Joy (Explicit)

Joy (Explicit) - Talib Kweli/Mos Def

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

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 ***

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

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 sh*t'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

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

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

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

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