STEEZA - Life Is A Chess Game (Prologue) lyrics

[Intro: Clip from the film "Fresh"] "...last game here I'm playing myself" "You're losing to yourself" "Yeah life's a b**h like that, I kept the game going with myself for the last 20 years. Not a day goes by I don't make at least one move. Not a day" [Chorus] As the days get longer, nights get warmer Temperatures rising, gotta strengthen ya armor n***as be scheming, tryna get one up on ya Karma be working, gotta watch how ya heart move Motionless, gotta stay buoyant when you flowin with A potent mix of reality and hopelessness Everything around you ain't the opposition Its all about decisions Life is a chess game, plot position [Verses 1] n***as live to be fun guys, not breaking the mold But he stayed on his grind, so when he came up it showed Not to say he didn't have vices all of his own But early on, sights were set on claiming the king A young pawn with a native swing... He had a unique vibe from his tribe that gave him identity His aura sho'nuff brought him on plenty enemies Threatened by his presence, afraid of his energy They couldn't read him...sh** he liked it like that Not too many eyes were deserving of his past chapters 'cept the circle that he grew up with, blew blunts with And evolved into a sphere with dreams near Now he's competing for respect of his peers When the ones that really need him...are receding Tryna navigate between his demons and redeeming Hoping his sins don't pa** down through his own semen He's tryna break the cycle, but first things first He gotta figure out, how to make these moves manifest As a boy he was stressed, now we say a-men, he's blessed No telling what he'll do to keep these mates in check Check, check, check He stops, sits back and reflects [Chorus] As the days get longer, nights get warmer Temperatures rising, gotta strengthen ya armor b**hes be scheming, tryna get one up on ya Karma be working, gotta watch how ya heart move Motionless, gotta stay buoyant when you flowin with A potent mix of reality and hopelessness Everything around you ain't the opposition Its all about decisions Life is a chess game [Verse 2] "This pawn sh** ain't for me I'm far from sacrificial Ain't a damn thing funny My time here will be biblical" So sure of his purpose he was almost vain Forgetting we're on the same board playing the same game Many questions remain, how you gon move? Where you gonna go when every option looking like an loss? Will you leave yo peoples hanging for some clout, just to floss? Will you miss out on a Queen to stay focused on yo dreams? Will you limit your truth to expand your reach? All these questions mind boggling, while he's organizing his noggin Wondering if all his plottin is a waste A detraction from his fate Or his closest thing to grace Only prayers involved are When food for thought is sitting on his plate So you know he finna eat good Tired of the bullsh** that the world's servin He looks inward, and see his bullsh**'s the same It finally connects and he understands the game Evolved past petty sh**, traded old sights for a better lens With only one thing left to jettison The guilt he's carried from his mistakes being lesser than Damn, he had to let it all go He had to take his heart back before it all froze Now with new purpose, got some focus in his soul Escaping becoming another man turned cold [Chorus] As the days get longer, nights get warmer Temperatures rising, gotta strengthen ya armor n***as be scheming, tryna get one up on ya Karma be working, gotta watch how ya heart move Motionless, gotta stay buoyant when you flowin with A potent mix of reality and hopelessness Everything around you ain't the opposition Its all about decisions Life is a chess game, plot position