Artist: Kanye West f/ Consequence, Talib Kweli Album: Chain Heavy 12" Song: Chain Heavy Typed by: newos_crib_is@hotmail.com [Kanye West] Uh, we got the black elite in the house tonight, Rosewood! I feel like I'm at the N-double A-C-P or something right now Essence festival, Q-Tip on the beat too Uh, uh My chain heavy, yeah, yeah, my chain heavy My chain heavy, my chain too heavy My chain heavy, yeah, yeah, my chain heavy My chain heavy, my chain too heavy They tried to tell me my chain broke the levy/levee Maybe cause it's flooded Why you walking round with a baby cross his cousin? My teeth already white, y'all gon' make me floss for nothing My teeth real diamonds, what's the cause of the fronting? Why y'all got all caps on? Don Cheadle time, get extra black on 'em Burn Hollywood burn Take too long for niggas to get they turn Probably be cremated before I get my urn They tried to tell me that aliens built the pyramids I swear life's a bitch, on her period For every inch they cut the nose off the Sphinx I make my jeweler add a few more links You can look at me, don't give a fuck what nobody think and my face always looking like somebody stinks [Chorus: Kanye West] My chain heavy, yeah, yeah, my chain heavy My chain heavy, my chain too heavy My chain heavy, yeah, yeah, my chain heavy My chain heavy, my chain too heavy Here we go, like we should Feel the sweat, on your face Here we go, like we should Feel the sweat, on your face Alright, okay Here we go, like we should Like we should, like we should Like we should [Kanye West] Question, what color was the skin of the man who beared the cross? No matter how many lashes, they couldn't beat it off How many Cassius will we see in one lifetime? That's why it's Miles Davis, Kobe it's Mike time I keep that gold book on an ottoman and wrote hooks about slaves that was slaughtered in the eighteen-hundreds, y'all forget that I got called nigga on Twitter so many times yo I live that Now I'm just tryna find where to raise my kids at cause they don't want niggas next to where they crib at Hey Realtor, I'm looking for a nice park Twelve noon, she said my family gon' make it too dark This is the flow that solar eclipses So hopefully one day that real soul will eclipse the bullshit they got us listening to, in this existence Don't give up now, just a little more persistence I am the day Ice Cube met Michael Jackson Keep 'em away huh? Something might happen This is the making of a masterpiece So we broke out the chains and told the master "peace" [Chorus: Kanye West] [Talib Kweli] Some wear a suit and tie, they don't wanna remain average Some wear a suit and tie like a chain and straight jacket My chain heavy, stop in that traffic, coppers harass us The DA attack us, want us in chains like B.A. Baracus Son a major factor in my decision to be a rapper was rebellion, being anti-establishment was attractive to a black kid from Brooklyn, flames got them thangs cooking Land of the juks where the lames get their chains tooken It ain't looking good for you if you a tourist here Sometimes our rhymes are on a frequency that only purists hear A couple rappers tried to beef with me, nobody scared Niggas was so fucking corny that nobody cared Why I gotta battle rappers? I debate scholars Question, do it gotta make sense/cents if it make dollars? Sick visions is living inside our brains It's like a sadomasochistic addicted to whips and chains Figuratively, quite literally, clinically insane Spit flames when I visit the higher plane Try in vain to ignore it, don't buy the chain if you can't afford it 'Ye them a load of whores by the board's trust [Consequence] Uh, that old ball and chain had me chained up for weeks So of course I'm off the chain as soon as I hit the streets And now when we link, she saying the game's over I drove her crazy and she became a chain smoker Now the new dude she saying that could stay over should be a chain who goes by the name of Choker That's what he did when she told him he should play the sofa So the chain's on the door, I'm on the way over But when I came over, his only response was you must be the owner of a chain of restaurants Cause I'ma eat your food for that chain that I want cause you be running round like the chain makes the man So it's obvious that he don't know the chain of command cause my chain commands that kind of respect And it's so chunky that it's a pain in the neck But it came with a check, I remember on chaining day it spoke for itself, and this is what the chain would say Them chain snatchers are hoping that you ain't ready So don't get distracted, keep your aim steady or there'll be a chain reaction since my chain's heavy [Chorus: Kanye West]