[Verse 1] I came up on a stoop with a blueprint Two hands, one dream, and a roof lift Mom said, "Boy, keep your head straight" Dad said, "Trust is a debt that a man pays" I learned chess from the cold front steps Every move had a price, every smile had checks Now I move like a key in a lock Got the whole block listening when I talk Salt on my tongue, I don't sweet-talk fate If I fold, that's a meal on my plate If I rise, that's a brick in the sky Make a prayer out the pain, watch it multiply [Pre-Chorus] Roll the dice Hold your ground Hear that storm? It's coming 'round One wrong step One hard fall Still I stand I want it all [Chorus] Monopoly board I want the corner Monopoly board Still moving warmer Buy what I build Keep what I bleed Monopoly board That's how I lead Monopoly board I know the cost Monopoly board I never lost [Verse 2] Ain't no saints where I come from, just scars Old porch sermons and borrowed cars Auntie with the keys in a sugar jar Little cousins dreaming in the back of the yard I seen love turn lean when the rent came due Seen a smile go thin when the bills ran through So I stack my hope like a brick wall high And I write my name where the weak won't try Metaphors sharp like a switchblade grin I been the last one left, still I let the wind in If the world play dirty, I play smart Keep a calm face, but a war in my heart [Bridge] [Strings rise] Now the room got bigger when I told my truth All that pressure turned gold in the booth I don't need luck, I need room I was built from a storm and a cracked bass drum [Chorus] Monopoly board I want the corner Monopoly board Still moving warmer Buy what I build Keep what I bleed Monopoly board That's how I lead Monopoly board I know the cost Monopoly board I never lost
