Wooaahh! On top of the Yeah, that's how my seeds got me right now On top of the Yeah, you ever felt like you do anything, (Yeah) On top of the hold y'all down for real, (Gotcha!)
It was 1996, of July, looking off in the sky Dealing with thoughts inside, when something my eye It was a silhouette of a woman, bright with life Carrying my first seed, looking like she gone bear fruit We at the African festival, and she walking around about the midwife said, that bring the baby down I'm to be a father, the sights and sounds, Seem brighter me And for starters, I know I'ma work harder, We got home at in the morning, I was beat Them started coming as soon as I fell asleep Three oh five, every five minutes, then the water broke We on the go, yelling at the cabbie, cause sort of slow You know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no Hear come the doctor's with 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 know how you feel, Kweli I know how you (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, come in the world, say dog that real (That's the of joy, y'all) Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel, Kweli, yo I how you feel
My baby
June 10th, 1999, I on the grind Since the birth of my son, been about, way more then rhymes Baby on the way, my glowing today, at least That's what the said, on the phone Anyway, the music got me away everyday, but it's a blessing, so I gotta have patience And she got pregnant on a vacation So it's all good, this time well have the in a house I went the hospital route, I what they all about (Never again) So I'm out on tour, in Get the call four, when the water hit the floor (Damn!) I gotta my show, but I gotta go Got second thoughts about her not going, to the I left the show early, Mos held me down, looking (No doubt) Call the car service, like, me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh) Got the news in the car, sorta calm But I tears of joy, they 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 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 how you feel
I do it for the y'all, In they formative years when need y'all We gotta believe, in what we y'all, it's deep y'all I them the truth, So they the situation, with ammunition I nothing away, They hear everything, cause know how to listen Teach them the game, so they they position, so they can grow And make decisions, that change the world, and old tradition They put kids in jail, for a they ain't even get to start That's murder too, and it's my heart, breaking our nation apart We gave the all the anger, it's just We ain't taught them, how to it, and so it's dangerous You can't to them Unless language is relating to what they going through So busy ignoring them, you can't see they showing you And you wonder, why we called and baby-momma's When we grow up, we act like adult mothers and fathers, yo I'm so to have a boy and a girl, they bring joy to my world
Huh, I know how you feel, 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 you, have a seed, come 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 y'all