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Murder to Excellence
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Jay-Z
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(Bloody murder, murder, murder)
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The paper read "murder, black-on-black murder"
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Paper read "murder, black-on-black murder" again
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This is to the memory of Danroy Henry
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Too much enemy fire to catch a friendly
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Strays from the same shade nigga, we on the same team
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Giving you respect, I expect the same thing
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All-black everything, nigga you know my fresh code
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I'm out here fighting for you, don't increase my stress load!
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Niggas watching the throne, very happy to be you
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Power to the people, when you see me, see you
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And I'm from the murder capital where they murder for capital
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Heard about at least three killings this afternoon
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Looking at the news like "damn I was just with him after school"
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No shop class but half the school got a tool
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And a "I could die any day"-type attitude
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Plus his little brother got shot reppin' his avenue
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It's time for us to stop and redefine black power
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Forty one souls murdered in fifty hours
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The paper read "murder, black-on-black murder"
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The paper read "murder, black-on-black murder" again, murder again
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Is it genocide?
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'Cause I can still hear his mama cry
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Know the family traumatized
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Shots left holes in his face about piranha-sized
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The old pastor closed the cold casket
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And said the church ain't got enough room for all the tombs
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It's a war going on outside we ain't safe from
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I feel the pain in my city wherever I go
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Three hundred and fourteen soldiers died in Iraq,
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Five hundred and nine died in Chicago
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I arrived on the day Fred Hampton died
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Uh, real niggas just multiply
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And they say by 21 I was supposed to die
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So I'm out here celebrating my post-demise
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If you put crabs in a barrel to insure your survival
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You're gon' end up pulling down niggas that look just like you
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What up, Blood? What up, cous'? It's all black, I love us
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The paper read "murder, black-on-black murder"
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The paper read "murder, black-on-black murder" again,
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"Black-on black murder" again, "black-on-black murder" again
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It's a celebration of black excellence, black tie, black Maybachs
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Black excellence, opulence, decadence
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Tuxes next to the president, I'm present
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I dress in Dries and other boutique stores in Paris
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In sheepskin coats, I silence the lambs
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Do you know who I am, Clarice?
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No cheap cologne whenever I "shh-shh"
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Success never smelled so sweet
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I stink of success, the new black elite
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They say my Black Card bears the mark of the beast
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I repeat: my religion is the beat
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My verse is like church, my Jesus piece
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Now please, domino, domino
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Only spot a few blacks the higher I go
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What's up to Will? Shout out to O
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That ain't enough.. we gonna need a million more
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"Kick in the door" Biggie flow
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I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go
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Yeah it's all messed up when it's nowhere to go
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So we won't take the time out 'til we reach the T-O-P
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From parolees to hold G's, sold keys, low keys
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We like the promised land of the OG's
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In the past if you picture events like a black tie
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What the last thing you expect to see, black guys?
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What's the life expectancy for black guys?
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The system's working effectively, that's why!
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I'll be a real man and take care of your son
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Every problem you had before this day is now done
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New crib, watch a movie cause ain't nothin' on the news but the blues
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Hit the mall, pick up some Gucci, now ain't nothing new but your shoes
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Sunday morning, praise the Lord
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You're the girl that Jesus had been saving me for
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So let's savor this moment and take it to the floor
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Black excellence, truly yours
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