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Artist: Wale & A-Trak
Album:  Festivus
Song:   Chess
Typed by: Cedmaster3K

[Intro: Jerry Seinfeld sample]
"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 spoken
You can make all the moves you want, they will not affect the outcome."

[Wale]
Yeah, 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
God forbid they see five, get your things, hit the border
Like a sicilian defense
Go ahead and play silly, you'll get billy clubbed to death
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 Reagan? Did the 80's hold 'em back?
This is no Connect Four but blood spilling for connects (bow~!)
Years later niggas still up in that trap, mm
Thank God that a nigga had that rap, mm
Cause after school, played that corner like a rook
That's when niggas gettin' book out there tryna get their last move
Ooh, he gon' need that check mate
And every night they take L's straight to the face, play
Yeah, yeah

In the grand scheme of life, we like pieces on the board
Look inside yours, you a king, or a pawn?
Now for that +Juice+, would you Bishop, double cross?
See they move so many squares, Damier fallin' off (yeah)
They was gettin' bread, gettin' on
Stupid nigga cuttin' grass while my payers movin' lawns
Now move along, pawns never get the queens
I'm the only nigga here like Ron Simmons in the ring (yeah)
Now I'm winnin' in the streets, Raf Simons shit, that's free
Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Bob Fisher on that beat
Genius, me +Fresh+, no Esteban
Best be on your toes, you tryin' to avoid deblex
We up

[Outro: Wale]
Move, hahah
Often, no bullshit, I had to read up on chess
For like two hours before I recorded this motherfucker
Yeah! Hahah