Murder To Excellence Lyrics - Jay-Z & Kanye West

1 '''Jay-Z:'''

2 Uh, bloody murder, murder, murder

3 Bloody murder, murder, murder, murder

4 Bloody murder, murder, murder

5 Bloody murder, murder, murder

6 '''Kanye West:'''

7 Paper read, "Murder, black-on-black murder"

8 Paper read, "Murder, black-on-black murder" again

9 '''Jay-Z:'''

10 This is to the memory of Danroy Henry

11 Too much enemy fire to catch a friendly

12 Strays from the same shade nigga, we on the same team

13 Giving you respect, I expect the same thing

14 All-black everything, nigga you know my fresh code

15 I'm out here fighting for you, don't increase my stress load

16 Niggas watching the throne, very happy to be you

17 Power to the people, when you see me, see you

18 '''Kanye West:'''

19 And I'm from the murder capital where they murder for capital

20 Heard about at least three killings this afternoon

21 Looking at the news like, "Damn, I was just with him after school"

22 No shop class but half the school got a tool

23 And a "I could die any day"-type attitude

24 Plus his little brother got shot repping his avenue

25 It's time for us to stop and redefine black power

26 Forty-one souls murdered in fifty hours

27 The paper read "Murder, black-on-black murder"

28 The paper read "Murder, black-on-black murder" again

29 Murder again

30 Is it genocide?

31 'Cause I can still hear his mama cries

32 Know the family traumatized

33 Shots left holes in his face about piranha-sized

34 The old pastor closed the cold casket

35 And said the church ain't got enough room for all the tombs

36 It's a war going on outside we ain't safe from

37 I feel the pain in my city wherever I go

38 Three hundred-fourteen soldiers died in Iraq, five hundred-nine died in Chicago

39 '''Jay-Z:'''

40 I arrived on the day Fred Hampton died

41 Uh, real niggas just multiply

42 And they say by twenty-one I was supposed to die

43 So I'm out here celebrating my post-demise

44 If you put crabs in a barrel to ensure your survival

45 You gon' end up pulling down niggas that look just like you

46 What up, Blood? Uh, what up, cuz?

47 Uh, it's all black, uh, I love us

48 '''Kanye West:'''

49 The paper read, "Murder, black-on-black murder"

50 The paper read, "Murder, black-on-black murder" again

51 Black-on-black murder again

52 Black-on-black murder again

53 '''Jay-Z:'''

54 It's a celebration of black excellence

55 Black tie, black Maybachs, uh yeah, uh

56 Black excellence, opulence, decadence

57 Tuxes next to the president, I'm present

58 I dress in Dries and other boutique stores in Paris

59 In sheepskin coats, I silence the lambs

60 Do you know who I am, Clarice?

61 No cheap cologne whenever I shh-shh

62 Success never smelled so sweet

63 I stink of success, the new black elite

64 They say my Black Card bears the mark of the beast

65 I repeat: my religion is the beat

66 My verse is like church, my Jesus piece

67 Now please, domino, domino

68 Only spot a few blacks the higher I go

69 What's up to Will? Shout out to O

70 That ain't enough, we gonna need a million more

71 "Kick in the Door" Biggie flow

72 I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go

73 '''Kanye West:'''

74 Yeah it's all messed up when it's nowhere to go

75 So we won't take the time out till we reach the T-O-P

76 From parolees to hold G's, sold keys, low keys

77 We like the promised land of the OG's

78 In the past if you picture events like a black tie

79 What the last thing you expect to see, black guys?

80 What's the life expectancy for black guys?

81 The system's working effectively, that's why

82 I'll be a real man, take care of your son

83 Every problem you had before this day is now done

84 New crib, watch a movie

85 'Cause ain't nothin' on the news but the blues

86 Hit the mall, pick up some Gucci

87 Now ain't nothing new but your shoes

88 Sunday morning, praise the Lord

89 You're the girl that Jesus had been saving me for

90 So let's savor this moment and take it to the floor

91 Black excellence, truly yours