| [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 sh*t'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 |
| [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 csections |
| [00:57.702] | But my baby stay' s strong in labor for yay long |
| [00:59.641] | Eightpound 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 sh t' 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 babydaddy' s and babymomma' 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 |
| [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 csections |
| [00:57.702] | But my baby stay' s strong in labor for yay long |
| [00:59.641] | Eightpound 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 sh t' 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 babydaddy' s and babymomma' 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 |
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