Marley Marl
Games of Life
High taxes and budget cuts
They're either raising my rent or they're calling us up
The cost of living is just too much
Can't walk the streets at night cause just too rough
It's hard to make a living because the times are hard
And if you like the streets you can't get the job
Go out on the street to see what you can rob
Cause there's no way that you're gonna starve
Some people try to cope by using dope
But in the long run it seems, there's no hope
And now your life will be wasted, your mind's going crazy
Cause in this world they can't make it
So make it or take it but it's hard to break it
It's like a bad habit and it's hard to shake it
So you wheel, you deal, and you fulfill
Don't end another science and that's the real deal

The game of life (Listen! Listen!)
The game of life (So pay attention!)
The game of life (We got something we should mention!)
The game of life (It's a message that we're sending!)

Scramblers, gamblers, notebook punters
The crime rate increases in the summer
To the cocaine addicts, ? fanatics
The blacks and whites still going at it
Child abusing, prostitution
It's reality, it's not an illusion
So much confusion, no solution
What ever happened to the constitution
We gotta stop this fightin', start unitin'
What I'm doing is to enlighten
Your mind, body and soul
To let you know that this is how the game goes
We gotta have determination
To overcome any situation
You got to know how to dominate them
To survive in this nation
And when we're made to be the same
Because life ain't nothing but a game