Playing Our Part Lyrics - All Love Lost - Joe Budden

Mic, mic, mic 

Yeah we good now 

Turn the vocals down a little bit, just a little bit 

I want it loud 

Here's my moment of clarity 

I've been misleadin' you all, givin' you half of me 

I've been blazin' a trail and leavin' casualties 

I've diagnosed myself, I think it's apathy 

So lettin' go became easy, grabbin' ahold, that's the hardest 

I know our expiration date soon as we start it 

You come around and you feel safe while you're a target 

You feelin' like I let you inside, while I'm guarded 

It's genius when arrogance seems like it's modest 

Look past the insanity, glance at the logic 

Appears optional, all of it is stipulated 

Watch and learn how emotions get manipulated 

Now you in dire need of help 

You the victim, made to think you did it to yourself 

Speakin' of, rest in peace Sandra Bland 

I'm believin' everything that wasn't on that cam 

But back to you, beauty, let me address our lil' movement 

You in therapy but I don't see the improvement 

Oh whatever's been made now days is ruined 

So every few months I ponder what the fuck are we doin' 

Let me watch my words again 

You easily got one of the best pussies that I've ever been inserted in 

You real kind, real sweet, real nurturin' 

Yet every time we link back up, you just get hurt again 

You put all men in a box, I ain't one of 'em 

Funny how you got all the answers and none of 'em 

You only dated three men so I'm scared of you 

'Cause with no point of reference, what the fuck are you comparin' to? 

You good one minute, psycho the next 

No longer lettin' it ride, too much Jekyll and Hyde 

Then you subtweet for weeks, busy settin' your pride 

I'm grown, don't really need that sort of mess in my life 

But wait, you of age, you old too 

I control my emotions, yours control you 

You bright enough to know when you get impulsive 

For me, that's repulsive, how do you not know this? 

And then we go our separate ways 

Just to link back on better days 

Though I know it's short term and you never stay 

You always a sucker for that text that say 

"Yo what up? Are you good? 

Hit me up whenever you in the hood" 

Then we fuck, and it's fine 

Then you get all this bullshit on your mind 

I'm waitin' for you to talk, but you won't 

Then you wait for me to react but I don't 

Then you go, and I watch 

We know how this movie go, but we watch 

'Cause we just playin' our parts 

You're watchin' how I perform and it's breakin' your heart 

You home alone backtrackin', replayin' the start 

You realize this whole script you've been playin' a mark 

That ain't stop you from takin' a part 

I guess we're both just playin' our parts 

Yeah, and so the pussy ain't enough now 

They keep thinkin' it should be enough, how? 

Fuck sex, baby, later for that 

This mind game I'm playin' is a greater climax 

Not a franchise player, I can't pay you the max 

I can't say it to you so I just say it in raps 

I got a rep that I made all by myself 

One I hate all by myself 

That comes from decisions created all by myself 

I can't shake it all by myself 

See I grew up in the spotlight, where your every move is eyed 

The truth becomes lies when you're that scrutinized 

No mentorship, I was unsupervised 

Had to learn on my own every rule to survive 

Still I manned up in caught those wrongs 

Go ahead and judge Joe, I got my court clothes on 

Y'all see the front, behind the scenes more goes on 

Check my back catalog, it's in all those songs, forreal 

So I can be at peace forever 

I left the puzzle right there, nigga, piece it together 

But back to you, beauty, small waist, fat booty 

It's cool for the moment but don't permanently move me 

They come through tossin' me ass like it's their duty 

But who I was ain't who I am, I say it truly 

Yeah I am shootin' 'em down without the Uzi 

Unlike them niggas you know, don't try and group me 

Watched myself on TV, was unruly 

How the fuck they cast me wrong in my own movie? 

They say you are what you attract 

Here I am, screamin', "Fuck all that" 

Then I'm forced to believe I attract and adore 

Bunch of unstable broads with character flaws 

With plenty luggage, I greet 'em with their bags at the door 

If that's true then it's some shit I'd rather ignore 

'Cause check it, whatever helps you get by 

So when they hit me, I always reply 

They always be like, "what's up? Are you good? 

Hit me up whenever you in the hood" 

Then we fuck, and it's fine 

Then you get all this bullshit on your mind 

I'm waitin' for you to talk, but you won't 

Then you wait for me to react but I don't 

Then you go, and I watch 

We know how this movie go, but we watch 

'Cause we just playin' our parts 

You're watchin' how I perform and it's breakin' your heart 

You home alone backtrackin', replayin' the start 

Realize this whole script you've been playin' a mark 

But that ain't stop you from takin' a part 

I guess we're both just playin' our parts 

Just where I'm at lately 

Look at the monster this industry done made me 

Shit I loved the most, I let it jade me 

Cryin' out for help, somebody save me 

But I can't let 'em know all that 

They take it as weakness when you show all that 

So I just live in my mind 'til this hoe call back 

Every time I'm knocked down you see Joe crawl back, for real 

Nowadays they all the same 

Enhanced body parts, smaller brains 

They don't get a hi in fact 

Mums the word, baby girl, it's now quiet for that, for real 

If you got nothin' to offer 

Sorry Mrs. Jackson, gotta off ya 

But as long as you leave 'em alone 

It's when they send that same text to the phone 

They always be like, "what's up? Are you good? 

Hit me up whenever you in the hood" 

Then we fuck, and it's fine 

Then you get all this bullshit on your mind 

I'm waitin' for you to talk, but you won't 

You wait for me to react but I don't 

Then you go, and I watch 

We know how this movie go, but we watch 

'Cause we just playin' our parts 

I guess we're both just playin' our parts 

I play mine well 

Better than you 

And it go baby, baby!