[Intro] Yooooo¡ (hahaha) im at it again// (hahaha) Shout out two BlackSonix your challenge has been accepted/ (hahaha!) (Sound of heavy footsteps, a lighter flicking, and ice clinking in a glass) (Deep, calm, confident voice spoken over a dark, heavy bassline) (Yeah...) Y'all playing games out here/ playing for the moment</ While you're asleep/ I'm setting up the board/ Move by move/ Piece by piece/ JR PHANTOM Writer... ahead of my time>/ Backed by J.E. Entertainment... Look... this ain't checkers// This is chess/ [Verse 1] Clock hits 3 AM/ the city’s fast asleep/ While you're dreaming in the covers/ I’m out playing for keeps>* Seven days a week/ no days off/ I double the stake// Every breath that I take is for the moves that I make>/ They see the shadow in the dark¡ but can't pin down the Phantom>/ Mind of a strategist/ dropping another anthem! Call me a businessman/ I don't move on emotion/ Every play calculated/ ocean wide devotion/ You jumping one square/ thinking that you made a run/ I’m ten moves ahead// already won before it’s done¿ Building an empire, brick by brick, block by block¡ J.E. Entertainment running shop, we locking the clock// Hardcore blueprint, phantom mind/ intelligence sharp Playing grandmaster music while they playing the harp=/ No stopping the grind, I ain't caught in the net/ I’m the king on the board—and I ain't lost a piece yet. [Hook] (Aggressive, rhythmic cadence with heavy baseline drop) This is chess, not checkers—you can’t see the board When you’re sleeping on the grind, we’re securing the hoard JR PHANTOM, J.E. Entertainment on top Seven days a week, man, the hustle don't stop This is chess, not checkers—ten moves in advance An empire in the making, we don't leave it to chance! [Verse 2] Y'all slacking on the corner while I’m plotting// the map/ Turning vision to revenue, never caught in a trap¡ Intelligence refined, JR PHANTOM the name/ Far ahead of my era, I redefined the whole game>/ They want the crown today/ but I’m securing the kingdom Under the J.E. label/ chasing ultimate freedom/ Daylight or midnight/ the paper stack never stops!/ Grinding through the pressure till the top tier drops// Checkmate position, king/ queen// and the rooks>/ I wrote the master strategy that wasn't in books// No hesitation in my step/ no fear in my all seeing eye/ Look in the mirror/ see an empire rise Let 'em sleep/ let 'em doubt/ let 'em sit on the side¡ When the Phantom makes a move/ there’s nowhere to hide! [Hook] (Aggressive, rhythmic cadence with heavy baseline drop) This is chess, not checkers—you can’t see the board When you’re sleeping on the grind, we’re securing the hoard JR PHANTOM, J.E. Entertainment on top Seven days a week, man, the hustle don't stop This is chess, not checkers—ten moves in advance An empire in the making, we don't leave it to chance! [Outro] (Beat slowly strips down to a heavy kick and snare) Checkmate¡ Game over before you even realized it started/ JR PHANTOM Writer. J.E. Entertainment... we run the board/ Seven days a week, 24/7. Building an empire> Always ten steps ahead// (Fade out with a heavy breath and vinyl crackle)
