lirik lagu wale – cassius (excellency)
[intro: muhammad ali]
(incredible) fast!
(incredible)
and you, george foreman
all of you chumps are gonna bow when i whoop him
all of ya!
i know you got him, i know you got him picked
but the man’s in trouble
i’ma show you how great i am!
[verse 1]
hold up! black excellence, i be rappin’ it differently, uh
tell howard cosell i’m howard hughes with this rapping thing? (uh)
underrated from chocolate city with all the flavor
my b-tches ball like i’m q. mccall, they sanaa lathan
black excellence, we depart from the negative, boy
black denim that keep a knot like a pessimist, boy
black n-ggas hate black n-ggas, that’s evident so
keep black windows with masked n-ggas that never miss, boy
charles manson to celebrate it, somebody save us
dr. sebi was really curing what people gave us
i’m a beacon of what you become if you got p-ssion
i feel like ali, but feel like i be with all the cash is
never could reach the m-sses
label said i’m too deep and i told them people that’s frownin’
blacks executed for movin’ around
and maybe i think too deep, but i think it be for this brown skin
pro-black isn’t anti-white
but how we act like we don’t see no tiki torches at night, ya dig?
pro-black isn’t anti-white
but if a n-z- try me, catch these ali hands on sight, ya dig? dig
[interlude: jimmy jacobs]
he’s young, he’s handsome. he’s a poet, a prophet
and many people believe he’ll be the next heavyweight champion of the world
[verse 2]
uh, yeah, boy
yeah, black excellence, a young perfectionist
white america’s fear is intelligent men with melanin
uh, rap effortless, son of african immigrants
every baguete is packed like i’m ’bout to “psh, psh” with anyone
you a field n-gga, posing as real n-gga
an uncle tom that can sorta rhyme so they deal with ya
with me, i see through it
the honorable wale folarin, c-ssius, muhammad, sonny liston you lil’ n-ggas
say my name (olu) now say my name (olu)
tell the ref to lift up my fist, mr. heyman, pay me my loot
black excellence, uh, black lexus that i
never drive it, ride me if you get the drift
i’m the underdog, they don’t talk about what i’ve done
the odds seven-to-one, the seventh bell, you’ll be done
i talk how i talk, i’m walking that walk
could never fight for a country that want me to fall, nah
exiled for a short minute when zyla was born
i beef with her mama literally was throwin’ me off
but i’m back, that’s my word, if he back
then i be in the speedback, and go “brrrrt”, yeah, a gat with the words
black excellence, chocolate city, b-tch
i’m on the phone with coon and tak talkin’ a milly, b-tch
just a correctional, cut the message off really quick
no pressure, impressive, despite they effort, hit ’em again
you have a collect call from (wale!)
double m and dcr and i’ma rep my dog, yeah
nah, y’all never catch my vibes
i mean i write it, i really write it, i’m still southpaw
awkward, lefty, introvert, it’s hard to get near me
that’s why i’m in interviews high because i be highly defensive
for real, i’m black and i’m proud, no walkin’ me down
we shockin’ the world again, let me get to that album
bruh
[outro: muhammad ali & wale]
i shook up the world!
and i’m the greatest thing that ever lived!
black excellence
i’m king of the world! i upset sonny liston
black excellence
i must be the greatest
black excellence
i shook up the world!
you must listen to me, i am incredible!
alright, ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gentleman, i must tell you this…
say my name, olu (olu, olu)
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