You Played Yourself Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Am][Em][G]
[Em][G]
[Em][Am][Em][G][Em]
[G]

[Verse 1]
This [Em]is it,
dope from the [Am]fly kid
[Em]The Ice [G]mic is back with the high bid
Suckers you've lost [Em]cos players [G]you're not,
gangstas you ain't
You're faintin', [C]punk,
if you [G]ever heard a [Em]gunshot
Yo, the [G]pusher, the player,
the pimp [Em]gangsta, the hustler
High Roller, dead pres folder
Is cold lampin' like a [G]black
king on [Em]a throne
[C]Evil E..[G]. turn up the mi [Am]crophone
[Em]So I can ill a[G]nd break
on the [Am]rollin' tape
[C]Another [G]album to make? Great
[Em]Islam turn the bass [G]kick up a bi[Em]t
Hype [G]the snare, now I got a [Em]place to sit
And ride the track like a
black mack in [Am]his 'lac
[C]Hit the corner slow whe[G]re the gir[Am]ls are at
[Em]And kick game the way [G]it should be d[Em]one
[C]How you gon[G]na drop science?
You're dumb
[Em]Stupid ignorant,
[G]don't even [Em]talk to me
At school you [G]dropped Math,
Science and History
[Em]And then you get on the mic
[G]and try to [Em]act smart
Well let me [G]tell you one thing,
you got [Am]heart
[Em]To perpetrate, you're bait, so just wa[Am]it
[Em]Till the press shove a [G]mic in your face
[Em]Or you meet Boogie Down[G]
or Chuck [C]D
[G]Stetsasonic or the Big [Am]Daddy
[C]And they ask[G] you about the
game you claim [Em]you got
Drop [G]science now, why [Am]not?
[Em]You start to [G]sweat and fret,
it gets [Am]hot
[C]How'd you [G]get into this spot?
[Em]You

[Verse 2]
played your[G]self...[Am][Em]
[G]Yo,[Am] yo, you[Em] played yourself...

[Verse 3]
[Em]I'm no authority but I[G]
know the [Am]D- E- A- L
[G]When it comes to dealin' with the females
[Em]What you got they want,
cash is what they need
Slip sucker and they'll
break you with [Am]speed
[C]But you mee[G]t a freak,
you try to [Am]turn her out
[G]Spendin' money's
what I'm talkin' [Am]about
[Em]But you fool out, your p[G]ockets got b[Em]lew out
And [G]after the date, no boots,
you got [Am]threw out
[C]Mad and shook [G]cos your duckets got [Am]took
[C]Call [G]her up, phone's [Am]off the hook
[Em]But [G]who told you to front
and flaunt [Am]your grip?
[Em]You can't [G]buy no relationship

[Verse 4]
You [G]played [Am]yourself...[C]
[Em]Yo, [G]home[Em]boy, you played[C]
[G]you[Em]rself[G]...

[Verse 5]
[Em]I'm in the M[G]C game,
a lot [Em]of MC's front
[C]And for the money
they're sell [G]out stunts
[Em]But they claim that they[G]'re rich
and that they keep cash
[Em]Yo, let me straighten this[G] out f[Em]ast
Two hundred thousand re[G]cords [Am]sold
[Em]And these [G]brothers start
yellin' 'bout [Am]gold?
[G]You better double that,
then double [Em]that again
And [G]still don't get sooped, my friend
[Em]You think you've made it,
[G]you're just a [Am]lucky man
[C]Guess who con[G]trols your destiny,
[Em]fans
But you diss 'em cos
[G]you think you're a star
That attitude is rude, you won't get far
[Em]Cos they'll turn on you quick
[G], you'll drop like a brick
[C]Une[G]mployment's where you'll
[Am]sit
[G]No friends cos you dissed 'em too
[Am]No m[C]oney, no crew,
[G]you're through

[Verse 6]
You [Em]played your[G]self...[Am][Em]
[G]That's rig[Em]ht,
[G]you played[Em]
yourself...
You played your[G]self...[Am][Em]
[G]Yo, yo, you pla[Em]yed[G]
[Em]your[G]self[Am]...

[Verse 7]
[Em]You got problems,
you claim you [Am]need a break
[Em]But every [G]dollar you get you take
Straight to the Dopeman, try to
get a beam up
[Em]Your idle [G]time is spent
tryna [Am]scheme up
Another way to [G]get money for a jumbo
[C]When you go to sleep
[G]you count [Am]Five- O's
[G]Ly in' and cheatin',
[C]everybod[G]y you're beatin'[Am]
Dirty [C]clothes [G]and you're skinny
cos you haven't been eat[Am]in'
[Em]You ripped off all your [G]family
and [A]your friend[Am]s
Nowhere [G]does your larceny end
And then you get an idea for a big move
[C]An armed [G]robbery... smooth
[C]But [G]everything went wrong,
somebody got shot
You couldn't get away,
the cops [G]roll, you're popped
[Em]And now you're locked, yo,
[G]lampin' on Death Row
[Em]Societ[F]y's faul[G]t? No[Am]
Nobody put the crack [G]into the pipe
Nobody [G]made you smoke off your life
You thought that you could do dope
[G]and still [Am]stay [Em]cool? [Bb]Fool.

[Verse 8]
You played your[Em]self...[G][Am][Em][G]
You played yourself...
[Am]Ain't nobo[G]dy else's fault,
you played yourself.