Talib Kweli Joy Lyrics

Joy Lyrics

[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]