Joy (Explicit)-Talib Kweli/Mos Def

[ti:Joy] [ar:Talib Kweli] [al:Quality (Explicit Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Joy (Explicit) - Talib Kweli/Mos Def [00:05.22]Wooaahh yeah [00:11.04]On top of the world [00:12.40]Yeah that's how my seeds got me feeling' right now [00:15.28]On top of the world [00:16.66]Yeah you ever felt like you could do anything (Yeah) [00:18.49]On top of the world [00:20.93]It was 1996 4th of July looking off in the sky [00:24.00]Dealing with thoughts inside [00:24.94]When something caught my eye [00:26.12]It was a silhoutte of a beautiful woman [00:27.87]Bright with life [00:28.62]Carrying my first seed [00:29.64]Looking like she gone bear fruit tonight [00:31.27]We at the African street festival [00:32.52]And she walking around [00:33.45]Talking about the midwife said [00:34.64] that bring the baby down [00:36.27]I'm about to be a father [00:37.83]The sights and sounds [00:38.71]Seem brighter around me [00:39.64]And for starters [00:40.59]I know I'ma work harder word [00:42.15]We got home at three in the morning I was beat [00:44.47]Them contractions started coming [00:45.28]As soon as I fell asleep [00:46.65]3:05 like every five minutes [00:47.97]Then the water broke [00:49.34]We on the go yelling at the cabbie [00:51.54]Cause he's sort of slow [00:52.47]You know them hospitals all [00:53.41]Trying to get paid no questions [00:55.47]Hear come the doctor's with they drugs [00:56.72]Trying to do c-sections [00:57.70]But my baby stay's strong in labor for yay long [00:59.64]Eight-pound baby boy [01:00.51]To carry my name on joy [01:02.64]Huh yeah [01:03.33]I know how you feel Kweli I know how you feel [01:06.33](That's the sound of joy) [01:07.83]See my brother I know how you feel [01:09.70]Kweli I know how you feel [01:11.64](That's the sound of joy) [01:13.01]So when you have a seed [01:14.39]Come in the world say dog that sh*t's real [01:16.45](That's the sound of joy y'all) [01:18.14]Huh Kweli yo I know how you feel [01:20.14]Kweli yo I know how you feel [01:21.89]My baby girl [01:22.70]June 10th 1999 I been on the grind [01:25.01]Since the birth of my son [01:26.32]It's been about way more then rhymes [01:27.82]Baby on the way my lady glowing today at least [01:30.07]That's what the midwife said on the phone [01:31.95]Anyway the music got me going away [01:33.39]Like everyday but it's a blessing [01:34.82]So I gotta have patience [01:36.45]And she got pregnant on a Jamaican vacation [01:39.03]So it's all good this time well have the baby in a house [01:41.97]I went the hospital route [01:43.09]I know what they all about (Never again) [01:44.66]So I'm out on tour in Baltimore [01:46.16]Get the call around four [01:47.22]When the water hit the floor (Damn ) [01:48.97]I gotta rock my show but I gotta go [01:50.97]Got second thoughts about her not going [01:52.59]To the hospital [01:53.41]I left the show early Mos held me down [01:55.47]Good looking (No doubt) [01:56.47]Call the car service like [01:57.53]Take me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh) [01:59.10]Got the news in the car stayed sorta calm [02:00.91]But I cried tears of joy [02:02.22]When they put my daughter in my arms how precious [02:04.47]Huh huh [02:05.22]Said I know how you feel uh [02:06.72]Said I know how you feel when you [02:08.40](My precious joy) [02:09.22]Said I know how you feel uh [02:11.59]Kwe I know how you feel [02:13.22](I know you do huh my precious joy y'all) [02:15.48]Huh uh said I know how you feel (yeah) [02:17.22]Said I know how you feel [02:18.59](My precious joy) [02:19.91]Huh man I know how you feel (yeah) [02:22.11]Said I know how you feel [02:23.74]I do it for the seeds y'all [02:25.30]In they formative years when they need y'all [02:27.05]We gotta believe [02:27.80]In what we conceive y'all it's deep y'all [02:29.43]I give them the truth [02:30.44]So they approach the situation with ammunition [02:31.88]I keep nothing away [02:32.69]They hear everything [02:33.25]Cause they know how to listen [02:34.44]Teach them the game [02:35.38]So they know they position so they can grow [02:37.25]And make decisions [02:38.01]That change the world and break old tradition [02:39.81]They put kids in jail [02:40.94]For a life they ain't even get to start [02:42.69]That's murder too and it's breaking my heart [02:44.88]It's breaking our nation apart [02:45.81]We gave the youth all the anger it's just [02:47.64]We ain't taught them how to express it [02:49.08]And so it's dangerous [02:50.02]You can't talk to them [02:51.08]Unless your language is relating to what they going through [02:53.08]So busy ignoring them [02:53.95]You can't see what they showing you [02:55.45]And you wonder [02:56.14]Why we called baby-daddy's and baby-momma's [02:57.58]When we grow up [02:58.77]We can't act like adult mothers and fathers yo [03:00.89]I'm so blessed to have a boy and a girl [03:02.95]Everyday they bring joy to my world [03:04.89]Huh yeah [03:06.14]I know how you feel Kweli I know how you feel [03:09.95](That's the sound of joy) [03:11.20]Brother Kwe' I know how you feel [03:13.14]Brother Kwe' I know how you feel [03:15.08](Baby girl my precious joy) [03:16.39]Kweli I know how you feel [03:18.02]Say bro' I know how you feel [03:20.02](Fela be my joy yo) [03:21.77]Huh if you know how the people feel [03:23.39]Let me really know how you yo [03:25.08]I do it for the seeds y'all