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Checkmate Lyrics by Criss Jami

2013

I hate to say it
But girl you make me face it
That I better never mate unless I develop a taste for
For respecting wishes
So who's the best at this it's
Checkmate, play the game and I'm the ref that whistles

I'm inanimate since I'm lacking it
A thing called compromise be-
Cause in the back of my mind, to me
Darling it's my demise in disguise

And since the lies and the act they tend to exercise my idea it's
It's like they put me on track, my dear
Just to verify your fears
You see the lies and the act they seem to exercise my idea so
It's like they put me on track, my dear
Just to verify your fears

Yes who's the best at this it's
Checkmate, play the game and I'm the ref that whistles

I'm not a counterpart of counterculture
Nor do I count every part of you that starts to look older
There are boundaries but I was out of bounds, you see
And shouting out
And sounding out your name
Before you even came around with a game for me

So here we are facing out
Earthbound but now hoping the Heavens'll shake like Hell
And shake all our hatred out

But who's the best at this it's
Checkmate, play the game and I'm the ref that whistles
Play the game and I'm the ref that whistles
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