[Verse 1]
Fuck around they take your son
My n***as had the right to run
We twist our fingers into guns
They get torn apart by the sun
You can’t thrive when you only that n***a
'Cause the prior n***a ain’t make it out his last battle alive
Where my grandma resides
Same thing for the homies
If I speak her name, will it keep her alive?
I’m so selfish
Both headphones in, don’t wanna hear cars comin'
There’s certain sounds when you get close to death
And I swear, it sound like when she start humming
Baby, I can’t givе you wings
But this chain on my neck is my power of flight
So you know what it brings
You can hear it sing, listеn to it
Orchestrate the way that we live
Maneuver through the pain that they give
You stronger than what they say you is
Little man, this chain will make you big
It’ll change your life for better or worse
Make something of you 'fore you get in the hearse
But then you my rival, so I know this hurts
Pray that chain is a fraction of your worth
[Chorus]
Chain so heavy, 'cause my chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing steady, my
Chain so heavy, chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing- neck keep the whole thing
Chain so heavy, chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing steady, my
Chain so heavy, chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing- neck keep the whole thing

[Verse 2]
(You gon' need hands) Bigger than that
Nappy tonight, so you know it’s a wrap
My n***a never come back
So if I yell, forehead to your lap
We ain’t playin' with that
We can’t afford to lose the dreams of these kids
'Cause it means the neighborhood will live without what it really, really needs
I don’t know if I believe in that, the seed adapt
But that means the fruit in his trees might have bees attached
That need to act at all times
'Cause paranoia got 'em afraid of the sounds
Boom, bam, and brap
Let’s run a lap, circle the block (ay, ay)
Wish me and my n***as could just run forever through fields
Where the weather would appeal to those used to a rain of bullets
Insane, I’m full and the pain I’m pulling from
Comes from limited options
But mainly, the n***a that seemed to pop in
And popped him, limiting my n***as limited options
Honestly, how could you stop him
When you fall in love with the scenery
And easily lose sight of where you need to be?
It's keeping me, this jewelry on my body
Somehow breathes and breathes
So tight that it bleeds, it bleeds, it bleeds
[Chorus]
Chain so heavy, chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing steady, my
Chain so heavy, chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing- neck keep the whole thing
Chain so heavy, chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing steady, my
Chain so heavy, chain so heavy
Chain so heavy, whole neck keep the whole thing- neck keep the whole thing

[Verse 3]
Lemme catch that, lemme catch that
Lemme catch that, lemme catch that, uh
Bring a man to his knees
This pendant, it breathes
Holy as ever, if I put it down, it never will leave
Sirens whispering, beauty unmatched, glistening
Enchantin' others, calling to test the warrior lifting it
Let’s see how strong his resistance is
See the light, then we swerve (Chain so)
If that boy fly, this bullet gon' curve (Heavy)
That should deter him from the nerve (Chain so)
To ever fuckin' dream again
[?] (Chain so)
Remember the trees and never the boys (Heavy)
Remember the heart, now how it’s destroyed (Chain so)
Remember the chain and how it decoys you from the start, start (Holding me down, down, down)
[Outro]
Feel it in your heart, heart, heart (Weighing me down, down, down)
Holding me down, down, down (Heart)
Weighing me down, down, down (Heart)
Chain so goddamn heavy, goddamn
Chain so goddamn heavy, goddamn
Chain so goddamn heavy, goddamn
Chain so goddamn heavy, goddamn
Chain so heavy
Chain so heavy
Chain so heavy
Chain so heavy
Chain so heavy
Chain so heavy