Excellent, 2017

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 excellence

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 excellence

We thank God 'cause he be excellent

Everything we do, everything we do

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 trying to serve the needy

Cool in school FAMU and Tuskegee

New school educators

The hottie in Tabiti

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 with

Just point me to the promise, I'm exiting Egypt

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

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

Excellent

We problem solvers, they are problems starters

Excellence

We lay down our life come visit the martyrs

I'd rather better judgement than a bigger budget

I guess massive 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 gonna need some stitches

Excellence

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're 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

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

Excellence

Hats 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

It's when information turns into wisdom

Excellent

Like the peace that came with Mandela out of prison

Excellent

Is 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

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 I'm inconsistent

Commitment greater than talent

Service over status

Passion 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 haters

I take it to different levels like I'm a rapper 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