You ain't but a fire on my sad estate
Burning my house to the ground
High and meadow, oh how she rides me
Out in the meadow where the taxis don't ride
A million times quicker than the pain
Ohhh, games
A million times better than the pain

You ain't but a telegram nobody's sendin'
Nobody sends me but you
High and mellow, slow and steady
Out in the meadow with you
A million times better than the pain
Ohhh, games
A million times better than the pain
Ohhh, games
Oooo, games
You ain't but a fire on my sad estate
Burning my house to the ground

Mmm
Oh yeah
Mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Yeeeeeeah

What is this
That I'm feelin' deep inside
Emptiness
Girl, I see it in your eyes
A choice to make
Will it be me or will it be you?
Let's be honest with each other
There's one thing I don't wanna do

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

Tried to make it last, two damn years
Just couldn't get things right
Crazy love, up and down
Guilty conscience all the time
Tired of games we play
Got to turn this thing around
Inside I know you feel the same
I can see clearly now, yeah
(It's been a long time comin')
See girl, some things must come to an end
(And I don't wanna lose a friend, no)
I don't, I don't wanna lose a friend

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

Baby I never meant to break you down
(No, no, no, no, no, no)
Seems like we always had to fool around
(Baby, I know girl, I know)
Breakin' up is so damn hard to do
(So damn hard to do)
And I don't wanna lose a friend, no
(I don't wanna lose the best thing I ever had)

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

I don't wanna play no games
(Tell your mama you are comin' home)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Tell your daddy you did me wrong)
If you're not serious
(See I know you're not serious about this thing)
If you'll be better off without me
(But it's alright)
Then I'll be better off without you
(It's alright)

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

Somebody said somebody wouldn't last too long, somebody's still going strong.
Somebody said somebody was all a front, somebody's still talking junk.
Think of what you say, think of what you do,
think of what you try to put us through.
We're just singing our song.
When you put us down, it ain't gonna get you nowhere.
We're positive and no matter what you think we really care.
Oh, ee, oh, oh, oh, games, games, games, games, games.

Somebody said somebody worked too hard, somebody gotta charm some hearts.
Somebody said everybody's gonna wait and see, what's gonna be is gonna be.
Think of .....

Games, oh, ee, oh, oh, oh, games, games, games, games, games.
[RAP:] Yeah, people keep on fronting on the Beantown posse,
but it's time to step up to the stand,
'cause we ain't going out like that.
Back, huh, stronger than ever, did you think we'd sever?
Never, we're too clever to be taken down clown
by your ignorant state of mind, I ain't blind but
every time I look I find you dissin' a mission that
strictly be righteous, we gotta fight this so now I think I might just
take a stand, man, like never before, and I'm sure
that we'll endure so now it's time to even the score
I hear you knocking me but you ain't shocking me
'cause jealousy is telling me that you're just jocking me
so keep on talking skee, with pride I'm walking see,
because on anybody's block is where I'm gonna be rockin' gee.
Don't play those games, oh, ee, oh, oh, oh, stop playing those games.
[repeat ad lib & fade]

[Sadat X]
Yeah yeah, watch us turn it up for y'all
Tight broads watchin
The Guru, the great 'Dat X, and Big L
Flamboyant for life

[Big L]
Check it, a year ago I did a show for some dough
Puffed a bag of hydro then broke out on the low
And on my way out, it was a female on my trail
who followed me from the stage to the Benz SL
I asked honey her name, she replied, "Monique"
Soft and sweet, from her head to feet, hotter than heat
Jump in the passenger seat, let's go get somethin to eat
She said I was that Roc-a-Fella she'd been dyin to meet
I tried to hit it first night, she said she wasn't a freak
Yeah right - it's all good, so I waited a week
Then one night to my crib she decided to creep
Knocked on a nigga door and woke me outta my sleep
I let her in before you know it we was doin our thang
I drove her home, and said tomorrow give me a ring
It was about a month later when she gave me a call
with some bogus ass story that was off the wall
Claimin she's pregnant with my child, I think that's quite foul
How is that? I wore a Lifestyle

Chorus: Big L - [repeat 2X]

Aiyyo fellas, you gotta be careful today
Watch out for games that these females play
Cause some break the rules and some don't play fair
You might get caught out there if you're not aware

[Sadat X]
I'm in the breed of the bad guy
Get caught in a mad lie, come in your crib mad high
Think about me with the smile on your face
Think about me with my hand on your waist
and think about me with your hair in your face
Even caught a case fuckin witchu
Had said some ol' slick shit, that had forced me to hit you
Had you set up livin swell, how you gon' fuck my man L
like we don't cross paths in these New York streets?
But that's good, cause he's my man and we both shine
and to say we don't love these hoes is a old line
Honey just save some space in it so you can hold mine
Her whole spine be twisted;
things she did and how she kissed it
I kinda missed it, think back on how we dissed it
Now we two-fisted, she ain't never resisted
Left it red and blistered, shakin
I could slam it if it wasn't NO money makin

Chorus: Sadat X (same as Big L) - [repeat 2X]

[Guru]
Word up - games, these girls nowadays they play many
Techniques for gettin your loot, they got plenty
Suck the skin off your dick, just for some ice and shit
In the beginning they're polite, actin all nice and shit
But honey got plans to be pushin your Land
When she got you - she goes and fucks your man
Understand? You gotta lay down the law
A lot of broads is fraud, they'll set you up Baby Pah
Some'll try to get you stuck up, some'll fake pregnancy
Most are after the dough, and the fame basically
Yo you can't make a hoe a housewife kid
Pick the wrong chick - could be a lifetime bid
A lot of cats be beefin over these honies
Not me I keep it movin they ain't getitn jack from me
Mack these freaks for your own enjoyment
And one love to L we gon' stay Flamboyant

Chorus: Guru (same as Sadat X) - [repeat 2X]

[Guru]
Heh, word up
Yo son you better watch these little fast-ass
little fancy-pants bitches with the thongs
Heh, that's my word
Yo, rest in peace to my man Big L, uhh
Peace to the God Sadat X
Guru, GangStarr, uhh
Hold it down

Mmm
Oh yeah
Mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Yeeeeeeah

What is this
That I'm feelin' deep inside
Emptiness
Girl, I see it in your eyes
A choice to make
Will it be me or will it be you?
Let's be honest with each other
There's one thing I don't wanna do

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

Tried to make it last, two damn years
Just couldn't get things right
Crazy love, up and down
Guilty conscience all the time
Tired of games we play
Got to turn this thing around
Inside I know you feel the same
I can see clearly now, yeah
(It's been a long time comin')
See girl, some things must come to an end
(And I don't wanna lose a friend, no)
I don't, I don't wanna lose a friend

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

Baby I never meant to break you down
(No, no, no, no, no, no)
Seems like we always had to fool around
(Baby, I know girl, I know)
Breakin' up is so damn hard to do
(So damn hard to do)
And I don't wanna lose a friend, no
(I don't wanna lose the best thing I ever had)

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

I don't wanna play no games
(Tell your mama you are comin' home)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Tell your daddy you did me wrong)
If you're not serious
(See I know you're not serious about this thing)
If you'll be better off without me
(But it's alright)
Then I'll be better off without you
(It's alright)

I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

With all the noise above
He tried to call his name
The trial would go on
The day has just begun

Living in an empty world
Living in an empty world
Living in an empty world
Living in an empty world

The diamond cuts her eye
The crowd behind went wild
They weren't all that proud
By now, they hear it loud

Living in an empty world
Living in an empty world
Living in an empty world
Living in an empty world

I'm okay, I'm alright
I was out late last night
Empty love, empty love
I will wait one more night

I'm waiting for you right outside
The place we first locked eyes, oh
I feel like we're both losing sight
We don't get to do this twice and I wonder

Will you care when I'm gone?
And it's time and I've really had enough
And I'm sorry for the trouble

It's been costing us so much
Splitting apart, it's getting harder to tell what you want
So bored with these games, games

The last time that I left these steps
Was after our first kiss
I wonder why you haven't shown
I'll be leaving here alone and I wonder

Will you care when I'm gone?
And it's time and I've really had enough
And I'm sorry for the trouble

It's been costing us so much
Splitting apart, it's getting harder to tell what you want
So bored with these games, games

(So bored with these games, games)
Splitting apart, it's getting harder to tell what you want
So bored with this

(So bored with these games, games)
Splitting apart, it's getting harder to tell what you want
So bored with this

(So bored with these games, games)
Splitting apart, it's getting harder to tell what you want
So bored with this

I'm left in the dark
I never thought you could be breaking my heart
I'm so bored with these games, games

Will you care when I'm gone?
And it's time and I've really had enough
And I'm sorry for the trouble

It's been costing us so much
Splitting apart, getting harder to tell what you want
So bored with these games, games
Games, oh games, oh yeah, games