Joy

Joy easy guitar chords by Talib Kweli, Mos Def

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    • Verse 1
    Em
    A

    Wooaahh! yeah
    Em

    On top of the world

    Yeah, that's how my seeds got
    G

    me feeling' right now
    Em

    On top of the world

    Yeah, you ever felt like you could do anything,
    G

    (Yeah)
    Em

    On top of the world

    (?) I'ma hold y'all down for real,
    Verse 2

    (Gotcha!)
    Em

    It was 1996, 4th of July, looking off in the sky
    G
    Am

    Dealing with thoughts inside,
    Em

    when something caught my eye

    It was a silhoutte of a beautiful woman,

    bright with life
    G
    A

    Carrying my first seed, looking like she
    Em

    gone bear fruit to night

    We at the African street festival,

    and she walking around

    Talking about the midwife said,
    A
    Em

    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
    G

    Them contractions started coming as
    A
    Em

    soon as I fell asleep

    3: 05, like every five minutes,

    then the water broke
    G

    We on the go, yelling at the cabbie,
    Am
    Em

    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

    But my baby stay's strong,

    in labor for yay long
    G
    Em

    Eight- pound baby boy,

    to carry my name on, joy!
    Verse 3

    Huh, yeah I know how you feel,
    Em

    A

    Kweli I know how you feel
    Em

    (That's the sound of joy)

    See my brother, I know how you feel,
    A

    Kweli, I know how you feel
    Em

    (That's the sound of joy)

    So when you, have a seed, come in the world,
    A

    say dog that shit's real
    Em

    (That's the sound of joy,

    y'all)

    Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel,

    Kweli, yo I know how you feel
    Verse 4
    Em

    My baby girl June

    10th, 1999, I been on the grind
    G

    Since the birth of my son, it's been about,
    Em

    way more then rhymes

    Baby on the way,

    my lady glowing today, at least
    G

    That's what the midwife
    Em

    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
    A

    Get the call around four,
    Em

    when the water hit the floor (Damn!)

    I gotta rock my show, but I gotta go
    G

    Got second thoughts about her not going,
    Am
    Em

    to the hospital

    I left the show early, Mos held me down,

    good looking (No doubt)

    Call the car service, like,
    G
    Em

    take me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh)

    Got the news in the car, stayed sorta calm
    G

    But I cried tears of joy,
    Em

    when they put my daughter in my arms, how precious!
    Verse 5

    Huh, huh Said I know how you feel, uh,
    G

    Em

    said I know how you feel when you

    (My precious joy)
    G

    Said I know how you feel, uh,

    Kwe I know how you feel
    Am

    (I know you do, huh,
    Em

    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
    Verse 6
    Em

    I do it for the seeds y'all,

    in they formative years when they need y'all
    G
    Em

    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
    G
    A

    I keep nothing away, they hear everything,
    Em

    cause they know how to listen

    Teach them the game, so they know they position,

    so they can grow

    And make decisions, that change the world,
    Am
    Em

    and break old tra dition

    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
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    We ain't taught them, how to express
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    Em

    it, and so it's dangerous

    You can't talk to them

    Unless your language is relating

    to what they going through
    G
    Em

    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,
    G
    Em

    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
    Verse 7
    Em

    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,
    G

    say bro' I know how you feel
    Em

    (Fela, be my joy, yo)

    Huh, if you know how the people feel,

    let me really know how you... yo
    Verse 8
    Em
    G
    Em

    I do it for the seeds y'all

    I do it for the seeds y'all

    I do it for the seeds y'all
    G
    Em

    I do it for the seeds y'all

    I do it for the seeds y'all
    G
    Em

    I do it for the seeds y'all
    Em

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