Paul Wall, Statik Selektah, Haile Supreme, Nems - Part of the Game lyrics

Are people talkin' 'bout a man?
(Statik Selektah) , Paul Wall

I know it's part of the game
 be cool and stick to your lane i know
I tried so hard but I can't stay longer
(Got some advice for anybody out there
Do you) i know it's part of the game
Be cool and stick to your lane
('Cause, I'ma do me) i know
I tried so hard but I can't stay longer
(I'ma do me, you do you
Ain't that some shit? Look, woo)

They tell you do you
It's cool to be different
Then they criticize and clown, you
It's a cold world, isn't it?
(Cold world, isn't it?)
Square pegs, I just don't seem to fit in it
(Don't seem to fit)
The hate is imminent although insignificant
('Significant)
I gotta follow the game plan and focus
(Focus)
With hard work and faith I'm ferocious
('Rocious) no hand outs or short cuts
They always end up bogus (Bogus)
They rather I was broke instead
Of meeting with stock brokers (Brokers)
I had to switch the grip up
'cause I kept on striking out (Out)
I had to ask myself
"Do I want money or the clout?" (Clout)
I had to redirect my actions
Rearrange my route (Route)
Prayers keep my mind strong to
Keep away the doubt (Doubt)
I gotta keep my faith
Strongest when under duress ('Ress)
Sacrifice and dedication come
With the success ('Cess)
Hard work more, whine and complain less
(Less) they'd rather criticize than
Participate I guess (Guess)
But me, i'd rather find a way to get
It done regardless of constraints
('Straints)
Everything's all good until it ain't
(It ain't)
The true test of a man's power is restraint
('Straint)
Doing me and now I'm heading to the bank
(Bank) the hate is max-strength but
My mind's stronger (Stronger)
Grind harder, nights longer (Longer)
Atmosphere the opposite of somber (Somber)
I shake the haters off like
The ash on a blunt
I can't front, I ain't looking back
I'm looking front

I know it's part of the game
Be cool and stick to your lane i know
I tried so hard but I can't stay longer
I know it's part of the game
Be cool and stick to your lane i know
I tried so hard but I can't stay longer

My mind racin' everyday soon as I wake up
I know you want me down at the bottom
But, I can't stay stuck
Rather keep my integrity and take a pay cut
'Cause money is my bitch
And I promise we'll never break up
It's cheaper to keep her and
I ain't with the alimony
Internet can say what they want
That never mattered to me
I've slept in penthouses and
In project staircases
I took risks the average
Man wouldn't dare taken
They shitted on my name
Prayed I wouldn't make it
Then I rose from the ashes
Look at their faces
Made a clear statement, I'ma win regardless
They slander me
I just smile and defend the charges
These other artists come around
They just steal and borrow
I could open my rap book and reveal a novel
My two cousins got killed
I still feel the sorrow
Rather be a square today than
Be a round tomorrow
I do me, they could say what they want
Never take a step back but keep
The paint in the front
An old bum told me once
"What you laughing at?
If you can't remember the
Last time you struggled
It hasn't happened yet"
I can't catch another charge
I got two strikes so I make the page and the
Pen connect like two flights
They left me behind so now I move right
Spit this on the tenth anniversary
Of my new life

I know it's part of the game
Be cool and stick to your lane i know
I tried so hard but I can't stay longer
I know it's part of the game
Be cool and stick to your lane i know
I tried so hard but I can't stay longer
(Woo)