Zack Floyd & Koke Rutter - Check Mate

(Verse One)
Who could have foresaw this? Who could have even thought this?
 How could God’s just conjure this nightmare still callin’ themselves authors?
I mean come on let’s be honest
The worst has happened, y’all cause
If I took out all my problems, shit, well Trump is still in office
So I question God for all this,
After all where went that promise,
When I trusted him to guard us with or without any options?
And it seems it got its darkest,
From before dawn to beyond it 
And no place to be for Mace and me with actin’ how her mom is
Now they ask me where my heart is,
Like we belong as partners
I say sorry it’s not on the market I’m not takin’ offers
See the nights are at its longest,
By which I’ve never been solaced
But it seems of late the seasons change whenever I feel godless
I fought to find the profit
Or to drop it and not bother?
Yes I burned the bridge but in the process dried up all the water
So I guess it could be harder
The martyr taught the lesson
But the best of even vengeance has a cost to be collected
And with that comes convalescence
The conscious hasn’t rested 
To attest to the testimony which tested your true intentions
It seems complex in its essence
But really they’re just methods
Deflections of transgressions and more or less with the weapons 
Of which the devil alleges
Collections of projections
And of all that she possesses she lacks where we are excessive
So I guess it is a blessing
And for that this is a message
I will not have acquiescence and I’m glad for the contention
(Chorus)
(Verse 2)
It’s almost like a puddle or pond that you cast upon
A reflection but wouldn’t guess that it’s deeper than what you thought
At first glance where it stands you just nod your head and move on
But this is a twisted tale in which Mace and I are just pawns
So this is not just a song
It’s a vow to never move on
And a map past the catastrophe of the path we’re along
Hold up, hold up
Let’s take it back. Look
I’m vengeful about my baby and grateful for Daddy’s angel
But I am no type of playful when someone wants to act hateful
See I’m very slow to anger,
Patient and sharp as razors
But any old troublemaker, heartbreaker, or perpetrator
That hurt my girl are in danger
I’ll turn colder than glaciers
Sip this glass of my Maker’s
And plot revenge on these papers
No dictators can take us
No haters or legislators, no instigators invade us and certainly not no strangers 
And that’s really what strength is
I would hate to ask for more
And we might’ve lost that battle, but (“Hi Mom!”) we won the war
That’s an ongoing theme, we’re team
Against the world
And I’ve come to grips with the pricks that say we’re just a boy and girl
They’re not wrong, and I’m not ignorant
But frankly I don’t give a shit
I love Mace, that’s not a tough case
Just as the bitch who witnessed it 
Go ahead and say it’s all lust,
Sprinkled star-struck stardust 
We made it this far- awh shucks
You ain’t takin’ no Ls off us
See this is the beauty of it
Pride even God would covet
I ain’t ask for this but it’s what I wanted
Can’t say the same for your mother, honey
Not phased by space, and time is nothin’
It’s just me and you and I fuckin’ love it
(Outro)
“Please leave a message after the tone”


See that’s the thing though!
Macie doesn’t know how much I love her— she has no idea; it’s not a quantifiable amount.
But God bless her soul, not many people have that luxury. 
Cause this sucks, man it hurts, it’s hard.
But she doesn’t have to think about how miserable this series of unfortunate events has been.
She just knows I’m here: I’m on the frontlines for that girl. 
And that’s all it is, that’s all it’s ever been. There is no “Why?”
Everybody wants reasons. There are no reasons!
It speaks for itself. 
Love worth fighting for.

Clockwork (Prod. Koke Rutter)

Zack Floyd

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