Kanye West
Know The Game
[Intro]
Yo, this that shit
Just to let n***as know
You can’t fuck with us

[Hook]
But I don’t even wanna hear it
I don’t even wanna know his name (Sit down n***a)
I know the game (Close shop up)
I know the game (Take the equipment back to the store)
Crazy cat, ah
And I don’t wanna hear all those excuses, they all the same
We should both be ashamed

[Verse 1]
Now if you talkin' bout love, you mean forever
You mean me falling in love? You talking never
Specially after this one chick got together
She told me she had a man but they not together
Let me tell you how I first met her
It’s kinda ill though
I’m downtown tryna find a meter
That’s where I find this diva standin' front the hospital
I double park the car and scream "Your man’s not with you?"
I sparked a cigarette, she sparked a convo and went on
How her man up in ER barely holdin' on
And as far as she say
All that was over, he say she say
So you telling me your man's laid up in Michael Reese
Mistaken identity like Cochise and I’m finna be
Hollin' at you now, know we’ll talk later
And I wanna get up 'cause you got flavor
Now I’ma let you get the cell, let you get the pager
And if you ain’t around no haters you can call me later
[Hook]
Now I don’t even wanna hear it
I don’t even wanna know his name (wanna hear all that, yo)
I know the game (I know the game)
I know the game (Y’all know the game, c'mon)
And I don’t wanna hear all those excuses
They all the same (They all the same)
We should both be ashamed (Check it out now)
'Cause we know the game

[Verse 2]
She must’ve known where the dollars at
'Cause it ain’t take her long at all really to holla back
Gave me directions to the crib, told me follow that
And I could park in back where the Impala at
But she ain’t stay on the southside
She stayed on south southside
Deeper than the low-end
Now I’m questioning whether I should go in or not
Plus blasting a lot, walk into the door, haters asking a lot
"Ay where you from n***a? You ain’t from round here"
She peeked out the window said "Baby I’m down here"
He mad 'cause I’m with her and he ain’t with her
And he stay down the hallway and he can’t get her
So when I came out, the n***a hatin' on me was waitin' on me
And he had mo guys, no lie
Man I knew I shouldn't've wore both chains to [?]
'Cause I know the game
[Hook]
Now I don’t even wanna hear it, I don’t even wanna know his name
I know the game, I know the game
And I don’t wanna hear all those excuses, they all the same
We should both be ashamed
'Cause we know the game