The Game

Rollin down the highway
With a trunkful of work
I just lost my job
Didnt wanna be a mailroom clerk
Besides it didnt pay but dimes
And the boss had a disrespectful mouth
If I wasnt on parole
I wouldve knocked the ************ out
So Im drivin, gotta get me some fast cash
Aint tryin to hurt nobody
Mama, maybe its wrong
But I gotta get the money, its a must have
If I get caught, I go back to jail with no bail
Its the risk that Im takin
Im convinced so , aint fakin
Its the life I choose
Win or lose, thats the way you play lifes game
If you play it wrong then youre the one to blame
If I can choose I would make a change
But its the same old song that everybody shame
Now, Im my own boss
And I aint got no friction
Coz Im a bootleg pharmacist
You dont need no prescription
[Incomprehensible] thats my law
Tryin to get the dough and retire
Coz if I stay in it too long
The Feds gonna set my ass on fire
And if they come
Gotta hold court in the streets
And one of three things will happen
I get away, get the chair or die cappin
And if they catch me right
And I cant fight, I go back to prison
And like my mama say, you cant always bust your gun
She goes sometimes you gotta run
Win or lose, thats the way you play lifes game
If you play it wrong then youre the one to blame
If I can choose I would make a change
But its the same old song that everybody shame
All the odds are against me
Coz Im already a felon
Id probably die this time in jail
Coz I aint doin no tellin
Ill probably lose the girl that I love
Shell turn her back once the moneys spent
And play it off to her friends
Like it was a heated argument
Win or lose, thats the way you play lifes game
And youre the one to blame
If I can choose I would make a change
And everybody shame
Bad game, its a bad game, yeah
Its a bad game, yeah, yeah
Its a bad game, yeah, yeah, yeah
To the mother whos watching over
You know the game aint fair
Sometimes you cant change their mind
So, all you got is prayer
Win or lose, thats the way you play lifes game
Then youre the one to blame
If I can choose I would make a change
That everybody shame
Win or lose, thats the way you play lifes game
Listen, I aint got that much time
Only four minutes to sing to you
But I hope and pray that you will listen
While I try to school you
Bad game, bad game
Nobody wins
That everybody shame