Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jidenna
Vocals
Nana Kwabena Tuffuor
Band Leader
Flawless
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jidenna
Composer
Nana Kwabena Tuffuor
Composer
Julian Nixon
Composer
Craig Balmoris
Composer
Milan Wiley
Composer
Eleanor Kateri Tannis
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jidenna
Recording Engineer
Nana Kwabena Tuffuor
Recording Engineer
Flawless
Producer
Brandon Wood
Recording Engineer
Bart Schoudel
Mixing Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
**** fighting over rings, **** wanna be the king, but
Long live the Chief
For a lil' ol' thing, lil' boys bang bang
Long live the Chief
**** fighting over rings, **** wanna be the king, but
Long live the Chief
Yeah, watch pretty mama while I slang my cane
Long live the Chief
[Verse 2]
Uh, cockroaches and the rat shit
Uh, hand me downs with the patches
Mama put a little money in the mattress
Taught me how to make a silver spoon out of plastic
You can either sink, swim, or be the captain
Get the last word, I'ma get the last laugh in
Now they say, "Jidenna why you dressing so classic?"
I don’t want my best-dressed day in a casket
You can either lead, follow, or get out the way
Make a fuckin' move, it would make my fuckin' day
Got a hundred-year plan, you just think about today
Always been about time more than been about pay
[Verse 3]
Can't rump with me, Usain couldn’t run with me
Chief come to find you, you don’t come for me
At best you can run a lil' company
**** at worst, I could run the whole country
That's right, pimp game like a brothel
That's why, I don’t judge a ****'s hustle
I Airbnb the crib like a hostel
Summer rate cheaper 'cause the streets get hostile
Shaka boy, this fire from Mojave boy
So no, I won’t record for your homie boy
I turn the party out like a naughty toy
Then I go and hide in plain sight like a lobby boy
[Verse 4]
Yessir, that Jidenna on the banner
Riding for my **** getting locked up in the slammer
Elders saying everything's a nail to a hammer
And **** can’t spell, but we know our Instagrammar
Well done better than well said
I read **** well, a **** well read
Really I ain't met nobody smarter
That's why I got admitted, but I still rejected Harvard
I’m the fresh prince in a school where they couldn’t read
Mama put me in a school with the Kennedy's
When I met Bill Clinton I was seventeen
But dead presidents is all my **** need
Dining with the governor's daughter
And her father say I remind him of Obama
I’m the chief diplomat, every day
And I’m black and white, Janelle Monae
[Verse 5]
They wanna be the king, but
Long live the Chief
For a lil' ol' thing, lil' boys bang bang
Long live the Chief
**** fighting over rings, **** wanna be the king, but
Long live the Chief
Now watch pretty mama while I slang my cane
Long live the Chief
Written by: Craig Balmoris, Eleanor Kateri Tannis, Jidenna, Julian Nixon, Milan Wiley, Nana Kwabena Tuffuor