The Game's the Game

THE GAME'S THE GAME

Intro

Yeah
Ayy
Look

I learned the game don't love nobody
So I stopped expecting favors
Now when opportunity knock
I make sure I'm the one who answer

Yeah
Let's go

Verse 1

I done seen a lot of shit, I don't react the same
Used to tell 'em what I had, now I never say a thing
Everybody got a hand out when they see you make a play
But where the fuck was all that love when I was trying to find a way?

I can tell who really with me by the way they say my name
Some gon' dap you when you up, some gon' hope you never change
I ain't mad at nobody, I just put 'em in they place
You can love me from a distance, just don't reach inside my safe

I remember stretching dollars, now I'm stretching out the options
Used to pray for one good break, now I'm turning down the nonsense
I don't need to post a caption, they can see it when I walk in
Funny how they call it luck when they ain't see what it was costing

I got expensive habits, but my lessons cost me more
Had to lose a few relationships just to tighten up the score
I don't argue with a person who already chose a side
Fuck explaining what I'm worth—I let the numbers testify

Pre-Chorus

I know the game
I know the game
Ain't nothing changed
I just got better at the way I play

Chorus

Game's the game, I ain't changing for nobody
If it's love, it's love, if it's business, then it's business
I done came too far to let a broke opinion stop me
If you know, you know—ain't no need for me to mention

Game's the game, I just move a little different
Keep my circle on a diet, I don't feed into attention
They was watching every move, now they watching every digit
I ain't gotta say I'm winning—shit, the numbers tell the difference

Verse 2

I don't do the back-and-forth, say what you mean and stand on it
I done watched a handshake turn into a hand in my pocket
That's why every new connection gotta come with some deposits
Not necessarily money—I'm talking loyalty and conscience

I know people with a million dollars still be acting like they starving
I know people with a little bit that'll split it with they partners
That's the shit that really matter, you can't buy that from a market
When the lights went out on me, I learned exactly who was sparking

I got pain I never posted
I got wins I never showed 'em
I got people that I miss but know better than to call 'em
Ain't no beef, I just evolved
That's a different type of closure
Sometimes winning means accepting that the old you couldn't go there

Now the whip clean, bass knocking, city lights on the dash
Phone jumping, everybody suddenly remembering the past
I don't answer every call, I'm too busy making shit last
I done learned a hundred lessons, I ain't paying twice for class

And I'm still me
Just a little harder to reach
I don't need to be the loudest
When the numbers speak

Chorus

Game's the game, I ain't changing for nobody
If it's love, it's love, if it's business, then it's business
I done came too far to let a broke opinion stop me
If you know, you know—ain't no need for me to mention

Game's the game, I just move a little different
Keep my circle on a diet, I don't feed into attention
They was watching every move, now they watching every digit
I ain't gotta say I'm winning—shit, the numbers tell the difference

Bridge

Look

I ain't bitter
I got better
That's the difference

I ain't distant
I'm selective
That's the difference

I ain't hiding
I'm protecting
That's the difference

You can call it what you want
I know exactly what it is

Beat drops

Game's the game.

Final Chorus

Game's the game, I ain't changing for nobody
If it's love, it's love, if it's business, then it's business
I done came too far to let a broke opinion stop me
If you know, you know—ain't no need for me to mention

Game's the game, I just move a little different
Keep my circle on a diet, I don't feed into attention
They was watching every move, now they watching every digit
I ain't gotta say I'm winning—shit, the numbers tell the difference

Game's the game
Yeah
Game's the game
Ayy
I ain't gotta say I'm winning—
shit, the numbers tell the difference.

Outro

No speeches.
No explanations.

Just results.