Wooaahh! On top of the Yeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' 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, fourth of July, off in the sky Dealing with inside, when something caught my eye It was a silhouette of a woman, bright with life Carrying my first seed, looking like she gone fruit tonight We at the African street festival, and she around Talking about the midwife said, bring the baby down I'm about to be a father, the and sounds, Seem brighter me And for starters, I know work harder, word We got home at three in the morning, I was Them contractions started coming as soon as I fell Three oh five, every five minutes, then the water broke We on the go, yelling at the cabbie, cause he's sort of You know them all trying to get paid, no questions Hear come the with they drugs, trying to do see-sections But my stay's strong, in labor for yay long Eight-pound baby boy, to carry my on, joy!
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 how you feel (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 how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feel
My girl
June 10th, 1999, I on the grind Since the birth of my son, it's about, way more then rhymes Baby on the way, my lady glowing today, at That's the midwife said, on the phone Anyway, the music got me going Like everyday, but a blessing, so I gotta have patience And she got pregnant on a Jamaican So it's all good, time well have the baby in a house I went the hospital route, I know 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 her not going, to the hospital I left the show early, Mos me down, good looking (No doubt) the car service, like, take me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh) Got the in the car, stayed sorta calm But I cried of joy, they put my daughter in my arms, how precious!
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, 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, In they formative when they need y'all We gotta believe, in we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all I them the truth, So they approach the situation, with I keep away, They hear everything, cause they how to listen 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 ain't even get to start That's murder too, and breaking my heart, It's our nation apart We gave the all the anger, it's just 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 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 adult and fathers, yo I'm so blessed to 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 how you feel (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 how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feel
I do it for the y'all