Wooaahh! On top of the Yeah, that's how my got me feeling' right now On top of the Yeah, you ever felt you could 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 of a beautiful woman, bright with life Carrying my first seed, looking like she bear fruit tonight We at the street festival, and she walking around Talking about the said, that bring the baby down I'm to be a father, the sights and sounds, Seem around me And for starters, I know I'ma work harder, 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, yelling at the cabbie, cause sort of slow You know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no Hear come the doctor's they drugs, trying to do see-sections But my baby stay's strong, in for yay long baby boy, to carry 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 how you feel (That's the of joy) So when you, have a seed, come in the world, say dog 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
10th, 1999, I been on the grind Since the birth of my son, it's been about, way more then Baby on the way, my glowing today, at least what the midwife said, on the phone Anyway, the got me going away Like everyday, but a blessing, so I gotta have patience And she got pregnant on a Jamaican 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 thoughts about her not going, to the hospital I left the early, Mos held me down, good looking (No doubt) the car service, like, take me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh) Got the news in the car, sorta calm But I cried of joy, they put my daughter 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 how you feel, Kweli, I know how you feel (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 years when they need y'all We gotta believe, in what we conceive y'all, it's deep I give the truth, So they the situation, with ammunition I keep away, They hear everything, cause know how to listen Teach the game, so they know they position, so they can grow And make decisions, that change the world, and break old They put kids in jail, for a life they ain't even get to That's too, and it's breaking my heart, It's breaking our apart We gave the youth all the anger, it's We ain't taught them, how to it, and so it's dangerous You can't talk to Unless your language is relating to they going through So busy them, you can't see what they showing you And you wonder, why we baby-daddy's and baby-momma's When we grow up, we can't act like mothers and fathers, yo I'm so to have a boy and a girl, Everyday bring joy to my world
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 how you feel
I do it for the seeds