[INTRO — SPOKEN / LOW / MENACING] Yeah… (yeah) Ain’t nobody see the move coming. (nah) That’s the whole point. (listen) You watching the hand… (watch) I’m moving the whole board. (whole board) New York… (New York) Let’s work. (come on) [VERSE 1] I came up where the hallway lights flicker, (uh) Where you learn real quick who a friend and who a snitcher, (watch ’em) Mama said, “Keep your head up, baby, watch how you move,” (I heard you) So I learned how to walk quiet and still make the room move. (move) Corner store conversations, everybody know your name, (everybody) Everybody got a story, everybody got a game, (that’s right) I watched dudes lose their freedom tryna prove they was hard, (damn) So I played chess with my life while they played with the cards. (check) I ain’t chasing validation, I was chasing my peace, (my peace) Had my back against the wall, still wouldn’t fold to the streets, (never) They expected me to break— I made pressure my fuel, (pressure) Now the same ones throwing shade gotta watch how I move. (watch me) [HOOK — STREET CHANT] KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (Knight moves!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (MOVE!) You thought I was going left— I went right! (right!) You thought I was going down— I took flight! (took flight!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (Knight moves…) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! MOVES! (BOOM!) [VERSE 2] I remember rainy nights with my shoes getting soaked, (I remember) Dreams in my chest and survival in my throat, (survival) Had people disappear when the struggle got real, (where they at?) Funny how they come around when the table got a meal. (funny) I ain’t bitter, I’m sharper— (sharper) That’s a dangerous blend, (dangerous) I can love you from a distance and still know you ain’t my friend, (know that) See, I learned every smile don’t mean somebody happy for you, (nope) Some’ll clap in your face while they’re praying you lose. (watch ’em) So I stopped explaining every move that I make, (I stopped) Stopped announcing every plan before the money got made, (shhh) Now I’m quiet with the blueprint, let the results make noise, (let it talk) You can hear me coming through the bass like— (BOOM) [HOOK] KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (Knight moves!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (MOVE!) You thought I was going left— I went right! (right!) You thought I was going down— I took flight! (fly!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (Knight moves…) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! MOVES! (BOOM!) [BRIDGE — SPOKEN / RAP] See, that’s what y’all don’t understand… (listen) I don’t gotta be the loudest. (nah) I don’t gotta tell you what I’m doing. (nope) I don’t gotta show you the blueprint. (never) By the time you figure it out… (too late) It’s already done. (DONE!) [VERSE 3 — HARDER DELIVERY] I got scars underneath this confidence, (scars) Pain underneath every accomplishment, (you don’t know) They see the woman, don’t know what it cost, (don’t know) Don’t know how many nights I was scared of being lost. (never again) But I built from the rubble, put the crown on straight, (crown up) Turned every closed door into another escape, (watch me) Now I’m stepping through the city like I own my name, (my name) Still gutter in my heart but I elevated the game. (elevated) I don’t threaten— (nah) I execute. (execute) I don’t argue— (nope) I relocate. (gone) If the energy ain’t right, I disappear without a trace. (poof) That’s New York in me— (New York!) Survival in my DNA, (that’s facts) You can underestimate me… (go ahead) But don’t ever mistake my silence for weakness. (NEVER!) [FINAL HOOK — BIGGEST DELIVERY] KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (Knight moves!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (MOVE!) Watch the board— (watch it) Watch the play— (watch it) Watch me take another lane! (SWITCH!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (Knight moves…) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! MOVES! (BOOM!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! (MOVE!) KNNNIGHT MOOOOOVES! MOVES! (BOOM!) [OUTRO — SPOKEN / LOW] Checkmate. (check) You should’ve watched the queen. (too late) [BEAT CUTS] (Yeah…) (Knight moves.)
