A+, Erykah Badu - Understand the Game lyrics

I understand the game, sometimes
My nigga, Erykah Badu, Group Home, Parkside
Full Pound, my man Godfather, hold your head
What'd I tell you?
Cats never understand the game

Droptop down, huh? It's under the grill
Try to escape
But the flight running the grill
Got in the game, it's point blank
I wanted a bill like Aaliyah
As you could say I'm "one in a mil"
Congrats cuz A+ status: never be the baddest
Forget this, ain't nothing wrong with trying
To be the richest and with this I maintain
Ten hours from now
I'll still rock the same name
With different friends, probably Cartier
I see em riding with them cars
They're probably hardly there
But yo, nobody cares
You do your thing, I do mine
Cuz see I'm just tryna rhyme till you hate it
Now the plaques nickel-plated
Understand the game

I understand the game, sometimes
Understand it understand the game
You've got to understand the game
Understand it understand the game
You've got to understand the game word up
Understand it
Understand the game, you've got
To understand the game, uh
Understand it understand the game
You've got to understand the game come on

A lot of cats got a hard time
Accept the change
It's like getting shot and still
Trying to step the same
You wanna blow even though you
Don't respect the game
But when you get stripped
The only thing that's left is your name
I seen em come and go
Cop hot Ranges and flooded Rolls
Platinum plaques accomplishing goals
And closing shows
But when the lights go out
You ain't far behind
The bank say "the car's mine" and
You need the bottom line
At first you was the man
Now they catch you out of line
Now you fresh out of rhymes and
You fresh out of shine
And you steady trying to put
Your life in reverse at the breaking point
About to snatch a purse understand the game

I'm a player and a coach, baby, not the ref
Everything A spit be hot to death
You need to fix your face, tough guy, what
Are you mad? Cuz all of a sudden somebody
Must have colored you bad
You need to start relaxing and stop acting
Because when the scenes gets real
You'll see how I feel it ain't no game
The shells hit your frame and it burn
Now you're going six feet deep
Surrounded by logs stiff like a statue
Your friends are throwing roaches at you
You're praying that God catch you
When your foes are laughing at you
But, it's too late
The only thing you got was an A
Because you didn't understand the game
But, I did