 (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
Amani Fela, Diane Ashe, 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)
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