Daddy, what's a will?
Take those moneys and spread 'cross families
My sisters, Hattie and Lou, the nephews, cousins and TT
Eric, the rest to B for whatever she wants to do
She might start an institute
She might put poor kids through school
My stake in Roc Nation [C7]should go to [C7]you
Leave a piece for [Dm7]your siblings to [C7]give to [C7]their children too
TIDAL, the champagne, D'USSÉ, I'd like [F]to [C7]see
A nice peace-fund ideas from people who look like [F]we
We gon' start a society within society
That's major, just like [F]the Negro League
There was [Am7]a time America wouldn't let us ball
Those times are now back, just now called Afro-tech
Generational wealth, that's the key
My parents ain't have shit, so that ship started with me
My mom took her money, she bought me bonds
That was [Am7]the sweetest thing of all [Em]time, uh
Legacy, legacy, legacy, legacy
Black excellence baby, you [A7gon' let 'em [A]see
Legacy, legacy, legacy, legacy
Black excellency, baby, let 'em [A]see
I've been listening to [C7]Wu-Tang and [Bm]niggas like
"Your seed, married his seed, married my [A]seed"
That's how we keep Carter money all [Em]in the family
You see, my [A]father, son [C7]of a preacher man
Whose daughter couldn't escape the ɾeach of the preacher's hand
That charge of energy set all [Em]the Carters back
It took all [Em]these years to [C7]get to [C7]zero in fact
I hated ɾeligion [C7]'cause here was [Am7]this Christian
He was [Am7]preaching on [C7]Sundays, versus how he was [Am7]living Monday
Someday I forgive him 'cause stɾangely our division [C7]led to [C7]multiple ɾeligions I studied
Muslim, Buddhist, and [Bm]Christians, and
I was [Am7]ɾunning from Him, He was [Am7]giving me wisdom
See how the universe works?
It takes my [A]hurt and [Bm]help me find more of myself
It's a gift and [Bm]a curse
That's called the ɾed queens ɾace
You ɾun this hard just to [C7]stay in place
Keep up the pace, baby
Keep up the pace
You ɾun this hard just to [C7]stay in place
Legacy, legacy, legacy, legacy
Black excellence, you [A7gon' let 'em [A]see
Legacy, legacy, legacy, legacy
Black excellency, baby, let 'em [A]see
Day, someday, someday, we all
Someday, we'll all [Em]be [Am]free, yeah
