Talib Kweli - Castles in BK lyrics

Nigga it’s chess, not checkers
Don’t let emotion control you and
Fuck the whole event
You gotta move your pieces
And control your centre
You gotta move in peace
And control your centre

I never stop no matter what
The competitor’s gotta say
Chop it up like an edit
A predator’s gotta prey
Stand down, look at my city right in the face
Recognize that we caught up in yesterday
Hey, wait
I’m building castles out in Brooklyn
This chess, not checkers
Watch the king switch with the rook
And then it’s checkmate nigga
The check play then it’s bricking
Up your chest plate nigga
Soul inventors never no pretenders
It’s like my borough is my co-defender
Ain’t no agenda besides control the centre
Is it the hustlers or
The customers that‘s co-dependent?
If the knight takes the bishop
Does he go to Heaven?
That’s the question, science versus religion
Apply it to higher living you’ll
Find it’s the same mission
My flow is lotus position
You’re broken up like a bedframe
You can’t advance on the
Board without an endgame
So what’s your endgame?

Life ain’t a game
It’s a bitch and she gonna diss you
You tryna master the game like
You searching for Bobby Fischer
You fallin’ victim to the lies
You be clutching on
Such a pawn to the bandwagon you jumping on
We ain’t game players
We’re game changers who spray up the train
And remain famous
My neighbours be waving flags
Like gang bangers
The knights and the police patrol
The blocks on horses
The bishop saw the priest
They asking who to worship
Everybody claim the king, it ain’t a secret
That the king the most important but
The king also the weakest
Especially when his queen is gone he be
Leanin’ on the other for protection
See your queen is much
More than just affection, word
I need my queens to recognise their power
Got the world in your palm
Like Ms hill’s "Final Hour"
I forever stay clever
Knock you out like Mayweather
For the belt cause the most
Difficult opponent is myself, yes