(Hook)
I don’t rush, I make checkmate — smart moves, silent plays, yeah
Keep the circle close, count the losses, count the gains, yeah
Feds lurkin’, opps lurkin’, I camouflage my pain, yeah
Smart moves, we stackin’ different, never play for praise, nah
(Verse 1)
Mama told me never fold, even when the nights get cold
Lost some brothers to the blue lights, lost some to the roll
So I move like I got strategy, chessboard in my soul
Flip the block to a ledger, turn the scraps into gold
No stuntin’ on the ‘Gram, keep the cash in the drawer
If you talkin’ like you real, then your kitchen gotta score
Loyalty over clout — that’s a code I live by
If the shorty ride or die, she gon’ ride and she gon’ lie low
(Pre-Hook)
Been through rain, been through pain, learned to pivot, learned to aim
Every scar a lesson — I invest it in my name
(Hook)
I don’t rush, I make checkmate — smart moves, silent plays, yeah
Keep the circle close, count the losses, count the gains, yeah
Feds lurkin’, opps lurkin’, I camouflage my pain, yeah
Smart moves, we stackin’ different, never play for praise, nah
(Verse 2)
Price on my head but I’m priceless to my kinfolk
I move funds overseas, plan my next location, low
No headline chatter, keep the plans in my notebook
If the streets test me, I respond with the outlook
Bought a crib for my granny, closed the chapter on rent
Turned the block to a business, invest it with intent
Haters see the shine, think it’s luck, they don’t see the grind
Late nights, meetings, ties, signatures — that’s how you climb
(Pre-Hook)
Cold nights, warm hearts, call my dawgs when the stress hard
We pivot like survivors, make the blessings multiply
(Hook)
I don’t rush, I make checkmate — smart moves, silent plays, yeah
Keep the circle close, count the losses, count the gains, yeah
Feds lurkin’, opps lurkin’, I camouflage my pain, yeah
Smart moves, we stackin’ different, never play for praise, nah
(Bridge)
They want the glory, I want stability — that's the difference
Pray for peace over praises, steady build the business
I seen the price of violence, learned to change the narrative
Smart moves is generational, give my kids a different agenda
(Verse 3)
If I fall, I fall quiet — let the strategy breathe
I plant seeds in the winter so my summers never leave
Cut the ties that bleed, keep the paper that feeds
Every step been calculated, every plan got receipts
No more funerals for nothin’, I’m a student of the cost
Turn the losses to lessons, flip the pain that we lost
Now my family dines better, now my dawgs got hope
Smart moves, long game, we play it dope
(Hook / Outro)
I don’t rush, I make checkmate — smart moves, silent plays, yeah
Keep the circle close, count the losses, count the gains, yeah
Feds lurkin’, opps lurkin’, I camouflage my pain, yeah
Smart moves, we stackin’ different, never play for praise, nah
Porque music
See you when I see you
Otro