JAY-Z, Kanye West - Murder to Excellence lyrics

Uh, bloody murder, murder, murder
Bloody murder, murder, murder, murder
Bloody murder, murder, murder, murder
Bloody murder, murder, murder

Paper read, "Murder, Black-on-Black murder"
Paper read, "Murder
Black-on-Black murder" again (Uh)

This is to the memory of Danroy Henry
Too much enemy fire to catch a friendly
Strays from the same shade, nigga
We on the same team
Giving you respect, I expect the same thing
Uh all-black everything, nigga
You know my fresh code
I'm out here fighting for you
Don't increase my stress load
Niggas watching the throne
Very happy to be you
Power to the people, when you see me, see you



And I'm from the murder capital
Where they murder for capital
Heard about at least three
Killings this afternoon
Looking at the news like, "Damn
I was just with him after school"
No shop class, but half the school got a tool
And a "I could die any day"-type attitude
Plus his little brother got
Shot reppin' his avenue
It's time for us to stop
And redefine Black power
Forty-one souls murdered in fifty hours

The paper read, "Murder
Black-on-Black murder"
The paper read, "Murder
Black-on-Black murder" again "Murder" again

Is it genocide?
'Cause I can still hear his mama cries
Know the family traumatized
Shots left holes in his
Face about piranha-sized
The old pastor closed the cold casket
And said the church ain't got enough
Room for all the tombs
It's a war going on outside
We ain't safe from
I feel the pain in my city wherever I go
314 soldiers died in Iraq
509 died in Chicago

I arrived on the day Fred Hampton died, uh
Real niggas just multiply
And they say by 21, I was supposed to die
So I'm out here celebrating my post-demise
If you put crabs in a
Barrel to ensure your survival
You gon' end up pulling down niggas
That look just like you
What up, Blood? Uh, what up, cuz?
Uh, it's all Black, uh, i love us

The paper read, "Murder
Black-on-Black murder"
The paper read, "Murder
Black-on-Black murder" again
"Black-on-Black murder" again
"Black-on-Black murder" again

It's a celebration of Black
Excellence, black tie, black Maybachs
Huh, yeah, uh

Black excellence, opulence, decadence
Tuxes next to the president, I'm present
I dress in Dries
And other boutique stores in Paris
In sheepskin coats, I silence the lambs
Do you know who I am, Clarice?
No cheap cologne whenever I "shh-shh"
Success never smelled so sweet
I stink of success, the new Black elite
They say my Black Card bear
The mark of the beast
I repeat, my religion is the beat
My verse is like church, my Jesus piece
Now please, domino, domino
Only spot a few Blacks the higher I go, uh
What's up to Will? Uh, shout out to O, uh
That ain't enough, we gonna
Need a million more, uh
Kick in the door, uh, Biggie flow
I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go, uh

Yeah, it's all messed up when
It's nowhere to go
So we won't take the time out
'til we reach the T-O-P
From parolees that hold G's, sold keys
Low keys
We like the promised land of the OG's
In the past if you picture
Events like a black tie
What the last thing you expect
To see? Black guys
What's the life expectancy for Black guys?
The system's working effectively, that's why
I'll be a real man, take care of your son
Every problem you had before this
Day is now done new crib, watch a movie
'Cause there ain't nothin' on the
News but the blues
Hit the mall, pick up some Gucci
Now ain't nothing new but your shoes
Sunday morning, praise the Lord
You the girl that Jesus had
Been saving me for
So let's savor this moment and
Take it to the floor
Black excellence, truly yours