​theBeatbreaker - Excellent, 2017 lyrics

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​theBeatbreaker - Excellent, 2017 lyrics

[Intro] Yeah Trap, trap jazz [Hook] Hold up, I know you don't want no problems now Break it down, there's no way you can keep us out Excellence, you know we about our excellence Oh lord, oh lord run it back again Hat on top 'cause we think excellent Frames on straight 'cause I see excellent Dressed for success 'cause I be excellent Everything we do, everything we do Excellent TSB 'cause we live excellent Art on high 'cause we make excellent We thank God 'cause He be excellent Everything we do, everything we do Ooh! [Verse 1] Bars like Attica Rap Benjamin Banneker Building up communities, here to raise the standard up Excellence Yeah that new Peter and Paul Gordon Parks, off the charts It's Kobe without a ball (Excellence) Booker T, giving knowledge for cheap Smart and cool, that's a college degree Excellent like building strong families through years of oppression There is no recession when all you know is the great depression Reading Phillis Wheatley I'm tryna avoid the greedy Mother Teresa in sneakers, tryna serve the needy Cool in school, FAMU & Tuskegee New school educators - Dhati and Thabiti Focused like Moses but I'm feeling ill-equipped I'm praying for a rod and the Red Sea to split A crew to hold me up and a pharaoh to beef wit' Just point me to the promise, I'm exiting Egypt [Hook] Hold up, I know you don't want no problems now Break it down, there's no way you can keep us out Excellence, you know we about our excellence Oh lord, oh lord run it back again Excellence Hat on top 'cause we think excellent Frames on straight 'cause I see excellent Dressed for success 'cause I be excellent Everything we do, everything we do [Verse 2] Excellent We problem solvers they are problem starters Excellent We lay down our life, come visit the martyrs I'd rather better judgement than a bigger budget I guess ma**ive money make you jokers coon in public Annie Malone and Bethune, we excellent educators Serena with nothing but love, we still serve the haters Feeling old, gimme soul, rap Leon Bridges When I commit to drop these hits, y'all gon' need some stitches Excellent Fight for justice from creation to the tomb I know Black lives matter, and they should matter in the womb I don't do a lot of talking Most of you who claim you woke are really sleep walking Praying for the strength so I can fight for the people Only thing I'm afraid of is God and my ego Following false heroes, giving my vote to Nero If they Marshall Law I'm playing Danny DeVito [Hook] Hold up, I know you don't want no problems now (problems now) Break it down, there's no way you can keep us out (keep us out) Excellence, you know we about our excellence Oh lord, oh lord Excellent Hat on top 'cause we think excellent Frames on straight 'cause I see excellent Dressed for success 'cause I be excellent Everything we do, everything we do [Verse 3] Excellent it's when information turns into wisdom Excellent like the peace that came with Mandela out the prison Excellent it's knowing I'm not defined by the wealth and stuff Get the rich, line 'em up, they'll tell you money is not enough Forgive us Lord 'cause we want love without truth The world is spiritually poor 'cause we want heaven without you It's malpractice, we want healing without patience We don't want a heart transplant, we want facelifts I was poetic so they forgave my poor ethics A misogynistic skeptic with methods of good aesthetics I was so dirty, unworthy and insufficient I don't worry, he loves me when when I'm inconsistent Commitment greater than talent, service over status Pa**ion over tactics, I don't drive your bandwagon I keep grinding until they name a climate after me Until it's common knowledge you jokers shouldn't be rhyming after me I'm wired to be inspired by the lovers and the haters I take it to different levels like I'm rapping on elevators If you reaching for the top you better learn to survive You can either fall or fly when you reaching for the sky Fly excellent Or fall excellent But never quit Never quit