they say the devil got a chess game
better than fischer had on his best day
set stage, he leads, first pawn to c3
left a white queen open just to try to check me
so let’s play
i’m wilin on my castling
switchen up positions on that gotta keep her traveling
off balance, i’m jaw slacking and off rambling
tryna get her grin to stretch tighter than taut canvas
been on that couple years a game shit
livin in my mental,
might as well’ve made her pay rent
spent a summer living under latex
ain’t a damn thing like some unsafe sex
blank checks
living on that fourty-nine moves shit
got a couple knights, can’t find a way to use em
i’m no kasparov, worried I’m see through
livin in between them mean reds and deep blues

checkmate
checkmate
every pawn thinks he king on his best days

checkmate
checkmate
makin moves through the ranks and the chest pains

checkmate
checkmate
every pawn thinks he king on his best days

checkmate
checkmate
but even kings get deaded

players had us lookin like fool’s mate
i could see the future in the moves made
now we could move straight or we could watch for the hook
you know there ain’t no such things as halfway rooks
i’m halfway shook, tryna keep that nice act up
on that dark horse riding
while my knights act up
on some fuck a bishop, they ain’t never seen a black square
how they gon tell me that i gotta keep a path clear
thought i had that shit on lock last year
tryna lead a charge
bet they only taking cash here
wish we had a strategy to get behind
i’m done with living balanced on a mahfuckin credit line
tryna play a couple moves in advance
on some
pull a piece back, remain true to the plans
catch a black king leanin
tryna get up out a chess game
open to the queen,
that’s a mahfuckin checkmate

checkmate
checkmate
every pawn thinks he king on his best days

checkmate
checkmate
makin moves through the ranks and the chest pains

checkmate
checkmate
every pawn thinks he king on his best days

checkmate
checkmate
but even kings get deaded in the end game