The Playa Not The Game Lyrics

[Intro] 

Start playin' 

We gon' talk about these playas 

We gon' also talk about this game 

Heh, this game 

Is somethin' everybody wants to know about 

But who's the victim? 

Is it the playa? 

The one bein' played? 

Or simply this game? 


Early in the morning, he waits by her door 

But she's not there, cuz she don't care 

Someone else she adores 

And it's a quarter after midnight 

The girl's by her phone 

But he won't call, and the tears fall 

So she sleeps all alone 


(We're in a world, that's a ball of confusion) 

The feeling is gone, still we keep holding on 

(To a love, that is just an illusion) 

Get to the back of the line 

Love will call you in time 


1 - On the kaleidascope of love 

People go 'round and 'round in circles 

Falling in love and feeling pain 

But it's the playa, not the game 


See the parade of smiling faces 

No masquerade can fade the shame 

Too many tracks to hide the traces 

But it's the playa, not the game 


It's not the game 


I keep all my feelings in a dark and deep place 

Never go there, cuz it's so rare true love shows it's face 

I stare out my window, when I can't sleep at night 

Many voices, many choices, but I know when it's right 


(We're in a world, that's a ball of confusion) 

The feeling is wrong, still we keep holding on 

(To a love, that is just an illusion) 

Fall to the back of the line 

Love will call you in time 


Repeat 1 


Blame it on the playa (don't fall too fast) 

Not the game 

Blame it on the playa (don't fall too fast) 

Not the game 

Blame it on the playa (don't fall too fast) 

Not the game 

Blame it on the playa (I know it's hard, don't fall apart) 

Not the game 


Oh, oh, oh 


Repeat 1 w/ ad-libs to fade