You Played Yourself-Ice T

[00:19.75]This is it, **** from the fly kid [00:22.74]The ice mic is back with the high bid [00:24.74]Suckers youve lost cos players youre not, gangstas you aint [00:27.18]Youre faintin, punk, if you ever heard a gunshot [00:29.80]Yo, the pusher, the player, the pimp gangsta, the hustler [00:32.17]High roller, dead pres folder [00:33.98]Is cold lampin like a black king on a throne [00:37.10]Evil e...turn up the microphone [00:39.53]So I can ill and break on the rollin tape [00:42.03]Another album to make? great [00:44.21]Islam turn the bass kick up a bit [00:46.90]Hype the snare, now I got a place to sit [00:49.27]And ride the track like a black mack in his lac [00:51.76]Hit the corner slow where the girls are at [00:54.20]And kick game the way it should be done [00:56.38]How you gonna drop science? youre dumb [00:58.94]Stupid ignorant, dont even talk to me [01:01.56]At school you dropped math, science and history [01:03.18]And then you get on the mic and try to act smart [01:06.37]Well let me tell you one thing, you got heart [01:08.80]To perpetrate, youre bait, so just wait [01:10.73]Till the press shove a mic in your face [01:13.54]Or you meet boogie down or chuck d [01:15.92]Stetsasonic or the big daddy [01:18.59]And they ask you about the game you claim you got [01:21.03]Drop science now, why not? [01:23.12]You start to sweat and fret, it gets hot [01:25.93]Howd you get into this spot? [01:27.92]You played yourself... [01:31.92]Yo, yo, you played yourself... [01:37.97]Im no authority but I know the d-e-a-l [01:40.72]When it comes to dealin with the females [01:42.90]What you got they want, cash is what they need [01:45.34]Slip sucker and theyll break you with speed [01:47.64]But you meet a freak, you try to turn her out [01:50.08]Spendin moneys what Im talkin about [01:52.01]But you fool out, your pockets got blew out [01:54.51]And after the date, no boots, you got threw out [01:57.25]Mad and shook cos your duckets got took [01:59.69]Call her up, phones off the hook [02:02.24]But who told you to front and flaunt your grip? [02:04.56]You cant buy no relationship [02:05.61]You played yourself... [02:09.05]Yo, homeboy, you played yourself... [02:16.91]Im in the mc game, a lot of mcs front [02:19.34]And for the money theyre sell out stunts [02:21.28]But they claim that theyre rich and that they keep cash [02:24.15]Yo, let me straighten this out fast [02:26.39]Two hundred thousand records sold [02:28.83]And these brothers start yellin bout gold? [02:30.77]You better double that, then double that again [02:34.01]And still dont get sooped, my friend [02:36.32]You think youve made it, youre just a lucky man [02:38.50]Guess who controls your destiny, fans [02:40.93]But you diss em cos you think youre a star [02:43.56]That attitude is rude, you wont get far [02:45.93]Cos theyll turn on you quick, youll drop like a brick [02:48.49]Unemployments where youll sit [02:50.36]No friends cos you dissed em too [02:52.79]No money, no crew, youre through [02:55.41]You played yourself... [02:59.47]Thats right, you played yourself... [03:05.33]You played yourself... [03:09.27]Yo, yo, you played yourself... [03:15.19]You got problems, you claim you need a break [03:17.69]But every dollar you get you take [03:19.50]Straight to the *******, try to get a beam up [03:22.50]Your idle time is spent tryna scheme up [03:24.74]Another way to get money for a jumbo [03:27.23]When you go to sleep you count five-os [03:29.29]Lyin and cheatin, everybody youre beatin [03:31.92]Dirty clothes and youre skinny cos you havent been eatin [03:34.29]You ripped off all your family and your friends [03:36.97]Nowhere does your larceny end [03:39.22]And then you get an idea for a big move [03:41.90]An armed robbery...smooth [03:42.59]But everything went wrong, somebody got shot [03:46.77]You couldnt get away, the cops roll, youre popped [03:49.45]And now youre locked, yo, lampin on death row [03:51.94]Societys fault? no [03:54.01]Nobody put the crack into the pipe [03:56.32]Nobody made you smoke off your life [03:58.75]You thought that you could do **** and still stay cool? fool. [04:03.49]You played yourself... [04:08.29]You played yourself... [04:10.67]Aint nobody elses fault, you played yourself.