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AZ

Games

Release date: 7th November 2006

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About This Track

"Games" is a track by AZ, from the album The Format, released 7th November 2006. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

AZ

AZ

Lyrics

Games

[Intro: AZ]

Of course it's me, AZ

The most hated, most underrated

But it is, what it is

[Verse 1]

Gaudier studded frames on my facial

By this tint, you can sense I'm bi-racial

Benevolence of a pimp and I'm grateful

Heaven sent, I was meant for a late view

Lived the life, unknown the most

Never boast, got that grown approach

I get it in, professor with the dividends

Doe or Die, successor of my siblings

You know it, from petty crimes to a street poet

It's all the grind, steady mind, taught to keep forward

The game's crucial, no gangs I remain neutral

It's more fruitful, truthful

I'm living proof of what the loot do

Love it or leave it, minor beef to above it to breathe it

Reclining seats, fuck how others perceive it

I'm doing me, hip-hop since Spoonie Gee and Ziplock

So I ask why y'all fooling with me

[Chorus: Samson & AZ]

I work hard, you know you know you know you know you know you know

To get the things I have

I work hard

To get the things I have

And I wanna know why you wanna play on me

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play on me)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play, yeah)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me

[Verse 2: AZ]

Imagine this: no money, just arrogance and hungry

Can see a sex freak, fly mystique and spunky

Comfy amongst the streets why y'all creeps is lunch meat

Frauds, like emotional broads that's on their monthly

Grungy, violence is the only respect

The stress numb me, death is the last thing left

So get from me if your math ain't matching your words

I know the half so when I laugh I'm just relaxing my nerves

Love furs, diamonds is a man best friend

His and hers is all captured on the camera lens

I'm what it was, for the buzz and the torch was lit

Never a dud, you all bug, get off my dick

Y'all need hugs, I'm just trying to mind my own

Little patron, few shines, all kind of colognes

Monotone, it's assertiveness that come when you grown

I sense nervousness, y'all know I'm in that murderous zone

But still courteous, shake hands and kiss the kids

Make plans with the Ms. take trips to live

Why bid when the smart got a lot of advantage

It's a art, so know that y'all involved with a mammoth

Single handed, never taken nothing for granted

Never fronting, my face ain't never touching the canvas

Understand this

[Chorus: Samson & AZ]

I work hard, you know you know you know you know you know you know

To get the things I have

I work hard

To get the things I have

And I wanna know why you wanna play on me

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play on me)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play, alright)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play, baby)

Why you wanna, playa hate AZ (Why you wanna play on me)

Why you wanna, playa hate on me (Why you wanna play)

Why you wanna, playa hate AZ

Why you wanna, playa hate on me

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Track details

From The Format

2006
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Album
The Format
The Format
AZ
Release year
2006
  1. —Doing That
  2. —Animal
  3. —I Am the Truth
  4. —Make Me
  5. —Sit 'Em Back Slow
  6. —The Format
  7. —This Is What I Do
  8. —Vendetta
  9. —Get High
  10. —Game of Life
  11. —Rise and Fall
  12. —Games
  13. —Royal Salute

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Albums & EPs

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2002
Only for the Real Dj: A Premier Selection of Hip Hop Inspired by the Boom Bap Sound - Volume 3
Only for the Real Dj: A Premier Selection of Hip Hop Inspired by the Boom Bap Sound - Volume 3
2001
Doe or Die
Doe or Die
1995
Greatest Hits, Vol.1
Greatest Hits, Vol.1
9 Lives
9 Lives

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Adrian Belew, Arnold Mischkulnig, AZ, Bob Perry, C.J. Anthony, Chris Frantz, Chuckii Booker, Gerald Levert, Mark Morrison, Phil Legg, Samson (Rapper), Steven Stanley, Tina Weymouth
Producer
Arnold Mischkulnig, Bob Perry
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