Joy

Talib Kweli

[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

Three oh five, 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