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1	Woah yeah on top of the world						[Talib Kweli]	1
2	Yeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' right now on top of the world						Wooaahh! yeah	2
3	Yeah, you ever felt like you could do anything, yeah on top of the world						on top of the world	3
4	I'm already feeling like             me and you are shame						Yeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' right now	4
5	I'ma hold y'all down for real, gotcha						on top of the world	5
1							Yeah, you ever felt like you could do anything, (Yeah)	1
2							on top of the world	2
3							(?) I'ma hold y'all down for real, (Gotcha!)	3
4							[Talib Kweli]	4
	It was 1996, 4th of July, looking off in the sky						It was 1996, 4th of July, looking off in the sky
6	Dealing with thoughts inside, when something caught my eye						dealing with thoughts inside, when something caught my eye	6
7	It was a silhouette of a beautiful woman, bright with life						It was a silhoutte of a beautiful woman, bright with life	7
8	Carrying my first seed, looking like she gone bear fruit tonight						carrying my first seed, looking like she gone bear fruit tonight	8
	We at the African street festival, and she walking around						We at the African street festival, and she walking around
9	Talking about the midwife said, that bring the baby down						talking about the midwife said, that bring the baby down	9
10	I'm about to be a father, the sights and sounds						I'm about to be a father, the sights and	10
11	Seem       brighter around me and for starters, I know I'm a work harder, word						sounds, seem brighter around me	11
12							and for starters, I know I'ma work harder, word	12
	We got home at three in the morning, I was beat						We got home at three in the morning, I was beat
13	Them contractions started coming as soon as I fell asleep						them contractions started coming as soon as I fell asleep	13
	3:05, like every five minutes, then the water broke						3:05, like every five minutes, then the water broke
14	We on the go, yelling at the cabbie, 'cause he's sort of slow						we on the go, yelling at the cabbie, cause he's sort of slow	14
	You know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questions						You know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questions
15	Hear come the doctor's with they drugs, trying to do c-sections						hear come the doctor's with they drugs, trying to do c-sections	15
16	But my baby stay's strong, in labor for day long						But my baby stay's strong, in labor for yay long	16
17	Eight-pound baby boy, to carry my name on, joy						eight-pound baby boy, to carry my name on, joy!	17
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18	Huh, yeah, I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel						[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]	18
19	That's the sound of joy						Huh, yeah	19
5							I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel	5
6							(That's the sound of joy)	6
	See my brother, I know how you feel, Kweli, I know how you feel						See my brother, I know how you feel, Kweli, I know how you feel
20	That's the sound of joy						(That's the sound of joy)	20
	So when you, have a seed, come in the world, say dog that shit's real						So when you, have a seed, come in the world, say dog that shit's real
21	That's the sound of joy, y'all						(That's the sound of joy, y'all)	21
	Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feel						Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feel
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	My baby girl						My baby girl
8							[Talib Kweli]	8
	June 10th, 1999, I been on the grind						June 10th, 1999, I been on the grind
22	Since the birth of my son, it's been about, way more then rhymes						since the birth of my son, it's been about, way more then rhymes	22
	Baby on the way, my lady glowing today, at least						Baby on the way, my lady glowing today, at least
23	That's what the midwife said, on the phone						that's what the midwife said, on the phone	23
	Anyway, the music got me going away						Anyway, the music got me going away
	Like everyday, but it's a blessing, so I gotta have patience						Like everyday, but it's a blessing, so I gotta have patience
24	And she got pregnant on a Jamaican vacation						and she got pregnant on a Jamaican vacation	24
	So it's all good, this time well have the baby in a house						So it's all good, this time well have the baby in a house
25	I went the hospital route, I know what they all about						I went the hospital route, I know what they all about (Never again)	25
26							So I'm out on tour, in Baltimore	26
27	Never again so I'm out on tour, in Baltimore						get the call around four, when the water hit the floor (Damn!)	27
28	Get the call around four when the water hit the floor damn						I gotta rock my show, but I gotta go	28
29	I gotta rock my show but I gotta go						got second thoughts about her not going, to the hospital	29
30	Got second thoughts about her not going, to the hospital						I left                                        the show early, Mos held me down, good looking (No doubt)	30
31	I left the show early Mos held me down, good looking no doubt						call       the car service, like, take me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh)	31
2	Call the car service, like, take me straight to Brooklyn							2
	Got the news in the car, stayed sorta calm						Got the news in the car, stayed sorta calm
32	But I cried tears of joy, when they put my daughter in my arms						but I cried tears of joy, when they put my	32
33	How precious						daughter in my arms, how precious!	33
9							[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]	9
	Huh, huh						Huh, huh
	Said I know how you feel, uh, said I know how you feel when you						Said I know how you feel, uh, said I know how you feel when you
34	My precious joy						(My precious joy)	34
	Said I know how you feel, uh, Kwe I know how you feel						Said I know how you feel, uh, Kwe I know how you feel
35	I know you do, huh, my precious joy y'all						(I know you do, huh, my precious joy y'all)	35
36	Huh, uh, said I know how you feel, yeah said I know how you feel						Huh, uh, said I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel	36
37	My precious joy						(My precious joy)	37
38	Huh, man I know how you feel, yeah, said I know how you feel						Huh, man I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel	38
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39	I do it for the seeds y'all, in they formative years when they need y'all						[Talib Kweli]	39
40	We gotta believe, in what we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all						I do it for the seeds           y'all, in they	40
10							formative years when they need y'all	10
11							we gotta believe, in what we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all	11
	I give them the truth, so they approach the situation, with ammunition						I give them the truth, so they approach the situation, with ammunition
41	I keep nothing away, they hear everything 'cos they know how to listen						I keep nothing away, they hear everything,	41
12							cause they know how to listen	12
	Teach them the game, so they know they position, so they can grow						Teach them the game, so they know they position, so they can grow
42	And make decisions, that change the world, and break old tradition						and make decisions, that change the world, and break old tradition	42
	They put kids in jail, for a life they ain't even get to start						They put kids in jail, for a life they ain't even get to start
43	That's murder too, and it's breaking my heart						that's murder too, and it's breaking my heart,	43
44	It's breaking our nation apart						it's breaking our nation apart	44
45							We gave the youth all the anger, it's just	45
46	We gave the youth all the anger, it's just we ain't taught them						we ain't taught them, how to express it, and so it's dangerous	46
47	How to express it, and so it's dangerous you can't talk to them unless Your language is relating to what they going through so busy ignoring Them, you can't see what they showing you and you wonder, why we Called baby-daddy's And baby-momma's when we grow up, we can't act Like adult mothers And fathers, yo I'm so blessed						You                                                  can't talk to them	47
48	To have a boy and a girl everyday they bring joy to my world						Unless your language is relating                                      to what they going through	48
49							so busy ignoring them, you can't see what they showing you	49
50	Huh, yeah I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel						And                     you wonder, why we called baby-daddy's and baby-momma's	50
51	That's the sound of joy						when we grow up, we can't act like adult mothers and fathers, yo	51
52	Brother Kwe', I know how you feel, brother Kwe', I know how you feel						I'm so blessed to have a boy and a girl,	52
53	Baby girl,                 my precious joy						everyday they bring joy to my world	53
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14							[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]	14
15							Huh, yeah	15
16							I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel	16
17							(That's the sound of joy)	17
18							Brother Kwe', I know how you feel, Brother Kwe', I know how you feel	18
19							(Baby girl, my precious joy)	19
	Kweli, I know how you feel, say bro' I know how you feel						Kweli, I know how you feel, say bro' I know how you feel
54	Fela, be my joy, yo						(Fela, be my joy, yo)	54
55	Huh, if you know how the people feel, let me really know how you, yo						Huh, if you know how the people feel, let me really know how you...yo	55
56	I do it for the seeds y'all, yeah, yeah						I do it for the seeds y'all [Repeat 5x]	56
4	I do it for the seeds y'all, yeah							4
5	I do it for the seeds y'all, yeah yeah							5

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