Wooaahh! yeahOn top of the worldYeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' right nowOn top of the worldYeah, you ever felt like you could do anything, (Yeah)On top of the worldI'ma hold y'all down for real, (Gotcha!)It was 1996, fourth of July, looking off in the skyDealing with thoughts inside, when something caught my eyeIt was a silhouette of a beautiful woman, bright with lifeCarrying my first seed, looking like she gone bear fruit tonightWe at the African street festival, and she walking aroundTalking about the midwife said, that bring the baby downI'm about to be a father, the sights and sounds, Seem brighter around meAnd for starters, I know I'ma work harder, wordWe got home at three in the morning, I was beatThem contractions started coming as soon as I fell asleepThree oh five, like every five minutes, then the water brokeWe on the go, yelling at the cabbie, cause he's sort of slowYou know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questionsHear come the doctor's with they drugs, trying to do see-sectionsBut my baby stay's strong, in labor for yay longEight-pound baby boy, to carry my name on, joy![Chorus:]Huh, yeahI know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel(That's the sound of joy)See my brother, I know how you feel, Kweli, I know how you feel(That's the sound of joy)So when you, have a seed, come in the world, say dog that shit's real(That's the sound of joy, y'all)Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feelMy baby girlJune 10th, 1999, I been on the grindSince the birth of my son, it's been about, way more then rhymesBaby on the way, my lady glowing today, at leastThat's what the midwife said, on the phoneAnyway, the music got me going awayLike everyday, but it's a blessing, so I gotta have patienceAnd she got pregnant on a Jamaican vacationSo it's all good, this time well have the baby in a houseI went the hospital route, I know what they all about (Never again)So I'm out on tour, in BaltimoreGet the call around four, when the water hit the floor (Damn!)I gotta rock my show, but I gotta goGot second thoughts about her not going, to the hospitalI left the show early, Mos held me down, good looking (No doubt)Call the car service, like, take me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh)Got the news in the car, stayed sorta calmBut I cried tears of joy, When they put my daughter in my arms, how precious![Chorus:]I do it for the seeds y'all, In they formative years when they need y'allWe gotta believe, in what we conceive y'all, it's deep y'allI give them the truth, So they approach the situation, with ammunitionI keep nothing away, They hear everything, cause they know how to listenTeach them the game, so they know they position, so they can growAnd make decisions, that change the world, and break old traditionThey put kids in jail, for a life they ain't even get to startThat's murder too, and it's breaking my heart, It's breaking our nation apartWe gave the youth all the anger, it's justWe ain't taught them, how to express it, and so it's dangerousYou can't talk to themUnless your language is relating to what they going throughSo busy ignoring them, you can't see what they showing youAnd you wonder, why we called baby-daddy's and baby-momma'sWhen we grow up, we can't act like adult mothers and fathers, yoI'm so blessed to have a boy and a girl, Everyday they bring joy to my world[Chorus:]I do it for the seeds y'all [Repeat x5]
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