B.o.B - Play For Keeps Lyrics






How much must I repeat?
We only play for keeps
No time-outs, no free throws
No refs, no penalties
No handouts, no pit stops
No cheat codes, no sleep
But the drinks are on us
If you with it then pull up a seat

When you're roaming through the jungle
Talk is nothing, talk is cheap
Time is money, money is power
Power corrupts eventually, damn
So what are the options?
What are the choices left for me?
What other rule there's left to break
I guess my faith is a quest for me
Man got a dog and ain't got no leash
Man got a crib, it ain't got no lease
Man got a flow that got no brain
But I still get brain, no hands, no teeth, uhh
Nowadays, niggas the killas on the beat, uh
But where I was raised all of the killas was down the street
Better do your research
Feeling like I fell out of the sky and landed feet first
My squad go hard, my squad go concrete, watch my team work
Hell yea, you can tell that a boy finna eat cause I took my seat first
3 course meal, full entrée, refills and I want my dessert
So why not make a toast? Tomorrow could always be worst
Now keep them bottles coming by the kiloliter
And get that Ana off your chest, try to keep a clean shirt
I'm so grand hustle, you ain't even in my league sir
What's up with these nerds?
They be out here, gettin' their salad's tossed, gettin' their leaves turned
The game just ain't what it used to be, the quality is blurred
But a dying breed survived and a dynasty emerged
So put it in the air if you entirely concur
She call me hippie cause I live without any concern
Up on this green earth, I'm on them green herbs
Yea yea yea, I stay in them trees like the keblers
And they say that I look higher in person
As a kid I played in the yard, but now I'm astro turfing
I lived the actual version of the fantasies they utter
Made up stories of threesomes, they must just be seeing double
Run for cover, here comes trouble
My heart is growing cold so I gotta sleep with warmer covers
Polar bear pimpin', solar flare spittin'
Somebody tell 'em that this is professional stuntin' and don't attempt it
Society is twisted, they tryna take us under
So when you see them folks, don't forget to warn a brother
I made it out alive but still the battle is a struggle
Veni, vidi, vici, I came, I saw, I conquered
They mad cause I murdered the game
And their name wasn't in the will
You see, most of these haters are mad rappers who's just still waiting on a deal
And they jealous of my success cause my shoes cost more than their bill
But I'll never sit down at another table unless I'm invited to the meal
To some it's like conquering mountains, to me it's like stepping on hills
Remember the images in your mirror can be bigger than they appear
And the truth can be hard to swallow, depending the size of the pill
And by the looks it's about the time that you had your prescription filled
My life, full-length feature presentation
There are no intermissions, no time for commercial breaking
A fighter in his prime, a legend in the making
There's no debating when you let your numbers make the statement

How much must I repeat?
We only play for keeps
No time-outs, no free throws
No refs, no penalties
No handouts, no pit stops
No cheat codes, no sleep
But the drinks are on us
If you with it then pull up a seat





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  1. T.... S....

    I'm Wild Late This Is
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  2. C.... P....

    This man is a NUKE

  3. P.... ....

    such truth

  4. D.... K....

    O.o o.O

  5. n.... ....

    2020 😊👏🏾

  6. S.... W....

    Word, b.o.b. crushed that beat "bars", real hip-hop.🔥👍👍

  7. S.... H....

    2020 into infinity

  8. L.... A....

    Sometimes I wish I was lying because then everything would be a whole lot easier to deal with and maybe I wouldn't get bullied as hard as I do get bullied yeah sometimes I wish I was lying I don't know how to lie I am the worst liar on the planet ,
    Wish I was lying my life would be a whole lot easier I don't bargain punk mother fucking .!!.

  9. L.... A....

    I play for keeps and I am not playing around I am dead serious .!!.

  10. L.... A....

    See the thing is sweetie I would love to go to Jamaica but I can't go to Jamaica until I get what I'm doing finished over here and Canada and the states first right I'm still trying to get marijuana legalized in the states and I still got two more Providence here in Ontario that I have to get to join with the legalization ,
    Thing is I don't even really want to start with the states right now because I'm going to have to do the tests all over then I'm going to have to do the examinations all over then I'm going to have to do the videos all over again and then I'm going to have to do the meetings all over again and then I'm going to have to get Trudeau involved even more and all he's doing right now is just helping me he just pushing me up the hill that's all he's doing ,
    But I'm all but with the whole state situation Trudeau and I both are going to have to go down and meet Trump and I hate Trump I hate his attitude I hate his hair do I hate how he talks about the Mexicans and black people I just I just don't I don't like him and I'm dreading that I'm seriously dreading it and then also with my supercomputer I have to get that all built and sent down to the manager of windows so that we can sit down and discuss what we have to discuss and get the paperwork all signed and the appointment booked and the check all filled out ,
    Also I want to get my novels published that's going to take at least five years to get done I know for a fact I'm going to have more than one publishing company wanting my work so it's going to at least be a 5-year process ,
    Once I get all my work done here then yeah I'll definitely go to Jamaica for a couple years but really I just want to go there to be able to help with the legalization of marijuana do my part and also just have a little bit of the vacation I don't really want to be doing much work the most work I'm going to be wanting to do is the working on the legalization but I have to finish what I started over here first before I can just walk into another country and just do work you know just I can't just walk into somebody else's country and a third world country all the way across the other side of the world and expected get changes done life don't work like that I have to finish doing what I'm doing over here to prove to them people that what I'm doing is actually working what I'm doing is real I have to finish what I'm doing over here first before I can take any trip to any third world country ,
    I still got a lot to do before I want to be taking trips around the world you know there's still a lot I have to finish here before I can go there trust me I would love to go to Jamaica but I have plans and the things that I haven't completed over here I have to complete before I can go over there ,
    It is what it is nothing I can do about it .!!.

  11. h.... ....

    Who here still fuck with B.o.B in Dec. 2019🤘🔥😎

  12. s.... ....

    Still one of the goat songs

  13. Q.... A....

    AI sport/Quantum sports..E=(L)ions jungle.core..(G)ravity Empire🔐📡🔐➰➰📲B.o.B government

  14. N.... O....

    Tomorrow could be worse. Dying breed survived dynasty emerged. Run for cover here comes trouble!!!

  15. L.... A....

    :-) .!!.

  16. L.... A....

    I'm surprised you remember that I was like 15 everyone just normally calls him by John or Feger because his name is John Feger I'm the one who started the whole Fiji thing ha I'm surprised you remember that so dope so dope .!!.

  17. L.... A....

    Just call me MAVIS .!!.

  18. K.... B....

    'BETTER DO YOUR RE-SEARCH, FEEL LIKE I FELL OUT OF THE SKY AND LANDED FEET-FIRST!!!"

  19. w.... b....

    But a Die'n Breed Survives}{ But Dynasty Will E. M. E. R. G. E.

  20. B.... R....

    Could you imagine this is my first time watching this video.

  21. S.... N....

    In 2019 ?

  22. S.... P....

    Yessssssss

  23. T.... K....

    How much must I repeat? We only play for keeps

    No time-outs, no free throws, no refs, no penalties
    No handouts, no pit stops, no cheat codes, no sleep
    But the drinks are on us, if you with it then pull up a seat
    When you’re roaming through the jungle talk is nothing, talk is cheap
    Time is money, money is power, power corrupts eventually, damn
    So what are the options? What are the choices left for me?
    What other rule is left to break? I guess my fate is a quest for me
    Man I’m a dog that ain’t got no leash
    Man got a crib, it ain’t got no lease
    Man got a flow that ain't got no brain
    But I still get brain, no hands no teeth, uh
    Nowadays, niggas are killas on the beat
    But where I was raised all of the killas was down the street
    Better do your research
    Feeling like I fell out of the sky and landed feet first
    My squad go hard, my squad go concrete, watch my team work
    Hell yea, you can tell that the boy finna eat cause I took my seat first
    3 course meal, full entrée, refills and I want my dessert
    So why not make a toast? Tomorrow could always be worse
    Now keep them bottles coming by the kiloliter
    And get that Ana off your chest, try to keep a clean shirt
    I’m so Grand Hustle, you ain’t even in my league sir
    What’s up with these nerds?
    They be out here, gettin’ their salads tossed, gettin’ their leaves turned
    The game just ain’t what it used to be, the quality is blurred
    But a dying breed survives and a dynasty emerged
    So put it in the air if you entirely concur
    She call me hippie cause I live without any concern
    Up on this green earth, I’m on them green herbs
    Yeah yeah, yeah, I stay in them trees like the Keeblers
    And they say that I look higher in person
    As a kid I played in the yard, but now I’m astro turfing
    I lived the actual version of the fantasies they utter
    Made up stories of threesomes, they must just be seeing double
    Run for cover, here comes trouble
    My heart is going cold so I gotta sleep with warmer covers
    Polar bear pimpin’, solar flare spittin’
    Somebody tell ‘em that this is professional stuntin’, don’t attempt it
    Society is twisted, they tryna take us under
    So when you see them folks, don’t forget to warn a brother
    I made it out alive but still the battle is a struggle
    Veni, vidi, vici, I came, I saw, I conquered
    They mad cause I murdered the game
    And their name wasn’t in the will
    You see, most of these haters are mad rappers who just still waiting on a deal
    And they jealous of my success cause my shoes cost more than a bill
    But I’ll never sit down at another table unless I’m invited to the meal
    To some it’s like conquering mountains, to me it’s like stepping on hills
    Remember the images in your mirror can be bigger than they appear
    And the truth can be hard to swallow, depends on the size of the pill
    And by the looks it’s about the time that you had your prescription filled
    My life, full length feature presentation
    There are no intermissions, no time for commercial breaking
    A fighter in his prime, a legend in the making
    There’s no debating when you let your numbers make the statement

  24. h.... a....

    This song Daah

  25. L.... T....

    Still a beast of a song. 2019 and i had to come back

  26. E.... H....

    Anyone listening to this in 2019?

  27. E.... A....

    🖤🕉♾💛

  28. L.... F....

    careful, the vad one has you as a target - body snatchers and stuff - always been a big fan - introduced me to hip hop on pandora back in 2010

  29. D.... h....

    And to think I was looking for music to have for the stripers so we could do lines of cocaine off ass cheeks

  30. M.... L....

    2019 untouchable

  31. M.... L....

    This could have came out yesterday and wouldn't have known.. b.o.b. on point shit so hard

  32. A.... R....

    I still get head no hands no teeth. the only way to get head. otherwise drop that bitch.

  33. T.... H....

    B.o.B is the truth!

  34. G.... A....

    2019 real talk

  35. H.... G....

    Fnaf jumpscare yell 0:49

  36. J.... ....

    Damn........... I can just imagine Big K.R.I.T on this beat with B.O.B Those two together will seriously be unstoppable.

    J.... ....

    jason m peace peice

  37. B.... M....

    Still listenin to this song. Vini Vidi Vici

  38. A.... F....

    Aye u still believe in clones or what??

  39. O.... T....

    806 people apparently suck at life. This song is still flames in 2019

  40. E.... N....

    💚🎶💚

  41. s.... w....

    Maybe 1 k people get this fucken shame out of 5 m😂😂😂😂😂 wow

  42. A.... H....

    Still love this art work so much!!

  43. c.... p....

    I play for keeps

  44. c.... p....

    I came. I saw .I conquered .
    👁❤️👁

  45. J.... ....

    😮💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

  46. M.... J....

    "Play for keeps, the whole hood know me.." Even if this is older there is only one real playforkeeps for me and this one's not it

  47. T.... ....

    This is that go hard in the gym shit🔥🔥🔥💪

  48. T.... B....

    C. J rwal life

  49. N.... M....

    2019 what u kno abt it

  50. E.... B....

    Ayo the Earth NOT flat thou

    E.... B....

    It's also not a globe that has 75% of its water stay in place due to "gravity" all while spinning endlessly into the vast galaxy. I mean if you really want to believe that....that is taught in schools which the government controls what you learn sooo yeahhhh they might not have told us the truth about the shape...they make tons of money from lying about distances from here and there - ie airplanes and gasoline for the planes...why wouldn't they lie about the shape?

  51. U.... I....

    2019 still untouchable...☄️

  52. J.... P....

    This song is so phatt holy shit. My new favorite from B.o.B.

  53. V.... S....

    Noe Valley, "man I’m a dog that ain’t got no leash." San Francisco saw the prophecy unfold.

  54. M.... K....

    STILL A BANGER
    When you see them folks - don't forget to warn a brother -
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🏿🙏🏿🇰🇪

  55. F.... J....

    Still listening 2019!!!

  56. k.... ....

    This song is so amazing, but whoever did the video needs to take a shotgun to all his gear

  57. L.... B....

    If you this like this you dont konw rap

  58. D.... h....

    I made it out alive

  59. R.... ....

    My Shit 👑

  60. A.... K....

    The hansome man is just to so amazing and has so much wisdom.

  61. K.... K....

    This is well done...2018 here.

  62. I.... I....

    Brother, keep on smashing it. But yeah!! Flat as fuck!

  63. J.... J....

    Sounds like Grime

  64. D.... G....

    When you NYC niggas complains about the A not having real artists with bars.

  65. D.... S....

    😂 "When you see a flase, don't forget to warn a brother." 😀 I'm not sure it would make much different but we do try.

    D.... S....

    He saud when u see the folks which is a term for police and a reference too on the warnerbrothers movies endings : "Thats it folks"

  66. C.... B....

    "He so damn fine"
    (Thanks for being living proof)

  67. m.... m....

    Music to hype someone up🔥🔥

  68. T.... T....

    Felling lifted, felling free
    my life is gifted leaving woman twisted on this green earth
    From birth the earth has shifted

  69. C.... G....

    Still 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  70. m.... c....

    6 years later shits still fire

  71. t.... ....

    👍👍👍👍

  72. 4.... ....

    Yes I love how B.o.B. flows!! Its so poetic and real. I love it!! He definitely need's to do more work!!

  73. Y.... M....

    So much wisdom
    They don't want stuff like this gaining too much attention

  74. T.... ....

    2018, this song is your reality check on where our music has gone.

  75. J.... M....

    These niggaz Who's made these songs are fucking genious People U heard!!? Word!

  76. N.... G....

    bob ncoment n

  77. C.... B....

    He been talking about the system , we just now hearing it ..

  78. J.... M....

    so good had 43mil views. the song with T.I. has 40mil views. but the song EarthQuake has 800k views? that tells you or people are so supersticial or the media tries to shut him when he makes a real song... damn.

  79. D.... O....

    And they say I look higher in person.

  80. S.... J....

    Thtas that Mount Olimpus flow

  81. M.... ....

    This my shit still in 2018

  82. E.... Y....

    Is B.o.b got new shit? Is it good?

    E.... Y....

    earth mixtape bro

  83. m.... m....

    the way I was raised all the killers were on the streets

  84. m.... m....

    2018 anyone ?????

  85. M.... M....

    Bob & lupe be spitting real shit .... Kendrick too but not as deep as these two

  86. B.... T....

    Epic song

  87. A.... C....

    he went hard on that... but this is why he aint bigger. sadly...

  88. S.... T....

    👽🎶💫🔥💓💓💓💮🆓💯💯🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥

  89. K.... B....

    Yea most definitely one of the favs of all "time" 👽

  90. s.... ....

    Yo, bro'... Check me out. I have bars for millennia. If I ain't spitting bars... tell me I'm not. Help me get signed. I record everything on the video camera on an android phone in one take. If I had a real producer on my side in a studio I would be unstoppable. I'm mad clever. I've been writing 18 years. I was just lost for a while and just recently knew I should take this serious before it's too late. Some of my videos are better than other. Nevermind the shitty sound quality, focus on the content of my lyrics. Bars. 💯

  91. S.... A....

    2017 shit this still hrd