Break the Chain

[Hook: Eric Turner]

I waited all my life to play

I still can't find a way

But if I work it one more day

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

Freedom, we can use some of that especially where we from

Where we grew up like a green thumb

It's like a criminal is the only thing you can become

Look at what I became

Something like a phenom, Nuthin' but a G Thang

Things I've seen when I'm looking out of these frames

Pictures I painted on the walls where we hang

From the trees we hung

Strange fruit man look at how we swung

How the hell you gonna tell a son

Who ain't have a father

How to try to grow up and be one

See, um, feel it in my bones

That I'm sitting on a throne

Like a killer with a chrome

When I spit another poem

Shed a whole lot of light on a little bit of home, pow!

[Hook: Eric Turner]

I waited all my life to play

I still can't find a way

But if I work it one more day

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain

[Verse 2: Sway]

Super Swah, the cape remains, thought I was M.I.A no paper?

Planes, I'm fly plus I don't write no more, its all off of the top I shaved the braids

And stayed sharp mother knew how to raise-a-blade (Razor Blade)

I paid my dues now I wait for change and the flows so rude it goes without...

Ask Lupe I'm Sucre, I aid the break

Quick to cut off any baggage like some samurai, I like to travel light

I've gotta leave you at home Delilah

This is Samson-ite

No case for the police

Said I know Killah's, I never seen them

Ghostface, only time I'm watching is my Panerai

I've got an alibi

I was taking pics in Chicago, call me Camera Chi

[Hook: Eric Turner]

I waited all my life to play

I still can't find a way

But if I work it one more day

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain

[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]

Chain broke, nicorette for your chain smoke

No cigarrettes on my plane, yo

Snatching herringbones from the game throat

Put it on mine, take a long time

B.A. Baracus is how I'm looking online

In the webisode, necklace stole, let 'em know

That I put up the footage that I'm takin' your shine

Wanna see the real chains? Look in your mind

Your brain look like Keenan Wayans, brother

Overgold, overload, broken soul

Niggas playing games in the hood they got you stuck-up

Playa thinkin' that its cool to be a pimp still

We gon' set it free like a fish in a pimp heel

Take this home, rearrange it, change it

Danger, Sway-zer, Lupe Laser. Pow!

[Hook: Eric Turner]

I waited all my life to play

I still can't find a way

But if I work it one more day

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain

I might just break the chain