[00:00:00] You Played Yourself (2014 Remastered Version) - Ice-T [00:00:19] This is it d**e from the fly kid [00:00:22] The Ice mic is back with the high bid [00:00:24] Suckers you've lost 'cause players you're not gangstas you ain't [00:00:26] You're faintin' punk if you ever heard a gunshot [00:00:29] Yo the pusher the player the pimp gangsta the hustler [00:00:32] High Roller dead pres folder [00:00:34] Is cold lampin' like a black king on a throne [00:00:36] Evil E turn up the microphone [00:00:39] So I can ill and break on the rollin' tape [00:00:41] Another album to make Great [00:00:44] Islam turn the bass kick up a bit [00:00:46] Hype the snare now I got a place to sit [00:00:49] And ride the track like a black mack in his 'lac [00:00:51] Hit the corner slow where the girls are at [00:00:54] And kick game the way it should be done [00:00:56] How you gonna drop science You're dumb [00:00:58] Stupid ignorant don't even talk to me [00:01:01] At school you dropped Math Science and History [00:01:03] And then you get on the mic and try to act smart [00:01:06] Well let me tell you one thing you got heart [00:01:08] To perpetrate you're bait so just wait [00:01:10] Till the press shove a mic in your face [00:01:13] Or you meet Boogie Down or Chuck D [00:01:15] Stetsasonic or the Big Daddy [00:01:18] And they ask you about the game you claim you got [00:01:20] Drop science now why not [00:01:22] You start to sweat and fret it gets hot [00:01:25] How'd you get into this spot [00:01:27] You played yourself [00:01:31] Yo yo you played yourself [00:01:37] I'm no authority but I know the D E A L [00:01:40] When it comes to dealin' with the females [00:01:42] What you got they want cash is what they need [00:01:45] Slip sucker and they'll break you with speed [00:01:47] But you meet a freak you try to turn her out [00:01:49] Spendin' money's what I'm talkin' about [00:01:52] But you fool out your pockets got blew out [00:01:54] And after the date no boots you got threw out [00:01:57] Mad and shook 'cause your duckets got took [00:01:59] Call her up phone's off the hook [00:02:02] But who told you to front and flaunt your grip [00:02:04] You can't buy no relationship [00:02:06] You played yourself [00:02:10] Yo homeboy you played yourself [00:02:16] I'm in the MC game a lot of MC's front [00:02:19] And for the money they're sell out stunts [00:02:21] But they claim that they're rich and that they keep cash [00:02:24] Yo let me straighten this out fast [00:02:26] Two hundred thousand records sold [00:02:28] And these brothers start yellin' 'bout gold [00:02:31] You better double that then double that again [00:02:33] And still don't get sooped my friend [00:02:36] You think you've made it you're just a lucky man [00:02:38] Guess who controls your destiny fans [00:02:41] But you diss 'em 'cause you think you're a star [00:02:43] That attitude is rude you won't get far [00:02:46] 'Cause they'll turn on you quick you'll drop like a brick [00:02:48] Unemployment's where you'll sit [00:02:50] No friends 'cause you dissed 'em too [00:02:53] No money no crew you're through [00:02:55] You played yourself [00:02:59] That's right you played yourself [00:03:05] You played yourself [00:03:09] Yo yo you played yourself [00:03:15] You got problems you claim you need a break [00:03:17] But every dollar you get you take [00:03:19] Straight to the d**e man try to get a beam up [00:03:22] Your idle time is spent tryna scheme up [00:03:25] Another way to get money for a jumbo [00:03:27] When you go to sleep you count five O's [00:03:29] Lyin' and cheatin' everybody you're beatin' [00:03:32] Dirty clothes and you're skinny cos you haven't been eatin' [00:03:34] You ripped off all your family and your friends [00:03:37] Nowhere does your larceny end [00:03:39] And then you get an idea for a big move [00:03:42] An armed robbery smooth [00:03:44] But everything went wrong somebody got shot [00:03:46] You couldn't get away the cops roll you're popped [00:03:49] And now you're locked yo lampin' on Death Row