Chico Debarge - The Game lyrics

[Verse 1] Rollin' down the highway With a trunk full of work I just lost my job Didn't wanna be a mail room clerk Besides, it didn't pay but dimes And the boss had a disrespectful mouth If I wasn't on parole I would've knocked the motherf**er out So I'm drivin' Gotta get me some fast cash And ain't tryna hurt nobody Mama, maybe it's wrong But I gotta get the money It's a must have If I get caught I go back to jail With no bail (ay, ay) It's the risk that I'm takin' I'm convinced, so ain't fakin' (uh) It's the life I choose [Chorus] Win or lose That's the way you play life's game If you play it wrong Then you're the one to blame (You're the one to blame) If I could choose I would make a change But it's the same old song That everybody shame [Verse 2] Now I'm my own boss And I ain't got no friction Cause I'm a bootleg pharmacist You don't need no prescription Got a clientele that's a mile long Tryna get the dough and retire Cause if I stay in it too long The Feds gonna set my a** on fire And if they come Gotta hold court in the streets (mm, mm, mm, mm) And one of three things will happen I get away, get the chair or die cappin' And if they catch me right And I can't fight I go back to prison (mm) And like my mama say "You can't always bust your gun Chico, sometimes you gotta run" Win or lose That's the way you play life's game If you play it wrong Then you're the one to blame If I could choose I would make a change But it's the same old song That everybody shame [Verse 3] All the odds are against me Cause I'm already a felon I'd probably die this time in jail Cause I ain't doin' no tellin' I'll probably lose the girl that I love She'll turn her back once the money's spent And play it off to her friends Like it was a heated argument [Chorus] Win or lose (It's the life I choose) That's the way you play life's game (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) You can only lose Then you're the one to blame (oooh, oh) If I could choose (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) I would make a change (bad, bad, bad, bad, bad game, yeah) That everybody shame (Oooh oh, bad game) [Breakdown] The money, money, money, money... baby (It's a bad game) The money, money, money, money That's all you think about, baby (It's a bad game) The money, money, money, money... baby (It's a bad game, yeah) Oooh, oh To the mothers watching over You know the game ain't fair Sometimes you can't change their mind So, all you got is prayer And if you're tryna be the man And a child you gotta raise Don't let nobody Put you in the grave (oooh, oh) Cause money ain't worth losin' your life Take a look at your friends in the pen Doin' time They probably got (unintelligible) For petty drug crimes [Chorus] Win or lose That's the way you play life's game [Outro] Listen, I ain't 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