The Game (feat. Bun B)

Uh, uh
It get rough out here, it's a dirty game, it's a dirty game
Don't get no better, just get worse
Got to be a survivor, shit, uh

Uh, you started off on that black plate
Ready rock, big bundle of five eights
Before you even thought about big weight
The same little block, 2138
You and your man, no phone in one thirty eight
They see your spot, startin to quake, it don't stop
It's twenty four seven, y'all clock around the clock
Now the short stop is watchin just suffer
'Cause smokers run past him to y'all for that butter
Countin the pot when you heard the knock on the door
Two by four nailed to the floor, the lock to the door
Shit was too sweet so y'all stopped knowin how to act
Got lax, and stopped comin to the door with the gat
Chasin that dope made you open up that door too fast
Behind it was them niggas with the heat and a ski mask
Pushin you in the house with the metal in your mouth
One day you could be up, the next you could be assed out

That's how the game go, some niggas hustle and some niggas layin
That's how the game go, some for the muscle and some for the cash
That's how the game go, caught up in the money and the shine
That's how the game go, but you can't turn one into one
That's how the game go, now some niggas win but most niggas lose
That's how the game go, aimless, claimless, ain't got no crew
That's how the game go, but what you bringin is what you got
That's how the game go, nigga too much blingin'll get you shot

Yo, yo, you just seen quarantine 'bout to step in population
Down for a shootin, five to ten what you facin
Your bail was denied 'cause you was still on probation
Your celly keep on wackin and sleep, they call him Jason
Love to get swole, love drama, stay in the hole
Never comin home, life, no chance of parole
But you know your trial startin in a couple weeks
You know it's beef, you hearin that
This fool wanna take it to the streets
He tried to get a name off your name
He could hustle too, but he want fame off your name
Tried to get you stuck for your watch and your chain
You had to sit him down with some shots in his frame
The shit you seen in court'll make a thug wanna cry
This nigga that you shot dressed in a suit and tie
The judge in so many words askin who
The rat put his head down and pointed at you

That's how the game go, got your name and number in a file
That's how the game go, pussy niggas talkin at your trial
That's how the game go, catchin time like it's goin outta style
That's how the game go, with twenty-five to life with no trial
That's how the game go, ship him upstate on a bus
That's how the game go, prison full of blood, piss and pus
That's how the game go, give him six digits slapped across his chest
That's how the game go, nigga early to bed, early to rest

The poor thief stay with the work without a doubt
When y'all all out, in and out the drought
From every four in the middle he snatch a quarter out
Take from the raw, replace it with the tall
That's how he get his cut from you lightweight niggas
And love to come up quick on them out-of-state niggas
These cats from NY been talkin pies
Say they got a hundred to cop, and what about five?
When D gon' drop, it's niggas watchin out on both ends of the block
Lookin from rooftops, scopes and binocs
Waitin for him to draw, twenty guns
Cocked, layin in that parked U-Haul
The shots stopped, only left one nigga breathin
From D team, D was the only one leakin
He layin there screamin for only one reason
His team seen he was the only one eatin

That's how the game go, the blacktop is steamin from the heat
That's how the game go, see these niggas livin die on these streets
That's how the game go, so don't fuck around if you ain't ready
That's how the game go, don't fuck around if you ain't steady
That's how the game go, these dope fiends with needles in a rope
That's how the game go, high powered auto mags with scopes
That's how the game go, you slangin all that rock for that link
That's how the game go, nigga you don't know the block like you think

That's how the game go
Murder Mill, my nigga Bun B
It's cold out here
Two bricks one day, zero the next
Nigga wanna go to war, then snitch on you, bitch-ass nigga
Hoes tryin to get you tied up and shit, it's cold
That's how the game go