Chess - Only The Family & Lil Durk

You look at me like I am a child You speak to me but you're telling me lies Would it make a difference if I was the same sex Would it make it better 'cause I've heard it all before? You're king, I'm queen and we're going to war I've been working hard for so damn long But you only want the pretty ones Innocent and blind You like them young You just wanna play chess You wanna play chess You wanna play chess But I'm playing with you You just wanna play chess You wanna play chess You wanna play chess But I'm playing with you Don't fuck with me, I'm not like the rest And I know you're weak and your mind is possessed I don't want the lamp light, I just want a fair fight Being born a woman makes it harder than you know So I'm king, you're queen and we're going to war I've been working hard for so damn long But you only want the pretty ones Innocent and blind You like them young You just wanna play chess You wanna play chess You wanna play chess But I'm playing with you You just wanna play chess You wanna play chess You wanna play chess But I'm playing with you You don't play fair Checkmate, you don't care Stuck inside this square There's no getting through to you 'Cause you're not fair Checkmate, you don't care Stuck inside this square There's no getting through to you Chess You wanna play chess You wanna play chess But I'm playing with you 'Cause you're not fair (Chess) Checkmate, you don't care (You wanna play chess) Stuck inside this square (You wanna play chess) There's no getting through to you (But I'm playing with you)

Woah, ah, ah Mm-hmm, yeah, yeah Alright, let's do it, mm Dad said, "Don't hold back, go get that, don't hesitate" Mom said, "Just step back and slow it down, go meditate" Told myself, "Stay humble, don't say it all wit' your chest out" But my girl keeps on tellin' me that I'm the best out, mm Lot of plates I keep spinnin' Can't stop, lot at stake Stakes rise, I keep winnin' Blindfolded, find a way Wave high and just keep grinnin' No time for the minor things Do a lot of things, when you write the bio Please don't forget you better hyphenate that Look, pure talent, no Payola Take over like Jay Hova Hit the Nas, that's race over Brakes broken, I ain't slowin' Outshinin', no chain showin' 4 of Clubs, I ain't foldin' Beatin' me, you got a better chance Of gettin' Drake listenin' to DAYTONA Toosie slide in the DMs We started off on the right foot What a time to be alive Been seein' my future, my life good Couldn't duplicate what I'm doin' Even if you took my rhyme book My mind took me all the way Straight line movin' like my rook I'm playin' chess and I do not check on my mates 'Cause I don't have time for no friends I know it's bad, but all my priorities shifted When I saw what I had on hand I got a window that's not gon' be open forever So I gotta take what I can I cannot be shakin' hands I guess we'll see who's around at the end People say I lack empathy But I don't care how they feel Don't hit me up on some Let's work, fam, I'm tryna build Courteney Cox in the video Everybody thought that I signed a deal Did that with no manager Let alone a label, I'm behind the wheel I got one hand up on the steerin' wheel Other hand up on the rear view 'Cause on one hand, I need tunnel vision Other hand, I need a clear view Of my peer group when I pass 'em up Don't go try testin' me Ws, I stack 'em up Like the logo for the wrestling, wait Mm, I can make a whole album Without ever leavin' my bedroom Microphone wit' an interface And a MacBook, I let loose Never let nobody hold me up I do the hard work If the artist wanna take too long I know photoshop, I'll do the artwork Big up myself, yeah Shoutout to Russ, I did it myself Heaven on Earth, givin' 'em hell Keepin' it light, tippin' the scale Been makin' noise like ringin' the bell They know the time, I'm ringin' the bell Name gettin' 'round, it's ringin' a bell I'm endin' the round, I'm ringin' the Boilin' hot, hundred degrees Just keep it movin', it's nothin' to see Rollin' the dice, told 'em the price They waited a week, so I doubled the fee Close to my goal like a puck in the crease Ownership, baby, no, nothin' is leased Talk all you want, it means nothin' to me They throwin' me shade, I'm lovin' the breeze, ooh You on the way out, I'm on the way in I'm at the fight, you at the weigh-in All of my family really gon' make it That's word to the Wayans Mission complete, I don't fold 'til I get it Patient with time and I know when I'm ready Still got a way to go, hold the confetti You know what they say about slow and the steady, but Dad said, "Don't hold back, go get that, don't hesitate" Mom said, "Just step back and slow it down, go meditate" Told myself, "Stay humble, don't say it all wit' your chest out" But my girl keeps on tellin' me that I'm the best out

I had to lose everything to gain everything Sometimes you have to leave a knight behind They all called me insane for how I played the game But it was worth every sacrifice Welcome to my chess board You should not have waged war No way to know which move I will make next This is my chess board There's no need to keep score 'Cause I already have your king in check You only need a pawn For so long It's served its purpose Now it's time to go You hate my strategies Maybe you're scared of me As long as in the end, I'm in control Welcome to my chess board You should not have waged war No way to know which move I will make next This is my chess board There's no need to keep score 'Cause I already have your king in check All of my moves are deliberate They are supposed to stay ignorant They always find me winning the game They think I'm insane, but I just know how to play Welcome to my chess board You should not have waged war No way to know which move I will make next This is my chess board There's no need to keep score 'Cause I already have your king in check I think that it's time I think that it's time I think that it's time that you resign

We on our OTF shit, you heard? Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore Sometimes I sit and wish I was a kid again We used to play, nowadays I don't see you anymore Late nights I swear I miss the feeling Its those stars who were young and wild It was my number that you always dialed Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore You know, you know, you are Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore You know, you know, you are Used to hide the drugs in the attic, Play ball in the crates in the alley Five deep one room one [?], growin' up in the streets a challenge Shout out to the daddies who ain't Vanish, shout out to the mothers who ain't vanish Ain't want her to get her hair did, I told her eat her salad We was in that shit for real, slide in that bonnet view They gave me all my bitches, woah, she gave me chills And I think you scared, you don't wanna turn up no more President racist, don't go to the Trump no more Bust down AP platinum with it, met that money I adapted with it I go broke then its back to Trenches, with them killers I gotta admit it Last thing I'll do is move out the City, got six kids so I gotta get it 'Cause you know Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore Sometimes I sit and wish I was a kid again We used to play, nowadays I don't see you anymore Late nights I swear I miss the feeling Its those stars who were young and wild It was my number that you always dialed Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore You know, you know, you are Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore You know, you know, you are Been drinkin' this shit, I ain't care to finish Just a fool to care, mama work double on Wednesdays Told her one day, she can have it all, yeah One day, she can have it all For big bro, run it up like you told me so Air 23's, you know I went and bought me some Finally got to leave the old town Hollywood, yeah, nah it's just not in my character She know me she think that I'm missin' her In the back of the Phantom I'm kissin' her Yeah I remember them bad days, young nigga had to make a way Young body like a fadeaway, nobody had to pave my way Huh, now bitch you gotta do what I say, Goin' all day, it was hard to keep faith You the cause of my tears, you gon' drown in a lake Look good to my peers, I don't make no mistake Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore Sometimes I sit and wish I was a kid again We used to play, nowadays I don't see you anymore Late nights I swear I miss the feeling Its those stars who were young and wild It was my number that you always dialed Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore You know, you know, you are Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore You know, you know, you are

No snake can snake me It's like I lived this life before Like I seen this shit happen We ain't got the same blood We just brothers from the mud Grew up in the same hood And the violence so fucked up, my niggas can't judge We gon' sleep around each other 'til we neighbor, uh I'm just tryna wonder when this feeling of my pain stop How you say you love me? You my brother, but gave my name up You must be crazy thinking I changed up I'd do anything, plus give my fame up You know I'd give my fame up You know I will never change up You know I'm that dude, but you let a lame fuck You know I'm that dude, but you let a lame fuck Hen I be gone off the ecstasy Shorty, she gon' get the best of me (Let's get it) And she know I be with killers Her family is not accepting me (My gang, gang) I nutted all in her and left, I told her I got a vasectomy (Yeah) While them niggas get to at-ing me Said they catching me, they stretching me (Grrrah) Warning me, watching my back They know I be gone off the medicine (Gang, gang) My cousin had died on the cam The police got footage and edit it (Big facts) On God, I can't get shit snatched Can't leave, I need that, give it back Fuck shot, I need you kidnapped Surprise, that Glock come gift-wrapped I tatted all my dead homies in my skin (My skin, yeah, yeah) Told them crackers on them B Airways they need yo' pen (Yeah, yeah) Gulp a cup of my lean to wash off my sins (On God) Made my tri-state hoes buy me all my Timbs We ain't got the same blood We just brothers from the mud Grew up in the same hood And the violence so fucked up, my niggas can't judge We gon' sleep around each other 'til we neighbor, uh I'm just tryna wonder when this feeling of my pain stop How you say you love me? You my brother, but gave my name up You must be crazy thinking I changed up I'd do anything, plus give my fame up You know I'd give my fame up You know I will never change up You know I'm that dude, but you let a lame fuck You know I'm that dude, but you let a lame fuck Yo homie said they on me, I be with killas and parolees The niggas police, I know they name-drop You be rapping 'bout that trap, but you ain't never sold nothing I hold a grudge back in '09, you ain't let me hold nothin' You cheat on me, I swear I'll beat you like you stole something Pillow talking to these hoes, yeah, you cold-blooded How you follow me on the 'Gram and you don't like pics? I fucked a bitch, she like her girl, she don't like dick Cum on my nice sheets, they don't like this Bad bitch a Pisces, I keep a nightstick I swear I'm at my nicest, been through my crisis We not to be played with, they on that night shift Niggas tryna stick me up like I ain't never showed no love That petty shit let go, I told you I ain't got no grudge I don't give no fuck, addicted to these drugs When I was down and gone, them niggas ain't send me nothin' See red, I ain't fuckin' with 'Tussin, bite down, I'm busting Shoot first, you clutch, you mad I pressed yo' button You know we read yo' mind, my niggas ain't ducking You know you play with mine, ain't no discussion We ain't got the same blood We just brothers from the mud Grew up in the same hood And the violence so fucked up, my niggas can't judge We gon' sleep around each other 'til we neighbor, uh I'm just tryna wonder when this feeling of my pain stop How you say you love me? You my brother, but gave my name up You must be crazy thinking I changed up I'd do anything, plus give my fame up You know I'd give my fame up You know I will never change up You know I'm that dude, but you let a lame fuck (You know I'm that dude, but you let a lame fuck)

Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chop Squad Shots fired, man down Can't leave the crib without it, they not playing around I ain't have nobody, wasn't nobody 'round One false move and I'll gun ya down Suspect, suspect, suspect I'm never the victim to no nothing No homicide, no nothing No robbery, no nothing Suspect Suspect, suspect, suspect I'm never the victim to no nothing No homicide, no nothing No robbery, no nothing Suspect What the fuck you know 'bout foenem? Off the fucking dice rolling Send a fuck nigga the Stoegers Better open your eyes 'fore I close 'em I be with them niggas ferocious Spendin' trap money on chokers Get out, I gotta get in motion Percocet fill up my cooler If you die, won't give you no roses Turn on my fashion clothing Money got me back outspoken In the middle of Chiraq, toasted Say I'm done for, been back posted Cleopatra potion She a queen, I know it, mmm Smoking backyard boogie Tax y'all, put tax on you fully Racks out, girl give me that pussy Chopper gon' amputate him fully And these niggas animated fully, poof Tom and Jerry I was so mad, throwing tantrums My auntie was fighting her cancer Fucked up, I was looking for answers Seems like it was only my family My hood left me abandoned Feel like they couldn't stand me Can't go 'cause I got standards That shit had made them panic I been traded on, hated on Told on, that's why I had a phone My lil brother, he a hothead, I had to keep him close My mama ain't want him in the city, told me: keep him gone Shots fired, man down Can't leave the crib without it, they not playing around I ain't have nobody, wasn't nobody 'round One false move and I'll gun ya down Suspect, suspect, suspect I'm never the victim to no nothing No homicide, no nothing No robbery, no nothing Suspect Suspect, suspect, suspect I'm never the victim to no nothing No homicide, no nothing No robbery, no nothing Suspect In the field like a pitch 'Cause daddy was not in the picture (He wasn't) I swear I'm in love with the pistol You got blessed if I missed you (For real) Confrontin' our problems and issues I'm like man with a mission (I am) And I get paid 'bout people I killed But that shit won't make me no killer 'Cause killers don't talk about bodies (They don't) We do that shit on the silent (For real) When me and Zoo out sliding Rock, paper, scissors who driving (It's you) Bitch I'm a shooter, I shoot out a Uber If Zoo don't feel like driving (I do) Nigga I'll do ya, I'll blow out ya noodles And it ain't hard to find me (Bitch, I ain't hiding for real) Shots fired, man down Can't leave the crib without it, they not playing around I ain't have nobody, wasn't nobody 'round One false move and I'll gun ya down Suspect, suspect, suspect I'm never the victim to no nothing No homicide, no nothing No robbery, no nothing Suspect Suspect, suspect, suspect I'm never the victim to no nothing No homicide, no nothing No robbery, no nothing Suspect