First Round Pick Lyrics – CHASE B (feat. Wallie the Sensei & SoFaygo)

Chase B’s BE VERY AFRAID is finally circling the runway after years of teases, slated for early 2026 via Cactus Jack and Columbia Records, and “First Round Pick” ft. Wallie the Sensei and SoFaygo snaps like a championship ring on a rookie’s finger—pure draft-night swagger in trap form.

This cut, track seven on the 13-deep roster, is Chase B flexing his producer wizardry: booming 808s that hit like a buzzer-beater, hi-hats rattling like loose change in a luxury purse, all wrapped in that hazy, melodic trap haze he’s patented since lacing Travis Scott’s “Escape Plan.” It’s genre gold—Southern bounce meets melodic rap, with Wallie’s hypnotic chorus looping “First round pick, back to your first round pick” like a victory lap mantra. SoFaygo slides in on the verse with that effortless cool, spitting about overseas splurges on Balenci and pulling up in big bodies, turning luxury into lore.

Thematically, it’s all about that top-shelf glow-up: picking winners (and lovers) without second-guessing, dodging the dirt to stay untouchable, with lines like “She like, ‘pick me first, now come, that pussy in a hearse’” dripping confidence and a touch of menace. Written by the trio and fully helmed by Chase B’s beats, it dropped as a snippet at December’s LA listening party, where fans caught the full vibe on Insta reels—Wallie’s birthday bash turned album preview had X stitching reactions like mad.

The album? It’s Chase B’s debut statement, a Cactus Jack family affair stacking heavy hitters: Travis Scott on “HEARTBEAT” and “Facts” with Big Sean, Don Toliver popping up four times (including the lead single “Satellite” that lit up charts December 19), Sheck Wes on “MAYDAY” with Young Thug, and more like Pusha T, Quavo, Wiz Khalifa, even KenTheMan on “For Me.” No rigid concept, just a sonic scare-fest blending paranoia-tinged bangers with feel-good replays—think “Ring Ring” as a posse-cut earworm and “Cafeteria” remixing his 2020 Gunna collab into album glue. Clocking around 45 minutes, it’s built for endless spins, pulling from scrapped sessions since ’23 delays that only sharpened the edge.

Chase B’s at that producer-to-boss inflection point, the Philly-bred beatmaker who inked with Travis in 2019 now helming his own lane post-sold-out DJ residencies and viral TikTok flips of his tags. Fresh off “Satellite”’s buzz and those listening party leaks that trended #BVA, he’s evolving from ghost in the machine to frontman, proving Cactus Jack’s next wave ain’t just hype—it’s haunted.