[00:19.75]This is it, dope 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 dopeman, 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 dope 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.