Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Joy, artist - Talib Kweli. Album song Quality, in the genre Рэп и хип-хопDate of issue: 31.12.2001
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: Rawkus Entertainment
Song language: English
Joy |
| 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, Diani Eshe, I’mma hold y’all down for real (Gotcha!) |
| It was 1996, 4th of July, looking off in the sky |
| Dealing with thoughts inside, when something caught my eye |
| It was a silhouette 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’mma 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 aught to go, yelling at the cabbie, cause he’s sort of slow |
| You know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questions |
| Here 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! |
| + (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 |
| 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! |
| + (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 |
| 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 |
| + (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) |