[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 shit '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