[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 (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' (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'