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Black Excellence

from The Black Tape by CLEAN

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It’s a new day, but still a firm first
That I throw in the air, to reaffirm this
Black Excellence, way too much decadence
When times get hard and sit back and try to reminisce
The slaves being freed, Obama taking office, couple black billionaires
And my potnas escaping coffins
I’m guessing I can make it with this rap shit
Gymnast with the flow, how my words be hitting them back flips
Highly motivated, the flow is so underrated, but wifey said I could do it
So fuck it I gotta make it
Family still in the struggle, so ain’t no point in me wasting
My time, I gotta grind, not a doctor, fuck patience
And honestly I done had a couple doubts
Some hurdles and setbacks, but never to count me out
Pushing just made me stronger, preparing me for a drought
When times is getting harder, I’m taking another route
Hustle by any means, genetic it’s in my genes
Survival of the fittest, be the best ain’t no in between
I’m killing on every song, it sound like a murder scene
I leave you wit nightmares, all cause I had a dream
And ain’t no room for the mediocrity
I’ll be better by tomorrow, I’m hoping you watching me
With the errors that I’m making, it still ain’t no stopping me
I roll the dice and take a chance like I’m playing monopoly
And I’m about to own the board in a minute
Getting fly, suit and tie, award shows in a minute
Bout to rape the whole game, Macklemore in a minute
Every dollar earned a hour, I want more in a minute.










Verse 2

Don’t’ sit down, baby stand up
And if you feeling yaself, then put ya hands up
I’m talking real high, until they touch the sky
No need to hide them feelings that you feeling inside
Embrace yo Black skin
Shout out all the Black men that hustle everyday
Just to make it happen
Balling, rapping and acting
Blue collar and corporate trappin
However you get yo bread, just hustle, be bout that action
We got a way to go, until we get back
To what we once was, but never mind that
Cause time don’t exist, when you live in the moment
So anything that you desire, believe you can own it
Like Black Wall Street in Tulsa Oklahoma, Black Panther Party, Oakland California
I’m talking real pride, they had to infiltrate
Cause everything we build, they calculate to break
So keep yo mind strong, we in a different time zone
The war they wage against you might be coming through yo IPhone
False imitations of what it will mean to make it
That’s placed inside of yo brain, so much, yoself you be hating
And that’s a hard situation, so the cycle of believing delusions we gotta break it
Conspicuous consumption so we struggle just to make it
Poor stunting on the poor, but we all know we faking
Wit tax money, let’s talk about fact money
Creating yo own lane and building some Black money
Lock up 10 percent so you never lack money
For generations to come boy that’s real trap- money
Don’t be no dummy, remember we came from knowledge
And never equate yo level of education with college
Cause life is a teacher, live and learn every second
Even when you fail a test you gone always learn a lesson
What a blessing, let’s minimize the stressing
Start distancing yaself from folks wit negative perceptions
On life
Begin to live right
Always keep yo word and say yo prayers every night
You’ll begin to see the light, naw I ain’t lying
Cause you can never fail if you always keep trying
Give it to the world, one day they gone buy it
And if yo shit is pure, ain’t no way they can deny it (gone)

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from The Black Tape, released February 26, 2019
Barry E. Victor Jr., L. David

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CLEAN Oakland, California

CLEAN, is a Hip Hop/ Rap artist who has created his own genre called Soul Rap. He is from Oakland, CA and has his own record label that he formed in 2011 called GREENMUSIC. Under his label he has independently released 5 projects. 1) The Director's Cut. 2) My Brother's Keepers. 3) In the Mean Time. 4) X King's and 5) The Black Tape. ... more

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