You Played Yourself

[Verse 1]
You played yourself
Thought you had me on a shelf
Talkin' like you built me
You the bargain on the clearance shelf
You fumbled me
Like the bag was too heavy
I was blessing after blessing
You were sloppy, you weren’t ready
Told your boys you ran game
Funny, I was walkin' out
Had my keys in my hand
While you still runnin' your mouth
[Chorus]
You played yourself, not me (yeah)
I’m the prize, you can’t see (uh)
You were busy flexin’ cheap
Lost a diamond in the street
You played yourself, not me (not me)
I turned heartbreak into heat (into heat)
Now you watch me on repeat
While your name stay off the sheet
[Verse 2]
You lied once
Then twice, then twenty
Said you had options
But the options lookin’ empty
Posted me in pieces
Never gave the full frame
Now I’m center of the picture
You a crop out of the frame
You wanted me quiet
So I turned into a chorus (yeah)
Now the world know the truth
You the clown in your own story
[Chorus]
You played yourself, not me (remember)
I’m the prize, you can’t see
You were busy flexin’ cheap
Lost a diamond in the street
You played yourself, not me (not me)
I turned heartbreak into heat
Now you watch me on repeat
While your name stay off the sheet
[Bridge]
You did that, you own that (own that)
I moved on, I won that (won that)
You scroll, you stall, you stuck
I glow, I grow, good luck (good luck)
[Chorus]
You played yourself, not me
Said you big, you make-believe
I was everything you need
Now I’m everything you’ll see
You played yourself, not me (not me)
Say it back so you believe (uh)
I’m the one that you released
Now I’m legend, you the leak (skrrt)

rap, Hard-hitting boom-bap with gritty trap touches, female vocals. Dry, upfront rap vocal over swung drums and thick sub, dark piano stabs and filtered synth swells between lines. Verses start stripped and menacing, hook slams with layered doubles, shout ad-libs, and a rising 808 glide on the final bar for maximum sting., hip hop