CHESS NOT CHECKERS
MUSIC BY: ALPHA CONTEH AND TORNESIA MOSES
PRODUCED BY: ALPHA CONTEH
LYRICS AND PERFORMED BY: TORNESIA MOSES
CHORUS:
CHESS BABY
NOT CHECKERS BABE
YOU HAD ME STRESSED BABY
YEAH LATELY
I PLAY CHESS BABY
NOT CHECKERS BABE
NO LONGER STRESSED DARLIN'
CAUSE I KNOW HOW THIS GAME ENDS
CHECKMATE, CHECKMATE
VERSE 1:
HAD ENOUGH OF THE TEARS
HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE YEARS
YEARS OF COMPLACENCY
LED TO INSANITY
CAUSE I WOULDN'T CHANGE
NOTHING AT ALL NO
HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE TALKS
HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE WALKS
TOO MANY HEART TO HEART
HAD ME FACING BRICK WALLS
BUT NOW I'VE REALIZED
JUST HOW FIERCE I AM
CHANGE:
IT'S TIME I LET YOU KNOW
HOW MY RHYTHM FLOWS
STAY ON YOUR TIPPY TOES
(SHOUT): CONSIDER THIS YOUR WARNING
I'LL GIVE YOU A SHOW
LIKE A TORNADO
JUMPS AND SKIPS ALONG
I'LL BRING THE STORM
YEAH, YOU REALLY HAD SOME NERVE
I ATE ALL THAT YOU SERVED
STILL EMPTY ON YOUR LIES
NICE TRY, NICE TRY
AND NOW THE TABLES TURNED
I'M LOOKING AT THIS BOARD
NO NEED TO MAKE YOUR MOVE
THIS QUEEN CHECKED YOU IN A SINGLE MOVE
CHORUS WITH INSTRUMENTAL
VERSE 2:
THIS IS THE PART THAT RUINED MY HEART
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAID
I STOOD TEN TOES DOWN, DOWN
NEVER WAIVERED
NEVER CRADLED
DISREGARDED MY BISHOP, WHOA!
BUT ENOUGH OF THE PAST
I BUILD STRATEGIES TO LAST
WOULDN'T MAKE THAT MOVE IF I WAS YOU
ARE YOU SURE? BE VERY SURE
CAUSE MY ROOK IS LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU
CHANGE (REPEAT)
BREAKDOWN:
(LAUGH: HAHHAHAHA)
(TALK): THE PAWNS, THE KNIGHTS, THE BISHOPS THEY WORK FOR ME NOW
YOU SEE MY ROOKS LOOKING AT YOU?
CHORUS W/ADLIBS: LET'S PLAY CHESS, CHESS, CHESS, CHESS
OUTRO ADLIBS TO FADE
MY ROOKS ON THE SIDE
THEY LOOKING AT YOU
THEY LOOKING AT YOU
THEY LOOKING AT YOU
MY ROOKS ON THE SIDE
THEY LOOKING AT YOU
THEY LOOKING AT YOU
THEY LOOKING AT YOU
GAME OVER. THE END