[Intro]



Start playin'



We gon' talk about these playas



We gon' also talk about this game



Heh, this game



Is somethin' everybody wants to know about



But who's the victim?



Is it the playa?



The one bein' played?



Or simply this game?





Early in the morning, he waits by her door



But she's not there, cuz she don't care



Someone else she adores



And it's a quarter after midnight



The girl's by her phone



But he won't call, and the tears fall



So she sleeps all alone





(We're in a world, that's a ball of confusion)



The feeling is gone, still we keep holding on



(To a love, that is just an illusion)



Get to the back of the line



Love will call you in time





1 - On the kaleidascope of love



People go 'round and 'round in circles



Falling in love and feeling pain



But it's the playa, not the game





See the parade of smiling faces



No masquerade can fade the shame



Too many tracks to hide the traces



But it's the playa, not the game





It's not the game





I keep all my feelings in a dark and deep place



Never go there, cuz it's so rare true love shows it's face



I stare out my window, when I can't sleep at night



Many voices, many choices, but I know when it's right





(We're in a world, that's a ball of confusion)



The feeling is wrong, still we keep holding on



(To a love, that is just an illusion)



Fall to the back of the line



Love will call you in time





Repeat 1





Blame it on the playa (don't fall too fast)



Not the game



Blame it on the playa (don't fall too fast)



Not the game



Blame it on the playa (don't fall too fast)



Not the game



Blame it on the playa (I know it's hard, don't fall apart)



Not the game





Oh, oh, oh





Repeat 1 w/ ad-libs to fade