Chess

[Intro]

Woah

Ah, ah

Mm-hmm, yeah, yeah

Alright, let's do it, mm

[Chorus]

Dad said, "Don't hold back, go get that, don't hesitate"

Mom said, "Just step back and slow it down, go meditate"

Told myself, "Stay humble, don't say it all wit' your chest out"

But my girl keeps on tellin' me that I'm the best out, mm

[Verse]

Lot of plates I keep spinnin'

Can't stop, lot at stake

Stakes rise, I keep winnin'

Blindfolded, find a way

Wave high and just keep grinnin'

No time for the minor things

Do a lot of things, when you write the bio

Please don't forget you better hyphenate that

Look, pure talent, no Payola

Take over like Jay Hova

Hit the Nas, that's race over

Brakеs broken, I ain't slowin'

Outshinin', no chain showin'

4 of Clubs, I ain't foldin'

Beatin' me, you got a bеtter chance

Of gettin' Drake listenin' to DAYTONA

Toosie slide in the DMs

We started off on the right foot

What a time to be alive

Been seein' my future, my life good

Couldn't duplicate what I'm doin'

Even if you took my rhyme book

My mind took me all the way

Straight line movin' like my rook

I'm playin' chess and I do not check on my mates

'Cause I don't have time for no friends

I know it's bad, but all my priorities shifted

When I saw what I had on hand

I got a window that's not gon' be open forever

So I gotta take what I can

I cannot be shakin' hands

I guess we'll see who's around at the end

People say I lack empathy

But I don't care how they feel

Don't hit me up on some

Let's work, fam, I'm tryna build

Courteney Cox in the video

Everybody thought that I signed a deal

Did that with no manager

Let alone a label, I'm behind the wheel

I got one hand up on the steerin' wheel

Other hand up on the rear view

'Cause on one hand, I need tunnel vision

Other hand, I need a clear view

Of my peer group when I pass 'em up

Don't go try testin' me

Ws, I stack 'em up

Like the logo for the wrestling, wait

Mm, I can make a whole album

Without ever leavin' my bedroom

Microphone wit' an interface

And a MacBook, I let loose

Never let nobody hold me up

I do the hard work

If the artist wanna take too long

I know photoshop, I'll do the artwork

Big up myself, yeah

Shoutout to Russ, I did it myself

Heaven on Earth, givin' 'em hell

Keepin' it light, tippin' the scale

Been makin' noise like ringin' the bell

They know the time, I'm ringin' the bell

Name gettin' 'round, it's ringin' a bell

I'm endin' the round, I'm ringin' the—

Boilin' hot, hundred degrees

Just keep it movin', it's nothin' to see

Rollin' the dice, told 'em the price

They waited a week, so I doubled the fee

Close to my goal like a puck in the crease

Ownership, baby, no, nothin' is leased

Talk all you want, it means nothin' to me

They throwin' me shade, I'm lovin' the breeze, ooh

You on the way out, I'm on the way in

I'm at the fight, you at the weigh-in

All of my family really gon' make it

That's word to the Wayans

Mission complete, I don't fold 'til I get it

Patient with time and I know when I'm ready

Still got a way to go, hold the confetti

You know what they say about slow and the steady, but

[Chorus]

Dad said, "Don't hold back, go get that, don't hesitate"

Mom said, "Just step back and slow it down, go meditate"

Told myself, "Stay humble, don't say it all wit' your chest out"

But my girl keeps on tellin' me that I'm the best out