Artist: Joe Budden Album: All Love Lost Song: Playing Our Part Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: Joe Budden] Mic mic mic Yeah we good now, uh Turn the vocal down a little bit, just a little bit I want it loud [Joe Budden] Here's my moment of clarity I've been misleadin you all, givin you half of me I've been blazin a trail and leavin casualties I've diagnosed myself, I think it's apathy So lettin go became easy, grabbin ahold, that's the hardest I know our expiration date, soon as we start it You come around and you feel safe, while you a target You feelin like I let you inside, while I'm guarded It's genius when arrogance seems, like it's modest Look past the insanity, glance, at the logic Appears optional, all of it is stipulated Watch and learn how emotions get manipulated Now you in dire need of help You the victim, made to think you did it to yourself Speakin of, rest in peace Sandra Bland Me I'm believin e'rything that wasn't on that cam But back to you beauty, let me address our lil' movement You in therapy but I don't see the improvement Or whatever's been made nowadays is ruined So e'ry few months I ponder what the fuck are we doin Let me, watch my words again You easily got one of the best pussies that I ever been inserted in You're real kind, real sweet, real nurturin Yet e'ry time we link back up, you just get hurt again You put all men in a box, I ain't one of 'em Funny how you got all the answers and none of 'em You only dated three men so I'm scared of you Cause with no point of reference, what the fuck are you comparin to? You good one minute, psycho the next, no longer lettin it ride Too much Jekyll and Hyde Then you subtweet for weeks, busy set in your pride I'm grown, don't really need that sort of mess in my life But wait, uh, you of age, you old too I control my emotions, yours control you You bright enough to know when you get impulsive For me that's repulsive, how do you not know this? And then we go our separate ways Just to link back on better days Though I know it's short term and you never stay You always a sucker for that text that say [Chorus: Joe Budden] "Yo what up? Are you good? Hit me up whenever you in the hood" Then we fuck, and it's fine Then you get all this bullshit on your mind I'm waitin for you to talk, but you won't You wait for me to react but I don't Then you go, and I watch We know how this movie go but we watch Cause we just playin our parts Ay (uh-huh) uh You're watchin how I perform and it's breakin your heart Yeah (talk to 'em!) You home alone backtrackin, replayin the start Uh, you realize this whole script you've been playin a mark That ain't stop you from takin a part I guess we both just playin our parts [Joe Budden] Yeah, and so the pussy ain't enough now They keep thinkin it should be enough, how? Fuck sex baby, later for that This mind game I'm playin is a greater climax Not a franchise player, I can't pay you the max I can't say it to you so I just say it in raps I got a rep that I made all by myself One I hate all by myself That comes from decisions created all by myself I can't shake it all by myself See I grew up in the spotlight, where your every move is eyed The truth becomes lies when you that scrutinized No mentorship, I was unsupervised Had to learn on my own every rule to survive Still I manned up and caught those wrongs Go ahead and judge Joe, I got my court clothes on Y'all see the front, behind the scenes more goes on Check my back catalog, it's in all those songs For real, so I could be at peace forever I left the puzzle right there nigga, piece it together But back to you beauty, small waist, fat booty It's cool for the moment but don't permanently move me They come through tossin me ass like it's they duty But who I was ain't who I am, I say it truly Here I am shootin 'em down without the Uzi Unlike them niggaz you know, don't try and group me Watched myself on TV, was unruly How the fuck they cast me wrong in my own movie? Uh, they say you are what you attract Here I am screamin "Fuck all that" Then I'm forced to believe I attract and adore bunch of unstable broads with character flaws With plenty luggage, I greet 'em with they bags at the door If that's true then it's some shit I'd rather ignore Cause check it, whatever helps you get by So when they hit me, I always reply [Chorus: Joe Budden] They always be like, "What's up? Are you good? Hit me up whenever you in the hood" Then we fuck, and it's fine Then you get all this bullshit on your mind I'm waitin for you to talk, but you won't Then you wait for me to react but I don't Then you go, and I watch We know how this movie go but we watch Cause we just playin our parts... You watchin how I perform and it's breakin your heart... You home alone backtrackin, replayin the start Word up, uhh Realize this whole script you've been playin a mark But that ain't stop you from takin a part I guess we both just playin our part [Joe Budden] Just where I'm at lately Look at the monster this industry done made me Shit I loved the most, I let it jade me Cryin out for help, somebody save me But I can't let 'em know all that They take it as weakness when you show all that So I just, live in my mind 'til this hoe call back E'ry time I'm knocked down you see Joe crawl back For real, nowadays they all the same Enhanced body parts, smaller brains They don't get a hi, in fact Mums the word baby girl, it's now quiet for that For real, if you got nothin to offer Sorry Ms. Jackson, gotta off ya But as soon as you leave 'em alone It's when they send that same text to the phone [Chorus: Joe Budden] They always be like, "What's up? Are you good? Hit me up whenever you in the hood" Then we fuck, and it's fine Then you get all this bullshit on your mind I'm waitin for you to talk, but you won't Then you wait for me to react but I don't Then you go, and I watch We know how this movie go but we watch Cause we just playin our parts [Outro: Joe Budden] Uh, word up I guess we both playin our part I play mine well Better than you And it go Baby baby!