Talib Kweli lyrics
Talib Kweli lyrics
"Joy lyrics"
Smokin' lyrics
We're gonna play you a song, a little bit of rock and roll You've gotta let yourself go, the band's gonna take control We're getting' high today We'll pick you up and take you away, get down tonight Chorus: Smokin' Smokin' We're cookin' tonight just keep on tokin' Smokin' Smokin' I feel alright mamma I'm not jokin' Get your feet to the floor everybody rock and roll You've got nothing' to lose it's just rhythm and blues that's all You're gonna feel okay We'll pick you up and take you away, get down tonight Repeat Chorus Everyone's jumpin', dancin' to a b
We're gonna play you a song, a little bit of rock and roll You've gotta let yourself go, the band's gonna take control We're getting' high today We'll pick you up and take you away, get down tonight Chorus: Smokin' Smokin' We're cookin' tonight just keep on tokin' Smokin' Smokin' I feel alright mamma I'm not jokin' Get your feet to the floor everybody rock and roll You've got nothing' to lose it's just rhythm and blues that's all You're gonna feel okay We'll pick you up and take you away, get down tonight Repeat Chorus Everyone's jumpin', dancin' to a b
[Talib Kweli]
Wooaahh! yeah
on top of the world
Yeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' right now
on top of the world
Yeah, you ever felt like you could do anything, (Yeah)
on top of the world
(?) I'ma hold y'all down for real, (Gotcha!)
[Talib Kweli]
It was 1996, 4th of July, looking off in the sky
dealing with thoughts inside, when something caught my eye
It was a silhoutte of a beautiful woman, bright with life
carrying my first seed, looking like she gone bear fruit tonight
We at the African street festival, and she walking around
talking 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 harder, word
We got home at three in the morning, I was beat
them contractions started coming as soon as I fell asleep
3:05, like every five minutes, then the water broke
we on the go, yelling at the cabbie, cause he's sort of slow
You know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questions
hear come the doctor's with they drugs, trying to do c-sections
She's Different lyrics
She was a crazy girl She's from a different world and I don't care She cashed her check at 2 Her rent was overdue 'cause he's not there Sing for me, sing for me Show me the way Sing for me, sing for me 'Cause you're goin' away And if you're goin' away I just don't know what to say You're time was wasted All you had to do was stay Hey Mr. Officer Please let me talk to her take her home Sometimes it's hard to see Impossibilities unknown Sing for me, sing for me Show me the wayBut my baby stay's strong, in labor for yay long
eight-pound baby boy, to carry my name on, joy!
[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I 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 feel
My baby girl
[Talib Kweli]
June 10th, 1999, I been on the grind
since the birth of my son, it's been about, way more then rhymes
Baby on the way, my lady glowing today, at least
that's what the midwife said, on the phone
Anyway, the music got me going away
Like everyday, 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 well have the baby in a 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 around four, when the water hit the floor (Damn!)
got second thoughts about her not going, to the hospital
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)
Got the news in the car, stayed sorta calm
but I cried tears of joy, when they put my daughter in my arms, how precious!
[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, huh
Said I know how you feel, uh, said I know how you feel when you
(My precious joy)
Said I know how you feel, uh, Kwe I know how you feel
(I know you do, huh, my precious joy y'all)
Huh, uh, said I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel
(My precious joy)
Huh, man I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel
[Talib Kweli]
I do it for the seeds y'all, in they formative years when they need y'all
we gotta believe, in what we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all
I give them the truth, so they approach the situation, with ammunition
I keep nothing away, they hear everything, cause they know how to listen
Teach them the game, so they know they position, so they can grow
They put kids in jail, for a life they ain't even get to start
that's murder too, and it's breaking my heart, it's breaking our nation apart
We gave the youth all the anger, it's 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 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 to have a boy and a girl, everyday they bring joy to my world
[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel
(That's the sound of joy)
Brother Kwe', I know how you feel, Brother Kwe', I know how you feel
(Baby girl, my precious joy)
Kweli, I know how you feel, say bro' I know how you feel
(Fela, be my joy, yo)
Huh, if you know how the people feel, let me really know how you...yo
I do it for the seeds y'all [Repeat 5x]
She was a crazy girl She's from a different world and I don't care She cashed her check at 2 Her rent was overdue 'cause he's not there Sing for me, sing for me Show me the way Sing for me, sing for me 'Cause you're goin' away And if you're goin' away I just don't know what to say You're time was wasted All you had to do was stay Hey Mr. Officer Please let me talk to her take her home Sometimes it's hard to see Impossibilities unknown Sing for me, sing for me Show me the way
eight-pound baby boy, to carry my name on, joy!
[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I 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 feel
My baby girl
[Talib Kweli]
June 10th, 1999, I been on the grind
since the birth of my son, it's been about, way more then rhymes
Baby on the way, my lady glowing today, at least
that's what the midwife said, on the phone
Anyway, the music got me going away
Like everyday, 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 well have the baby in a 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 around four, when the water hit the floor (Damn!)
Exiles lyrics
Exiles...running from each other We are exiles Living undercover Looking for another day to make it all work out. Exiles Standing in the shadows We are exiles Weary of the battles Looking for another day to make it all work out. You sit here And I sit there Looking at you used to be like looking in a mirror But now it's dark No light reflects It never ends like one expects. I don't know where we went wrong If I knew that I'd never had to write this song But here we stand So far apart Separate pieces of a Broken heart (We live like) Chorus Exiles...runni
gotta rock my show, but I gotta goExiles...running from each other We are exiles Living undercover Looking for another day to make it all work out. Exiles Standing in the shadows We are exiles Weary of the battles Looking for another day to make it all work out. You sit here And I sit there Looking at you used to be like looking in a mirror But now it's dark No light reflects It never ends like one expects. I don't know where we went wrong If I knew that I'd never had to write this song But here we stand So far apart Separate pieces of a Broken heart (We live like) Chorus Exiles...runni
got second thoughts about her not going, to the hospital
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)
Got the news in the car, stayed sorta calm
but I cried tears of joy, when they put my daughter in my arms, how precious!
[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, huh
Said I know how you feel, uh, said I know how you feel when you
(My precious joy)
Said I know how you feel, uh, Kwe I know how you feel
(I know you do, huh, my precious joy y'all)
Huh, uh, said I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel
(My precious joy)
Huh, man I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel
[Talib Kweli]
I do it for the seeds y'all, in they formative years when they need y'all
we gotta believe, in what we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all
I give them the truth, so they approach the situation, with ammunition
I keep nothing away, they hear everything, cause they know how to listen
Teach them the game, so they know they position, so they can grow
Scent lyrics
My brain is haunted by this scent it takes me back to a past event it's like a drug that I need every day I need to preserve it, have to get it my way Forever I'll have this desire this scent - keeps me alive and fills my soul Forever engulfed by its fire this scent - consumes my mind and takes control The feelings I get when memory comes back goves me something in my life I lack it takes me awat to the place I seek and my being reaches its highest peak I follow the trail it leaves behind boxing it up is on my mind preserving this scent is my aim I sati
and make decisions, that change the world, and break old traditionMy brain is haunted by this scent it takes me back to a past event it's like a drug that I need every day I need to preserve it, have to get it my way Forever I'll have this desire this scent - keeps me alive and fills my soul Forever engulfed by its fire this scent - consumes my mind and takes control The feelings I get when memory comes back goves me something in my life I lack it takes me awat to the place I seek and my being reaches its highest peak I follow the trail it leaves behind boxing it up is on my mind preserving this scent is my aim I sati
They put kids in jail, for a life they ain't even get to start
that's murder too, and it's breaking my heart, it's breaking our nation apart
We gave the youth all the anger, it's 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 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 to have a boy and a girl, everyday they bring joy to my world
[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel
(That's the sound of joy)
Brother Kwe', I know how you feel, Brother Kwe', I know how you feel
(Baby girl, my precious joy)
Kweli, I know how you feel, say bro' I know how you feel
(Fela, be my joy, yo)
Huh, if you know how the people feel, let me really know how you...yo
I do it for the seeds y'all [Repeat 5x]