Black Mozart

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Black Mozart is the second track from fifth album, also named Black Mozart. In an interview for PUR and the Breakfast Club he also explained where this idea came from:… Read More

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Black Mozart Lyrics

[Hook]
I'm the Black Mozart
I lead these broads 2 by 2 like its Noah's ark
You know where I went to school, man, I'm so smart
Bra and panties on the stage that's where their clothes are

[Verse 1]
Deep tissue massages, 100 rack deposits
12 suits in my closet, fresh fruits in my pocket
LA to Miami
Nominated by Grammys
Lame dudes can't stand me, I only focus on family
My new chick is so hot thats why I like her
My ex-chick is so hot Diddy wifed her
When I pull up in that ghost I'm like a white blur
Your whole team wearing skirts Rowdy Piper

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
Look at me doing my thing - look at me getting it now
From the bottom I came, I made a milli somehow
4 apartments in Harlem man, I'm housing my team
Black millionaire you don't know how bout it I've been
Bought furs, bought homes
'93 I had a car phone
Sky page - call you back
Flatline Cardiak
'94, Ivy league
Fell in love with them ivory keys
Killed those, made tracks
No talent I hate that
Get with me

[Hook]

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Black Mozart is the second track from https://genius.com/artists/Ryan-leslie fifth album, also named Black Mozart. In an interview for PUR and the Breakfast Club he also explained where this idea came from: (from 14:05 to 14:43)

-The first reading is the musical excellence. By taking this name, Ryan Leslie creates “a standard for [him]self in terms of musical excellence […] and in terms of performance.” “If you really want to be the best at what you do, you have to set the bar superhigh”.

-A second reading is linked to where Mozart is coming from: Vienna. Several musical genius are coming from there “Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Mozart.. ”
Les' recorded the ‘Black Mozart’ album in Vienna

-A third reading is his musical abilities. He brings piano in live shows and “besides John Legend, Alicia Keys, most people don’t sit down at the keys and playin'”. Plus “[his] mom is a classical piano player so [he] grew up just listenin' to her”. Of course, it’s also a reference to his “YouTube videos.. […] not that everyone calls [him] Mozart per say, but they understand that [he] really love the piano, […]composition, making music,..”

-The last reference is going to the real Black Mozart: ‘Le https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges’ who really existed during the Renaissance