On top of the world
Yeah that's how my C's got me feelin' right now
On top of the world
Yeah, you ever felt like you could do anything?
On top of the world
I'm Arnie Fela, Gianni Asche, I'ma hold y'all down for real
Got you
It was 1996, 4th of July, lookin' off in the sky
Dealin' with thoughts aside when somethin' caught my eye
It was the silhouette of a beautiful woman right with life
Carryin' my first seed, lookin' like she gon' bear fruit tonight
We at the African Street Festival and she walkin' around
Talkin' about the midwife, said that bring the baby down
I'm about to be a father, the sights and sounds seem brighter around me
And for starters, I know I'ma work hard at work
We got home at 3 in the mornin', I was beat
Them contractions started comin' as soon as I fell asleep
3-0-5, like every five minutes, then the water broke, we oughta go
Yellin' at the cab because he's sorta slow
You know them hospitals all tryin' to get paid, no question
Make him the doctors with these drugs, tryin' to do C-sections
But my baby stays strong and lives on
Label for yea long
Eight pound baby boy to carry my name on
Joy
Yeah, I know how you feel
Kweli, I know how you feel
That's the sound of joy
Say, my brother, I know how you feel
Kweli, I know how you feel
That's the sound of joy
Say, when you don't have a C-cup in the world
Say, dawg, that * is real
That's the sound of joy, y'all
Kweli, yo, I know how you feel
Kweli, yo, I know how you feel
My baby girl
June 10th, 1999, I been on the grind
Since the birth of my son, it's been about way more than rhymes
Baby on the run
Way, my lady glowin' today
At least that's what the midwife said on the phone
Anyway, the music got me goin' away like every day
But it's a blessing, so I gotta have patience
And she got pregnant on a Jamaican vacation
So it's all good
This time we'll have the baby in the house
I went the hospital route
I know what they all about
Never again
So I'm out on tour in Baltimore
Get the call of round four
When the water hit the floor
Damn, I gotta rock my show
But I gotta go
Got second thoughts about her not goin' to the hospital
I left the show early, most held me down
Good lookin'
For the car service, like, take me straight to Brooklyn
Got the news in the car, stay sorta calm
But I cry tears of joy when they put my daughter in my arms
My precious
So I know how you feel
So I know how you feel
My precious joy
So I know how you feel
Well, I know how you feel
My precious joy, y'all
So I know how you feel
So I know how you feel
My precious joy
Let me know how you feel
So I know how you feel
I do it for the seed, y'all
In the formative years when they need y'all
We gotta believe in what we can see
We gotta believe, y'all
It's deep, y'all
I give them the truth
So they approach the situation with ammunition
I keep nuttin' the way they hear everything
Cause they know how to listen
Teach them the game so they know their position
So they can grow and make decisions
That change the world and break old traditions
They put kids in jail for a life they ain't even get to start
That's murder, too
And it's breakin' my heart
It's breakin' our nation apart
We gave the youth all the anger it just
We ain't taught them how to express it
And so it's dangerous
You can't talk to them unless your language
Is relatein' to what they goin' through
So busy ignorein' them
You can't see what they showin' you
And you wonder why we call baby daddies and baby mamas
When we grow up
We can act like adult mothers and fathers
Yo, I'm so blessed to have a boy and a girl
Everyday they bring joy to my world
I do it for the seed y'all
I do it for the seed y'all
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I do it for the seed y'all
All a
I do it for the seed y'all
I do it for the seed y'all
All a
Keep it right, and keep it tight
Shine this light, Blackstar
Make the whole function right
From the B-R-O-O, don't show a mind
Love the mind, from the front and behind
Top and all sides
Blackstar
Blackstar