Chicago taught me something about moving Straight lines make you predictable I learned to take another route Two up One over Knight moves Two up, one over, I’m switching the route Never come straight, that’s too easy to scout L shaped steps when I’m making my move By the time you decipher the pattern u lose Horse head shadow on black and white squares Cold wind coming off Lake Michigan piers Bishops need lanes and the rooks need space I jump over the traffic and land in your face 8 destinations from the center position Peripheral vision with predator instincts You looking for lines, I’m appearing right beside you One wrong decision dismantles your kingdom Battle rap, put two names in the brackets Threaten them both, then I wait for reactions King and the queen both know what I’m taking One gets protected, the other gets shaken Pawn wall stacked, but I ain’t stuck in the matrix Like L trains rattling over the pavement I move above everything blocking my lane That’s why they never see the knight lose Two then one That’s a knight move Come from an angle that sight can’t see through Jump what you built, land right beside who By the time you know where I’m at I’m behind you Two then one That’s a Chi move Cold on the board when the night wind slides through Guard where I’m standing, that’s not where I strike you You watched the piece Should’ve watched where the knight moves City of wind, but the bars ain’t breezy City Soul make difficult shit look easy South Side strategy, Sox cap low Black and white fitted like the squares on the board 90’s Bulls when the whole squad clicked Six banners hanging, two three peats hit Jordan in the air coulda predicted the script Made impossible moves look e-z as shit That’s Chicago Different by design Everybody knew Mike was taking that shot Still couldn’t stop him when the moment arrived Same damn principle I bring to my rhymes I tell you the move and you still can’t defend it Edge of the board and my options diminish Bring me inside and the pressure gets vicious 8 points lit in a circle of prison 8 ways out of your best predictions Queen under pressure, king hearing warnings Both under threat, something’s getting forfeited One little horse got your royalty cornered Power looks different when angles distorted You battle in straight lines Setup then punch I change the direction before the shit ever comes Internal rhyme chains disguise where I’m aiming You hear the first scheme The second one’s waiting Pawn walls packed like crowds at the train station Rooks need roads, bishops put in the graveyard I treat congestion like camouflage placement Jump through the traffic Reappear adjacent Built you a fortress, inspected protection Guarded the entrance, perfected defenses That works on rappers who move conventional I don’t break through the wall I appear in your section 2 then 1 That’s a knight move Come from an angle that ur sight can’t see through Jump what u built, land right beside you By the time u know where I’m at U can’t find me 2 then 1 That’s a Chi move Cold on the board when the night wind slides through Guard where I’m standing, that’s not where I strike you You watched the piece Should’ve watched where my knight moves Everybody wants the queen for the range that she carries Everybody wants the king cuz the board says he matters Im the underestimated piece taken into the battle Then turn one false move into something that matters Chicago taught that lesson before Jordan left earth while defenders stayed floored Pip locked u up, Rodman owned the boards Different personalities fighting the same war No copy and paste No standard formation Phil had the triangle, strangled rectangles Jordan had the fadeaway, elevation I got 2 then 1 and a new destination Geometry weaponized, elegant warfare Angles get strange whenever the horse there You calculate files, diagonals, ranks I demonstrate where you forgot I could appear Battle bars built like a knight’s navigation Setup goes here, the punch lands adjacent You thought that the rhyme was approaching you straight 2 up 1 over Different location That’s misdirection inside of my cadence Make you defend what I never was saying Double entendre got yr bubble endangered Two pieces threatened Both get decapitated Outpost deep where your pawns can’t erase Posted up calm where nobody can chase me Black square, white square, alternate pavement Winter in Chicago underneath the train station City Soul with the strategy sharpened Lake effect language gets born in the darkness Stop studying where I’m at That ain’t the answer Study the squares where I’m capable of landing Sacrifice me, depends on the trade Sometimes losing a knight puts the king in the grave That’s positional patience, exchange what they value For something much bigger three movements away Mike took the last shot Without hesitation 6 rings at the finish That’s confirmation Knight takes the angle I take the occasion You don’t need a straight line to reach domination…
