Understand the Game Songtext
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Kedar
My nigga Big Dogg
Erykah Badu
Group Home, Parkside, Four Pound
My man Godfather, Kool G Rap
What I tell ya?
Cats never understand the game

Drop top down hun, sun in the grill

Try to escape, book a flight, run in the grill
Got in the game cause point blank I wanted a bill
Like Aaliyah, guess you could say I′m one in a mil'

Congrats cause A+ status, never be the baddest
But get this, ain′t nothing wrong with trying to be the richest
And with this I maintain, ten albums
From now I still rock the same name
With different frames, probably Cartiers
I see you riding with them cars that probably hardly there


Fronting in life but yo nobody cares
You do your thing, I do mine
Cause see I'm just trying to rhyme 'til you hate it
Now the plaques need to plate it

Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, uh
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, word up
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, uh
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, c′mon

A lot of cats got a hard time accepting change
It′s like getting shot, still trying to step the same
You want to blow even though you don't respect the game


But when you get stripped, the only thing that′s left is your name
I seen 'em come and go, cop hot Ranges and flooded Rolls
Platinum plaques, accomplishing goals, and closing shows
But when the lights go out you ain′t far behind
The bank say the cars mine and you need the bottom line
At first, you was the man now the cats who outta line
Now you fresh outta rhymes and you fresh outta shine
And you steady trying to put your life in reverse
After breaking 25 snatch your purse, understand the game

Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, c'mon
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, word up
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, uh
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, c′mon

I'm a player and a coach, maybe not the ref
Everything A spit be hot to death
You need to fix your face tough guy, what are you mad?
Cause all of a sudden somebody must've colored your bag
You need to start relaxing and stop acting
Cause when the scenes get real you see how I feel

It ain′t no game, shells hit your frame and it burn

Now you going six feet deep, surrounded by lawns

Stiff like a statue, your friends are throwing roses at you
You praying that God catch you and your foes are laughing at you
But it′s too late, the only thing you got was a name
Cause you didn't understand the game, but I did

Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, uh
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, word up
Understand the game, understand the game

You got to understand the game
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, word up
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game
Understand the game, understand the game

You got to understand the game
Understand the game, understand the game
You got to understand the game, c′mon

Understand the game, understand the game

Erykah Badu, Big Dogg