' right now
on top of the
world
Yeah, you ever felt like you could do
anything, (Yeah)
on top of the world
(?)
I'ma hold y'all down for real,
(Gotcha!)

[Talib Kweli]
It was 1996,
4th of July, looking off in the sky
dealing
with thoughts inside, when something caught my
eye
It was a silhoutte of a beautiful woman,
bright with life
carrying my first seed,
looking like she gone bear fruit tonight
We at
the African street festival, and she walking
around
talking about the midwife said, that
bring the baby down
I'm about to be a father,
the sights and sounds, seem brighter around
me
and for starters, I know I'ma work harder,
word
We got home at three in the morning, I
was beat
them contractions started coming as
soon as I fell asleep
3:05, like every five
minutes, then the water broke
we on the go,
yelling at the cabbie, cause he's sort of
slow
You know them hospitals all trying to get
paid, no questions
hear come the doctor's with
they drugs, trying to do c-sections
But my
baby stay's strong, in labor for yay
long
eight-pound baby boy, to carry my name
on, joy!

[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib
Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I know how you feel,
Kweli I know how you feel
(That's the sound of
joy)
See my brother, I know how you feel,
Kweli, I know how you feel
(That's the sound
of joy)
So when you, have a seed, come in the
world, say dog that shit's real
(That's the
sound of joy, y'all)
Huh, Kweli, yo I know how
you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feel

My
baby girl

[Talib Kweli]
June 10th,
1999, I been on the grind
since the birth of
my son, it's been about, way more then
rhymes
Baby on the way, my lady glowing today,
at least
that's what the midwife said, on the
phone
Anyway, the music got me going
away
Like everyday, but it's a blessing, so I
gotta have patience
and she got pregnant on a
Jamaican vacation
So it's all good, this time
well have the baby in a house
I went the
hospital route, I know what they all about (Never
again)
So I'm out on tour, in Baltimore
get
the call around four, when the water hit the
floor (Damn!)
I gotta rock my show, but I
gotta go
got second thoughts about her not
going, to the hospital
I left the show early,
Mos held me down, good looking (No doubt)
call
the car service, like, take me straight to
Brooklyn (Uh huh)
Got the news in the car,
stayed sorta calm
but I cried tears of joy,
when they put my daughter in my arms, how
precious!

[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib
Kweli)]
Huh, huh
Said I know how you feel,
uh, said I know how you feel when you
(My
precious joy)
Said I know how you feel, uh,
Kwe I know how you feel
(I know you do, huh,
my precious joy y'all)
Huh, uh, said I know
how you feel (yeah), said I know how you
feel
(My precious joy)
Huh, man I know how
you feel (yeah), said I know how you
feel

[Talib Kweli]
I do it for the
seeds y'all, in they formative years when they
need y'all
we gotta believe, in what we
conceive y'all, it's deep y'all
I give them
the truth, so they approach the situation, with
ammunition
I keep nothing away, they hear
everything, cause they know how to
listen
Teach them the game, so they know they
position, so they can grow
and make decisions,
that change the world, and break old
tradition
They put kids in jail, for a life
they ain't even get to start
that's murder
too, and it's breaking my heart, it's breaking
our nation apart
We gave the youth all the
anger, it's just
we ain't taught them, how to
express it, and so it's dangerous
You can't
talk to them
Unless your language is relating
to what they going through
so busy ignoring
them, you can't see what they showing you
And
you wonder, why we called baby-daddy's and
baby-momma's
when we grow up, we can't act
like adult mothers and fathers, yo
I'm so
blessed to have a boy and a girl, everyday they
bring joy to my world

[Chorus: Mos Def +
(Talib Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I know how you
feel, Kweli I know how you feel
(That's the
sound of joy)
Brother Kwe', I know how you
feel, Brother Kwe', I know how you feel
(Baby
girl, my precious joy)
Kweli, I know how you
feel, say bro' I know how you feel
(Fela, be
my joy, yo)
Huh, if you know how the people
feel, let me really know how you...yo

I do
it for the seeds y'all [Repeat 5x]