Peak
14
Weeks
20
Score
2,355
Chart Year
2019
Jamell Demons is a rapper from Gifford, a small Florida town 150 miles north of Miami. Demons records under the name YNW Melly (The "YNW" stands for "Young N---a World"). Melly's music career started at 15 when he began uploading songs on SoundCloud, but was interrupted by a year-long spell in jail on gun charges. After being released he dropped his debut album I Am You. Melly wrote this piano-laced narrative of his darkest thoughts in his prison cell. It was originally uploaded to his YouTube channel in March 2017 before featuring on I Am You. He recalled to Genius: "I was locked up, for the first time. I was like 16, 15. I literally woke up in the jail cell and I was like, 'Wake up in the morning, I got murder on my mind. AK-47, MAC-11, Glocks, and nine's.'" After coming up with the rap, Melly didn't follow it up until he was released from prison. The instrumentation is courtesy of local Florida producer Smoke Exclusive, who sent Melly the beat through Facebook audio. They agreed on a price of $100. Melly was back on trial in 2018 for violating his probation - he believes the second verse of "Murder On My Mind" landed him additional jail time. The verse describes Melly accidentally shooting dead a friend - the rapper blames the state attorney reading the lyrics aloud in court for him being incarcerated again. On February 13, 2019, YNW Melly turned himself in to Miramar police in Florida after being charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the October 2018 deaths of two of his friends: rappers YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy. In the wake of his arrest, many on social media mistakenly referenced this song's lyrics as being a confession based on its title and lyrics. However, "Murder On My Mind" was written well before the shootings. The beat was supplied by frequent Melly Collaborator SMKEXCLSV, who first connected with the rapper through Facebook. He originally gave the beat to Melly for free as the rapper was incarcerated at the time. SMKEXCLSV told Genius he started off the beat with the piano. "It's literally just a stock plugin that comes with FL," he said. "As soon as this melody was laid out already, it kind of gave me that dark vibe so that's what I wanted to go with." From there, SMKEXCLSV added the percussion and a vocal sample before topping the beat off with a flute. "I felt like it needed something else, so I just added this flute that I found in Symphonic Orchestra," he explained. "This flute actually reminded me of 'Lux Aeterna.' It's like an orchestra song that you can look up on YouTube."
I ain't get to roll no weed, ain't get to roll no Swishers I was locked up on Christmas, ain't get to see my niggas Ain't get to hug my mama, couldn't even give her no kisses Can't even post on my Instagram 'cause these pussy niggas be snitching Everybody acting suspicious, might prolly say that I'm tripping When I'm all alone in my jail cell, I tend to get in my feelings And all I smoke is that loud, don't pass me no midget And I'ma smoke all of my pain away 'cause that the only thing that gon' heal it I don't understand these women who go around pretending As if they really fuck with me, so I love 'em all from a distance 'Cause the same bitch say she down to ride be the main one who tricking Got Molly mixed with Promethazine 'cause every time I wake up in the morning I got murder on my mind AK-47, MAC-11, Glocks, and .9's And all these pussy niggas hating tryna knock me off my grind But I can't let 'em do it I got murder on my mind Bitch, I got murder on my mind (bitch, I got murder on my mind) I got murder on my mind (on my mind) I got murder on my mind (I got murder on my mind) I got murder on my mind I got murder on my mind Yellow tape around his body, it's a fucking homicide His face is on a T-Shirt and his family's traumatized I didn't even mean to shoot 'em, he just caught me by surprise I reloaded my pistol, cocked it back, and shot him twice His body dropped down to the floor and he had teardrops in his eyes He grabbed me by my hands and said he was afraid to die I told 'em it's too late my friend, it's time to say, "Goodbye" And he died inside my arms, blood all on my shirt Wake up in the morning I got murder on my mind AK-47, MAC-11, Glocks, and .9's And all these pussy niggas hating tryna knock me off my grind But I can't let 'em do it I got murder on my mind Bitch, I got murder on my mind (I got murder on my mind) I got murder on my mind (on my mind) I got murder on my mind I got murder on my mind I got murder on my mind (I got murder on my mind) Bite like tarantula, bitch, I'm a animal Melly's a savage, no he not no amateur Bad bitch named Angela, fucked her on camera Bitch, I'ma murderer (yeah, yeah) I might just kill the boy Don't wanna kill the boy Bake him up, say he want beef, we gon' grill the boy (Grill the boy, we gonna grill the boy) Uh I'm bleeding so good I might dip his ass in it and spill the boy Murder on my mind, whoa-oh I got murder on my mind (on my mind) I got murder on my mind, I got murder on my mind Wake up in the morning I got murder on my mind AK-47, MAC-11, Glocks, and .9's And all these pussy niggas hating tryna knock me off my grind But I can't let 'em do it I got murder on my mind Bitch I got murder on my mind I got murder on my mind I got murder on my mind I got murder on my mind I got murder on my mind (I got murder on my mind)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 2, 2019 | 95 | 31 |
| 2 | Feb 9, 2019 | 78 | 48 |
| 3 | Feb 16, 2019 | 73 | 53 |
| 4 | Feb 23, 2019 | 59 | 67 |
| 5 | Mar 2, 2019 | 14 | 112 |
| 6 | Mar 9, 2019 | 15 | 111 |
| 7 | Mar 16, 2019 | 17 | 109 |
| 8 | Mar 23, 2019 | 17 | 109 |
| 9 | Mar 30, 2019 | 16 | 110 |
| 10 | Apr 6, 2019 | 19 | 107 |
| 11 | Apr 13, 2019 | 21 | 105 |
| 12 | Apr 20, 2019 | 28 | 98 |
| 13 | Apr 27, 2019 | 29 | 97 |
| 14 | May 4, 2019 | 35 | 91 |
| 15 | May 11, 2019 | 44 | 82 |
| 16 | May 18, 2019 | 49 | 77 |
| 17 | May 25, 2019 | 52 | 74 |
| 18 | Jun 1, 2019 | 61 | 65 |
| 19 | Jun 8, 2019 | 61 | 65 |
| 20 | Jun 15, 2019 | 69 | 57 |