[ti:The Joy(feat. Curtis Mayfield)]
[ar:Jay-Z]
[00:00.75]A little sugar' honey suckle lamb
[00:08.11]Great expression of happiness
[00:13.00]Boy' you could not miss with a dozen roses
[00:20.36]Such would astound you
[00:25.17]The joy of children laughing around you
[00:29.10]These are the makings of you
[00:32.72]I do it for the fore-fathers and the street authors
[00:34.96]That are not A&R's in the cheap office
[00:37.77]Rappers that never got signed but they keep offers
[00:40.70]Girls that's way too fine for us to keep off us
[00:43.76]Gave her a handshake only for my man's sake
[00:46.88]She in her birthday suit cause of the damn cake
[00:49.87]Now there's crumbs all over the damn place
[00:52.68]And she want me to cum all over her damn face
[00:55.80]I never understood planned parenthood
[00:58.62]Cause I never met nobody plan to be a parent in the hood
[01:01.74]Taking refills of that plan B pill
[01:04.36]Another shorty that won't make it to the family will
[01:07.54]If I don't make it' can't take it' hope the family will
[01:09.97]They ain't crazy they don't know how insanity feel
[01:13.28]Don C just had a shorty so it's not that bad
[01:16.33]But I still hear the ghosts of the kids I never had
[01:19.58]A little sugar' honey suckle lamb
[01:26.44]Great expression of happiness
[01:29.31]Boy' you could not miss with a dozen roses
[01:39.68]Such would astound you
[01:42.98]The joy of children laughing around you
[01:47.17]These are the makings of you
[01:51.66]No Electro' no metro' a little retro' I perfecto
[01:56.17]You know the demo' ya boy act wild
[01:58.47]You ain't get the memo' Yeezy's back in style
[02:01.47]Now when Rome go Gidget the other got Bridget
[02:04.59]What's more tripped out though is they sisters
[02:07.64]Nah' you ain't listen' they black' they sisters
[02:10.58]They momma' named them after white *******
[02:13.82]So next time you see me on your fallopian
[02:16.88]Though the Jewelry's Egytian' know the hunger's Ethiopian
[02:20.19]Stupid questions like he gon be d*pe again
[02:22.81]Have You seen him has anybody spoke to him
[02:26.99]This beat deserves Hennessy' a bad ***** and a bag of **** the Holy Trinity
[02:31.60]In the mirror where I see my only enemy'
[02:34.97]Your life's cursed' well mine's an obscenity
[02:37.97]A little sugar' honey suckle lamb
[02:44.40]Great expression of happiness
[02:48.76]Boy' you could not miss with a dozen roses
[02:57.63]Such would astound you
[03:00.81]The joy of children laughing around you
[03:05.18]These are the makings of you
[03:09.67]This is my momma ****
[03:11.29]I used to hear this through the walls in the hood when I was back in my pyjama ****
[03:15.79]Afro's and ********* sticks' seeds and the g***a hat will be popping like the sample that I'm rhyming with
[03:21.53]Pete Rock' let the needle drop
[03:23.77]I seen so much as a kid they surprised I don't needle pop
[03:27.52]Taking sips of pop' six packs of millanips
[03:29.83]Pink champel' Valentine L
[03:33.19]Bally's on my feet help me balance out well
[03:36.08]That and the **** I used to balance on the scale
[03:39.63]I got it honest from the parties from my momma's
[03:42.25]Virgin Mary's try to judge her' I'm like the Madonna's now
[03:45.76]Give all glory to Gloria' they said raised that boy too fast' but you was raising a warrior
[03:51.26]We victorious' they'll never take the joy from us
[03:56.20]Keep you hands up' get mine up
[03:58.26]Don't let them take your fire
[04:01.32]Keep you hands up' get mine up
[04:04.25]Don't let them take your fire
[04:07.25]Keep you hands up' get mine up
[04:10.24]Don't let them take your fire
[04:13.18]Keep you hands up' get mine up
[04:16.36]Yeaaaah' okay
[04:28.41]It's Pete Rock' Kanye' One' two' okay
[04:34.02]It's Pete Rock' Kanye' One' two' okay
[04:46.33]It's Pete Rock' Kanye' One' two' okay
[04:58.00]It's Pete Rock' Kanye' One' two' okay
[05:07.55]Jay-Z - The Joy