[Intro: Jermaine Dupri & Mariah Carey]
Uh, this is dedicated to all the ladies out there
That's tired of getting played, you know?
Y'all know what this is (Y'all know what this is)
So So Def (Ha, I ain't even gotta say it)
And your girl, Mimi
Thanx 4 nothin' (No, no, nothin')
You were just playing a game (MC)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Oh)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Oh)
Thanx 4 nothin'
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Yeah)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (You know the feeling)
You were just playing a game

[Verse 1: Mariah Carey & Jermaine Dupri]
"I can't even know what to say"
I've been hurt, I've been played
("I can't even know what to say")
And I'm so ashamed
I can't even cry, it's that deep
You just lie and you cheat
Like it's nothin' (It's nothin')

[Pre-Chorus 1: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri)]
See, you said that you loved me too, and so I trusted you
But I guess that subconsciously I knew
But I didn't wanna face the truth (Uh)
That I was only being used (Uh-huh)
And you were just frontin'
Ayy boy, thanx 4 nothin' (Say what?)
[Chorus: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri)]
I never knew enough about you, babe
And I guess I only have myself to blame
Now I'm broken-hearted and shattering
But you were just playing a game
Nothin' (Nothin') anyone could do to convince me, babe
I was living in a lie, just a masquerade
Now I only know that I'll never be the same
But you were just playin' a game (Sing with me)

[Post-Chorus: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri), Both]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Uh-huh)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Thanx 4 nothin' (Uh-huh)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh (Uh-huh)
You were just playin' a game

[Verse 2: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri)]
Every day and every night, I stay by the phone (Uh-huh)
Never go no place, so just in case you call, I'll be home (Oh)
Seems like all I do is think about our pseudo romance
While you're somewhere burnin' diesel in the streets havin' laughs

[Pre-Chorus 2: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri)]
Somebody say you know what I'm going through
You've been left with nothin'
Too much you can't count on one hand (Uh-huh)
Sing it: three, four, five, six
Seven days a week, you're drowning in tears (Oh)
He was so insincere
Now you're laying up in bed every night singing
Ayy boy, thanx 4 nothin' (Yup)
[Chorus: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri)]
I never knew enough about you, babe (Uh-uh)
And I guess I only have myself to blame
Now I'm broken-hearted and shattering
But you were just playing a game
No, nothin' (Yeah)
Anyone could do to convince me, babe
I was living in a lie, just a masquerade
Now I only know that I'll never be the same
("I can't even know what to say")
But you were just playing a game

[Post-Chorus: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri), Both]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Uh-huh)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
So thanx 4 nothin' (uh huh)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
You were just frontiin' (Oh)

[Outro: Mariah Carey & (Jermaine Dupri)]
You were just frontiin' (Oh)
So thanx 4 nothin'