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  1. Tracks
  2. Yo-Yo
  3. Make Way for the Motherlode
  4. You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo

TRACK

Yo-Yo

You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo

Release date: 13th March 1991

From Make Way for the Motherlode
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About This Track

"You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" is a track by Yo-Yo, from the album Make Way for the Motherlode, released 13th March 1991. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo

[Intro: Ice Cube]

Yo Jinx, man, we gotta find somebody that's down for hers, man

All these girls sympin', man!

Who you think fit the category?

[Intro: Yo-Yo]

It's me, the brand new intelligent black woman Y-O-Y-O

Which is Yo-Yo, but I'm not to be played like I was made by Mattel

But this Yo-Yo is made by woman and male

I rhyme about uprising, uplifting the woman

[?] superior to handle any male

Any time, any rhyme, any flow, and any show

And if you ask my producers, they'll reply “No…”

[Hook: Ice Cube & Yo-Yo]

You can't play with my Yo-Yo!

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

[Verse 1]

My name is Yo-Yo, I'm not a ho, no

I like to flow so swift, it's got to be a gift

So yo, let the beat lift as I rip and rhyme

And rap and slap all the girls who can't adapt

To the fact I hit the 8-ball often

The earrings I wear are called Dolphins

Check the booty, yo, it's kind of soft and

If you touch it, you living in a coffin (Word to mother)

I'm in the 90s, you're still in the 80s, right?

I rock the mic, they say I'm not lady-like

But I'm a lady, who will pull a stunt though

I K-O suckas, and even hit the blunt

So what you wanna do? You must play hit and run

'Cause to me, you simply can't get none

You wetter than a hot ho in snow

Tell 'em, Ice Cube!

[Hook: Ice Cube & Yo-Yo]

No you can't play with my Yo-Yo!

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

Suckas

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

You can't play with my Yo-Yo!

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

Don't try to play me out, don't try to play me out

What's your name baby?

[Verse 2]

That's right, my name is Yo-Yo, but no, I'm not a Duncan

As I rap, Chilly Chill bring in the funk and

I'll steal yo man, that's if he is a hunk and

He'll call me Baby Yo, or even Pumpkin

I may be Buttercup, or even Miss Yo

We had dinner, and now we drinking Cisco

Hit the slow jams, it's getting cozy

You're home alone, so now you getting nosy

You're kind of young

So of course you had to call my place

Hang up in my face

It's a sad case of who your man's giving the dollars

What? Yep, I put lipstick on his collar

At home, he's gotta listen to ya holler

But he'll slap you, and sock ya, so why bother?!

But if you come knocking at my door (Ayy yo)

I'll smoke you, tell 'em, Ice!

[Hook] (Ice Cube)

You can't play wit my Yo-Yo, sucka

You can't play wit my Yo-Yo, yo, yo

Fool, 1990, stayin' sucka free, haha!

You can't play wit my Yo-Yo!

Yeah, tell em whats up

[Verse 3: Yo-Yo]

Yo, I hope you realize one day

That you're "weak" as Monday through Sunday

So listen to my Y-O, here's my bio

And next to me?

Ha! You're not fly, yo?!

You lack skills to be a woman that's black

Fake hair in the back, plus green contacts?!

Yo-Yo, is just trying to stop ya

Because the world ain't a big soap opera

It only takes one punch to drop ya

And then the I.B.W.C. will come mob ya

But no, I'm not living like that verse

Although I pack a real small Gat in my purse (right, right)

But no, it's not to cause corruptions

Just to fight back on destruction

Just thought you wanna know about the Y-O-Y-O

Yo, should I tell 'em, Ice?

[Hook] (Ice Cube)

They know what time it is

Fools, yeah!

You can't play with my Yo-Yo, yo yo

I'm out. I thought you knew!

Yo-Yo, the brand new intelligent black lady

Stompin' to the 90s!

For all y'all suckas

Aye Jinx, I knew they couldn't fade it

You can't play wit my Yo-Yo

[Verse 4]

I'm similar to a metaphor, makes them want to yell on

But keep it at a limit to where they're yelling, "More, more!"

I am very versatile, changing my ways to different styles

Knowledge is the key, experience is from my background

Label me as a woman, and sometimes I feel inferior

Falling back on the hands of time makes no man superior

Should we dare to take the stand

And diss back all the men

Who know no more but [?] and thinks wit his ding-a-ling?

I think it's time that we defeat by standing on our on two feet

If we wanna live with justice and harmony

How many more rounds must I go in order to let my people know

Times were hard, things have changed (Don't try to play me out)

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Track details

From Make Way for the Motherlode

1991
Album
Make Way for the Motherlode
Make Way for the Motherlode
Yo-Yo
Release year
1991
  1. —Ain't Nobody Better
  2. —Cube Gets Played
  3. —Dedication
  4. —Girl, Don't Be No Fool
  5. —I Got Played
  6. —Make Way for the Motherlode
  7. —More Of What Can I Do?
  8. —Outro
  9. —Put A Lid On It
  10. —Sisterland
  11. —Stompin' To Tha 90's
  12. —Stand Up for Your Rights
  13. —The I.B.W.C. National Anthem
  14. —Tonight's the Night
  15. —What Can I Do?
  16. —You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo

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    Ain't Nobody BetterMake Way for the Motherlode
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  3. Can You Handle It?
  4. Make Way for the Motherlode
    Cube Gets PlayedMake Way for the Motherlode
  5. Make Way for the Motherlode
    DedicationMake Way for the Motherlode
  6. Femalt Liquor
  7. Make Way for the Motherlode
    Girl, Don't Be No FoolMake Way for the Motherlode
  8. Girls Got a Gun
  9. Home Girl Don't Play Dat
  10. Make Way for the Motherlode
    I Got PlayedMake Way for the Motherlode

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Credits

Writer
Charles Sherrell, Ice Cube, James Brown, Yo-Yo
Producer
Ice Cube, Sir Jinx
Credited
Black Sheep, Charles Sherrell, Earth, Wind & Fire, EastWest Records America, Ice Cube, James Brown, Missy Elliott, N.W.A, Queen Latifah, Sir Jinx, Sly & the Family Stone, Snoop Dogg, The South Side Movement, Various Artists
Label
EastWest Records America