Joy
Joy

Joy easy guitar chords by Talib Kweli, Mos Def

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    • Verse 1
    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, 

    Verse 2
    (Gotcha!) 

    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 
    to
    night 

    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 
    con
    tractions 
    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 

    But 
    my baby 
    stay's strong, 

    in 
    labor 
    for yay 
    long 

    Eight- pound 
    baby 
    boy, 

    to carry 
    my name 
    on, 
    joy! 

    Verse 3
    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 

    Verse 4
    My 
    baby 
    girl 
    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 
    mid
    wife 

    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!) 

    I 
    gotta 
    rock 
    my show, 
    but 
    I gotta 
    go 

    Got 
    second 
    thoughts 
    about 
    her not going, 

    to 
    the hospit
    al 

    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! 

    Verse 5
    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 

    Verse 6
    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 

    And make 
    decisions, 
    that 
    change 
    the world, 

    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 

    We 
    ain't taught 
    them, how 
    to express 

    it, an
    d so 
    it's dan
    gerous 

    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 

    Verse 7
    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 

    Verse 8
    I do 
    it for 
    the seeds 
    y'all 

    I do 
    it for 
    the seeds 
    y'all 

    I do 
    it for 
    the seeds 
    y'all 

    I 
    do 
    it 
    for 
    the seeds 
    y'all 

    I do it 
    for 
    the 
    seeds 
    y'all 

    I 
    do it 
    for 
    the 
    seeds 
    y'all 


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