## [INTRO — MALE] *(hollow piano, low vocal)* Yeah… You know the vibe. I ain't gotta talk much. *(ad-lib)* Nah… ## [HOOK — MALE] *(big melodic R&B hook)* Don't play with me I know what they say about me Talk that shit, but don't come around me Too much pride, ain't nobody crowdin' me Don't play with me You don't really know what's inside of me I been through hell, still lookin' clean Whole room pause when they notice me ## [VERSE 1 — MALE RAP] *(slow, deliberate)* I walk in calm, I don't need no scene Black on black, everything crisp and clean Heard your little comments, that's cute to me You can keep that energy, don't bring it to me I got family that depend on the shit I earn So every move that I make got concern I don't chase every issue, I let shit burn People show who they are when the tables turn I done came from nothin', that's why I'm this way I don't owe no explanation for the moves that I make If I cut you off, then you crossed that line I don't do revenge, I just protect what's mine ## [PRE-HOOK — MALE SINGING] *(drums fade, harmony rises)* I can feel the room change Soon as I walk in They can talk all day I don't let it sink in I know who I am I know where I've been And I— [HOOK — MALE] Don't play with me I know what they say about me Talk that shit, but don't come around me Too much pride, ain't nobody crowdin' me Don't play with me You don't really know what's inside of me I been through hell, still lookin' clean Whole room pause when they notice me # [BEAT SWITCH] *(DRUMS CUT — vocal echo)* Don't— Play— With— Me. [BEAT SLAMS BACK] --- ## [VERSE 2 — MALE RAP] *(slower, heavier head-bounce)* I don't raise my voice, I let silence work You can tell who is real by the way they lurk Everybody got a mask 'til the pressure hurt Then the truth come out and the picture blur I ain't worried 'bout a dude throwin' little shots I'm too busy makin' sure my family got Everything I never had when the money was not Now I'm buildin' something solid that they can't knock Side talk, cheap words, all that shit be temporary Real life hit different when you got people to carry I don't need ten friends, I just need the ones that matter And a heart that ain't fold when the whole world scattered ## [BRIDGE — MALE SINGING] *(beat strips to piano + choir)* Maybe I'm too hard to love Maybe I got way too much pride But everything I built I had to build from the inside So when I look in the mirror I know exactly who I see A little bit of heaven With a whole lot of street in me [VERSE 3 — MALE RAP → SINGING] I don't need approval, I learned that young I don't need applause to know what I've done If my people good, then the job ain't done Till everybody sitting at the table get some Now the same ones doubting wanna call my phone But I remember every time they left me alone No hard feelings, I just know where I'm from And I know who was there when the hard days come *(melody takes over)* I got love in my chest Got a fire in my veins I got scars on my story But I turned 'em into grace And I— I won't let nobody change me. # [FINAL HOOK — MALE + HARMONIES] Don't play with me I know what they say about me Talk that shit, but don't come around me Too much pride, ain't nobody crowdin' me Don't play with me You don't really know what's inside of me I been through hell, still lookin' clean Whole room pause when they notice me *(stacked vocals)* Don't play with me! **Don't play!** Don't play with me! **Nah, nah!** *(high sustained note)* **DON'T PLAYYYYY WITH MEEEEE—** ## [OUTRO — MALE] *(piano fades)* I ain't gotta prove shit. You already know. *(quiet ad-lib)* Yeah…
