[ti:Murder to Excellence]
[ar:Jay-Z & Kanye West]
[al:]
[by:Splendidyang]
[00:01.00]Jay-Z - Murder to Excellence
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[00:04.20]Bloody Murder, murder murder
[00:06.68]Bloody Murder, murder murder
[00:12.42]Bloody Murder, murder murder
[00:18.95]Bloody Murder, murder murder
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[00:22.64]The paper read murder, Black on black murder
[00:28.02]The paper read murder, Black on black murder
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[00:32.84]This is to the memory of Danroy Henry
[00:35.24]Too much enemy fire to catch a friendly
[00:38.19]Strays from the same shade, Ni**a we on the same team
[00:40.88]Giving you respect, I expect the same thing
[00:43.61]All black everything, Ni**a you know my fresh code
[00:46.22]I’m out here fightin’ for you, Don’t increase my stress load
[00:49.13]Ni**as watchin’ the throne, Very happy to be
[00:51.60]Power to the people, When you see me, see you
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[00:54.28]And I’m from the murder capital, Where they murder for capital
[00:57.25]Heard about at least 3 killings this afternoon
[00:59.77]Lookin’ at the news like damn I was just with him after school,
[01:02.43]No shop class but half the school got a tool,
[01:05.18]And I could die any day type attitude
[01:07.88]Plus his little brother got shot reppin’ his avenue
[01:10.46]It’s time for us to stop and re-define black power
[01:13.16]41 souls murdered in 50 hours
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[01:16.35]The paper read murder, Black on black murder,
[01:21.82]The paper read murder, Black on black murder again
[01:30.75]Murder again…
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[01:35.26]Is it genocide?
[01:36.98]Cause I can still hear his momma cry, Know the family traumatized
[01:40.22]Shots left holes in his face, Bout piranha-size
[01:42.76]The old pastor closed the cold casket
[01:45.10]And said the church ain’t got enough room for all the tombs
[01:48.12]It’s a war going on outside we ain’t safe from
[01:50.96]I feel the pain in my city wherever I go
[01:53.68]314 soldiers died in Iraq
[01:56.84]509 died