He Got Game

Yeah, that's right
This cut goes out to all y'all that's been missing us for mad years
One love, yo
Yeah, that's right, he's got game
P.E., 1998

If man is the father, the sun is the center of the earth
In the middle of the universe
Then why is this verse coming six times rehearsed?
Don't freestyle much but I write 'em like such (Word)
Amongst the themes controlled by the screens
What does it all mean, all the shit I'm seeing?
(Ha ha ha) Human beings screaming vocal javelins
Signs of a local nigga unraveling (Uh-huh)
My wandering got my ass wondering
Where Christ is in all this crisis

Hating Satan, never knew what nice is

Check the papers while I bet on Isis
More than your eye can see and ears can hear
Year by year all the sense disappears
Nonsense perseveres, prayers laced with fear
Beware, two triple-oh is here

It might feel good, it might sound a little something
But damn the game if it don't mean nothing
What is game? Who got game? Where's the game in life?
Behind the game, behind the game
I got game, she's got game, we got game
They got game, he got game
It might feel good, it might sound a little something
But fuck the game if it ain't saying nothing

Damn, was it something I said?
Pretend you don't see so you turn your head

Race scared of his shadow, does it matter?
For the reparations got 'em playing with the population
Nothing to lose, everything's approved
People used, even murder's excused
(Yo, kick it to 'em, yo)
White men in suits don't have to jump

Still a thousand and one ways to lose with the shoes
God takes care of old folks and fools (Uh)
While the devil takes care of making all the rules
Folks don't even own themselves
Paying mental rent to corporate presidents
(My man, my man) One out of one million residents
Be a dissident who ain't kissing it

The politics of chains and whips
Got the sick missing chips and all the championships

What's love got to do with what you got?
Don't let a win get to your head or a loss to your heart (Word)
Nonsense perseveres, prayers laced with fear
Beware, two triple-oh is here

It might feel good, it might sound a little something
But damn the game if it don't mean nothing
What is game? Who got game? Where's the game in life?
Behind the game, behind the game
I got game, she's got game, we got game
They got game, he got game
It might feel good, it might sound a little something
But fuck the game if it ain't saying nothing

Yeah, that's right, everybody got game
But we just here to let y'all know that P.E. is in full effect
From right now 'til the year 2000
Hey, yo, my man, sing it

There's something happening here (Yeah, yeah)
What it is ain't exactly clear

There's a man with a gun over there (Yeah, that's right, ha ha)
Telling me I got to beware

It's time to stop, children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
Hey, yo, I don't think they heard you, Steven
Kick it to 'em again one more time
It's time to stop, children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
That's right, boy, P.E. in full effect
Going 'til the year 2000, yo

Stop, look, what's that sound? (Come on, sing it)

Everybody knows what's going down (Sing it again, y'all, come on)
Stop, look (Hey), what's that sound? (Hey hey)

Everybody knows what's going down

Stop, look, what's that sound? (Hey, yo, these
Are some serious times that we living in, G)

Everybody knows what's going down (And the New World
Order is about to begin, you know what I'm saying?)
Stop, look, what's that sound? (Now the question is, are you ready
For the real revolution, which is the evolution of the mind?)
Everybody knows what's going down (If you seek then you shall
Find that we all come from the divine, you dig what I'm saying?)
Stop, look, what's that sound? (Now if you take heed to
The words of wisdom that are written on the walls of life)

Everybody knows what's going down (Then
Universally we will stand and divided we will fall)
Stop, look, what's that sound? (Because love
Conquers all, you understand what I'm saying?)

Everybody knows what's going down (This is a call for all you
Sleeping souls, wake up and take control of your own cipher)

Stop, look, what's that sound? (And be on the lookout for the spirit
Snipers trying to steal your light, you know what I'm saying?)
Everybody knows what's going down
Look within inside yourself for peace)
Stop, look, what's that sound? (Give thanks
Live life, and release, you dig me? You got me?)
Everybody knows what's going down

Stop, look, what's that sound?
Everybody knows what's going down