[Hook - Eric Turner] I waited all my life to play I still can't find a way But if I work it one more day I might just break the Chain I might just break the Chain I might just break the Chain
[Verse 1 - Lupe Fiasco] Freedom, we can use some of that especially where we from Where we grew up like a green thumb It's like a criminal is the only thing you can become Look at what I became Something like a phenom, nothin but a g thang Things I've seen when I'm looking out of these frames Pictures I painted on the walls where we hang From the trees we hung Strange fruit man look at how we swung How the hell you gonna tell us something We ain't have a father How to try to grow up and be one See umm feel it in my bones That I'm sittin on a throne Like a killer with a chrome When I spit another poem Shed a whole lot of light on a little bit of home
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[Verse 2 - Sway] Super Sway, the cape remains, thought I was M.I.A no paper? Planes, I'm fly plus I don't write no more, its all off of the top I shaved the braids And stayed sharp mother knew how to raise-a-blade (Razor Blade) I paid my dues now I wait for change and the flows so rude it goes without... Ask Lupe I'm Sucre, I aid the Break/ Quick to cut off any baggage like some samurai I like to travel light I've gotta leave you at home Delilah This is Samson-ite No case for the police Said I know Killah's, I never seen them Ghostface, only thing I'm watching is my Panerai I've got an alibi I was in Chicago taking pics, call me Camera Chi
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[Verse 3 - Lupe Fiasco] Chain broke, here's some nicorette for your chain smoke No cigarrettes on my plane, yo Snatching herringbones from the game throat Put it on mine, take a long time B.A. Baracus is how I'm looking online And the weather so like snow like let's go let 'em know That I put up the footage that I'm takin' your shine Wanna see the real chains? Look in your mind Your brain look like Keenan Wayne, brother Overgold, overload, broken soul Niggas playing games in the hood they got you stuck-up Playa thinkin' that its cool to be a pimp still We gon' set it free like a fish in a pimp heel Take this home, rearrange it, change it Danger, Sway-zer, Lupe Laser. Pow!