Wooaahh! On top of the Yeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' now On top of the Yeah, you ever like you could do anything, (Yeah) On top of the I'ma hold y'all for real, (Gotcha!)
It was 1996, fourth of July, off in the sky Dealing with thoughts inside, something caught my eye It was a silhouette of a beautiful woman, with life Carrying my first seed, looking like she gone bear tonight We at the African street festival, and she walking Talking about the said, that bring the baby down I'm to be a father, the sights and sounds, brighter around me And for starters, I know work harder, word We got at three in the morning, I was beat Them contractions started coming as soon as I fell Three oh five, like five minutes, then the water broke We on the go, yelling at the cabbie, cause he's sort of You them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questions Hear the doctor's with they drugs, trying to do see-sections But my baby strong, in labor for yay long Eight-pound baby boy, to my name on, joy!
Huh, I how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel (That's the of joy) See my brother, I know how you feel, Kweli, I know how you (That's the of joy) So when you, have a seed, in the world, say dog that shit's real (That's the of joy, y'all) Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you
My girl
June 10th, 1999, I been on the Since the birth of my son, it's been about, way then rhymes Baby on the way, my glowing today, at least That's what the midwife said, on the Anyway, the got me going away Like everyday, but it's a blessing, so I gotta patience And she got pregnant on a Jamaican So it's all good, this time well the baby in a house I went the hospital route, I know what all about (Never again) So I'm out on tour, in Get the call around four, when the hit the floor (Damn!) I gotta my show, but I gotta go Got second thoughts her not going, to the hospital I left the show early, Mos held me down, good (No doubt) Call the car service, like, take me straight to (Uh huh) Got the news in the car, stayed sorta But I cried of joy, When put my daughter in my arms, how precious!
Huh, I how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel (That's the of joy) See my brother, I know how you feel, Kweli, I how you feel (That's the of joy) So when you, have a seed, come in the world, say dog that real (That's the of joy, y'all) Huh, Kweli, yo I how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feel
I do it for the y'all, In they years when they need y'all We gotta believe, in we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all I give the truth, So they approach the situation, with I nothing away, They everything, cause they know how to listen Teach them the game, so they know they position, so they can And make decisions, that the world, and break old tradition They put kids in jail, for a life they ain't get to start That's too, and it's breaking my heart, It's breaking our nation We gave the youth all the anger, it's We ain't taught them, how to express it, and so dangerous You can't to them Unless your language is relating to what they going So busy ignoring them, you can't see what they you And you wonder, why we called baby-daddy's and When we grow up, we act like adult mothers and fathers, yo I'm so to have a boy and a girl, Everyday they joy to my world
Huh, I how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel (That's the of joy) See my brother, I know how you feel, Kweli, I know how you (That's the of joy) So when you, have a seed, in the world, say dog that shit's real (That's the of joy, y'all) Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you
I do it for the seeds