Wale - Chess lyrics

[Intro:] So you find it's a chess game. Except in this chess, the board is made of water that's just flowing, and all the chess pieces are smoke. You can make all the moves you want, they will not affect the outcome [Verse 1:] In the grand scheme of life we like pieces on the board Look inside yours, you a king, or a pawn? I came from a scene where the kids on water They [?], get your things, hit the border Like a sicilian defense Go ahead and play silly, you'll get billy clubbed to d**h Welcome to the city, ain't no sympathy for rats Where the whites move first and you go second, cause you're black Was it Rayful, was it Raegan, did the 80's hold 'em back? This is no connect four but blood spilling for connects Years later n***as still up in that trap Thank God that a n***a had that rap Cause after school, played that corner like a rook

That's when n***as getting book, out there tryna get their last move He gon' need that check mate And every night they take L's straight to the face Let's play [Verse 2:] In the grand scheme of life we like pieces on the board Look inside yours, you a king, or a pawn? Now for that truce, would you bishop double cross? Here they move so many squares, now I'm [?] falling off They was getting bread, getting on Stupid n***a couldn't grasp while my payers moving lawns Now move along, pawns never get the Queens I'm the only n***a here like Ron Simmons in the ring Now I'm winning in the streets Rap, send me sh** discreet Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Bob Fisher on that beat Genius, me, fresh no esteban Best be on your toes, you trying to avoid deblex We up