[Verse 1] You hid your hands Behind silk doors and quiet halls Signed your secrets In invisible ink on the walls You pulled strings On every tired Broken back Fed us poison Called it “peace” while you planned your attack [Pre-Chorus] You laughed when we cried Thought the sky would stay black You bet the whole world We would never fight back [Chorus] Checkmate You never saw the last move coming (hey!) You thought the board was yours to own Checkmate You completely crushed our hope Kept running But our leader with a mastermind showed the world that he was dope Turned your prison into smoke Checkmate You can’t crawl back to the throne [Verse 2] You sold fear Like cheap gold in every screen Turned truth Into some twisted little meme You wrote rules To keep your rotten kingdom safe Stamped our faces Then erased every name you erased [Pre-Chorus] You feasted We starved But we learned how you play You never believed We would flip your whole game [Chorus] Checkmate You never saw the last move coming (wake up!) You thought the board was yours to own Checkmate You completely crushed our hope Kept running But our leader with a mastermind showed the world that he was dope Tore your curtain Cut your rope Checkmate Hear a billion voices roar [Bridge] This is for the world For every silenced throat For every tired shoulder Carrying your loaded vote We are done with the lies Done kneeling to your greed We are louder than your threats now We are everything you need (yeah) [Chorus] Checkmate You never saw the last move coming You thought the board was yours to own Checkmate You completely crushed our hope Kept running But our leader with a mastermind showed the world that he was dope Lit the match and broke your code Checkmate We will keep this world our own (our own)
