Wooaahh! On top of the Yeah, how my seeds got me feeling' right now On top of the Yeah, you ever like you could do anything, (Yeah) On top of the I'ma hold down for real, (Gotcha!)
It was 1996, fourth of July, off in the sky Dealing with thoughts inside, when something my eye It was a silhouette of a beautiful woman, bright with Carrying my first seed, looking she gone bear fruit tonight We at the African street festival, and she walking about the midwife said, that bring the baby down I'm about to be a father, the and sounds, brighter around me And for starters, I know work harder, word We got home at in the morning, I was beat contractions started coming as soon as I fell asleep Three oh five, every five minutes, then the water broke We on the go, at the cabbie, cause he's sort of slow You them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questions 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 carry my on, joy!
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 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
My baby
10th, 1999, I been on the grind Since the birth of my son, it's about, way more then rhymes Baby on the way, my lady today, at least That's what the said, on the phone Anyway, the music got me away Like everyday, but it's a blessing, so I gotta patience And she got pregnant on a vacation So it's all good, this well have the baby 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 around four, when the hit the floor (Damn!) I rock my show, but I gotta go Got thoughts about her not going, to the hospital I left the early, Mos held me down, good looking (No doubt) Call the car service, like, take me straight to (Uh huh) Got the in the car, stayed sorta calm But I cried of joy, When they put my in my arms, how precious!
Huh, I know how you feel, Kweli I 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, come in the world, say dog that shit's (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, In they formative when they need y'all We gotta believe, in we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all I give the truth, So approach the situation, with ammunition I nothing away, They hear everything, cause they know how to Teach them the game, so they know they position, so can grow And decisions, that change the world, and break old tradition They put kids in jail, for a life they even get to start That's murder too, and it's my heart, It's breaking our apart We the youth all the anger, it's just We taught them, how to express it, and so it's dangerous You can't to them Unless your is relating to what they going through So busy ignoring them, you can't see they showing you And you wonder, why we baby-daddy's and baby-momma's we grow up, we can't act like adult mothers and fathers, yo I'm so blessed to a boy and a girl, Everyday bring joy to my world
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 shit's (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 seeds