Lyrics like “Me and mom in the shack in the woods, bro/ I was sleepin’ on the floor with the oven door open/ While I dreamt about the places that I would go” speak to Jidenna’s humble beginnings and are a reflection on his rapid come up since we first came to know him as the classic man. One thing is clear with “Chief Don’t Run” that Jidenna is claiming his rightful place in the music industry after a brief of a hiatus, and he’s putting everyone on notice that “Ya dealing with a king, not a kong out here.”