Pusha-T "The Games We Play" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

Pusha-T returned with his third studio album DAYTONA in May, his first project since King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude in 2015. The second track, “The Games We Play,” is one of the most popular songs from the album, racking up over 9 million Spotify streams since its release. Produced by Kanye West, “The Games We Play” includes a sample of soul artist Booker T. Averheart’s “Heart ‘N Soul,” an instrumental track released in 1969. Pusha’s song delves into the competitive nature of life as a hustler.
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[@llilbertvenegas6885]

Daytona is 7/7

[@swageti4339]

ye is 7/7 my dude. Daytona is 2/7. If You Know You Know, Come Back Baby Kids See Ghosts is 3/7. Feel the Love, Freee, 4th Dimension NASIR is 6/7. Not Simple Things

[@twxvybeatz5796]

Swageti HELLLLL NAHHHH

[@hosuli123]

Swageti Nasir 6/7 and Daytona 2/7, wtf?

[@beigegecko]

6/7, Hard Piano is kinda weak

[@beastafc]

go get your ears fixed holy shit

[@jaychap2667]

I’ve always liked shorter albums. Quality over quantity

[@SPyne-qs5ov]

And you can listen to them fully more

[@harrytubman7947]

Facts

[@shaanalam3872]

Facts, people bloat their albums for more streams but you can tell who cares more about good music and quality albums then money.

[@kendrick8749]

I have never skipped one song on Daytona. Full workout to that album. Cant say the same for many artists.

[@Balduinooleproso]

Like illmatic

[@tyronehasanopiniondealwith3703]

Who else wants to see him breakdown"the story of adidon"?😆

[@robertcsiki6709]

He kinda does tho. See power 92 or flex interviews fam

[@erice1763]

this would be beautiful

[@Matt_Underwood]

Why? I mean does he really need to? This isn't mumble rap, remember

[@Hakimw21]

It speaks for itself. Nothing to break down

[@cantu7214]

tyrone has an opinion deal with it LMAO

[@jchris333]

Hardest song on the hardest album of the year

[@ReubenVFX]

Santeria

[@Damascene749]

Roc marciano goes harder

[@tylercouture216]

This album is niceeeeeee

[@cantu7214]

jchris333 all the songs hard tbh

[@254Kenya]

Reuben Frank thank you!!!

[@tonydub98]

The album rollout this month was legendary 🔥

[@MrBizzle79]

Anthony Witherow big facts 💯

[@sixannon4271]

legendary for using drake by beef, trash ass rappers

[@damiakande242]

Sixannon Drake took the L get out your feelings😬

[@sixannon4271]

Dami Akande really, who has 26 top 10 billboard hits then who's the one who's album didn't even reach top 5 💀💀💀

[@Someone-vq6jk]

Sixannon just because you make it on the billboard charts doesn't mean your a good rapper you just mad drake took a L

[@darthbuckscoffee]

I actually want to see him breakdown "Santeria" amazing lyrics deep meaning and beat

[@3cks86]

I almost 😢😭 hearing that song....classic shit

[@dom3963]

Vladimir Koteski Should just do the whole album

[@aquacyanide]

That chorus is heavenly

[@user-bs4ck6zy8v]

People aint ready for that type of information! 😂🤣✌🏼😎 I deal with people practising that.

[@StormVegitto]

“We don’t wanna give you 20 song we don’t like that because it’s 20 of trash” *looks at culture II*

[@snapwizaard]

Shit was so disappointing

[@giovannigonzalez6984]

What do y’all expect it’s the migos

[@sleepyalvaro]

@@giovannigonzalez6984 culture 1 was fire tho, nothing wrong with expecting something from the sequel

[@ftyropek]

*looks at scorpion*

[@arsono1manikin214]

@@ftyropek And it’s so trash 😭

[@dewgongdakota]

This month was the revive of Cudi, West, and Push. Amazing work.

[@Tyler_ThaTruth]

Nah ye was trash

[@dbb2347]

Tyler Barron your opinion

[@kvothethearcane9412]

Tyler Barron ye was the best. It only appeals to people with emotions who isnt always all about that hard shit. Every fool nowadays thinks they hard as fuck lol

[@Tyler_ThaTruth]

365 Days of NoFap no duh

[@alejandroloyer2246]

Push wasn’t dead my g, MNIMN and darkest before dawn were really good

[@C_The_Guy]

"with Ye back Chopping, the cars and the women come with options, caviar facials remove the toxins" prolly my favorite lines from the song

[@stephenmarchak8252]

He should’ve rhymed back chopping again the next bar

[@jeffsamuels2539]

c "ain't no stopping the champagne from popping, the draws from dropping, the laws from watching" My fav line

[@wannabebruce]

The way he said the Get Out bar was hard af

[@Theunderwrldreloaded]

Rawhxn Productions he did but with “options”

[@mastamind7100]

@@stephenmarchak8252 choppin' if you say it properly does rhyme with options.

[@MysticalTy]

The Games We Play is literally the Paid In Full movie put into music. Amazing

[@supaman432]

One of the best rap songs I've heard in a very long time

[@adamreginald7673]

Pusha-T is a genius.

[@BLACKBOYSHIT]

Genius is a Pusha-T.

[@rolandduson2021]

@@BLACKBOYSHIT woah

[@slavdog3180]

@@BLACKBOYSHITmmh

[@Matt_Underwood]

Noticed that Drake has ghostwriters, a ghost baby momma and a ghost baby. Drake is Danny Phantom confirmed.

[@jazzeeeecrock]

Matt Underwood 😂👌

[@donkeykong5414]

😂 Nooooooo

[@cantu7214]

Matt Underwood lmao

[@dysperdotted]

proof that the internet will never lose.

[@sweetbabyjesus2701]

Bwhahaha!!!

[@wiizxx]

This dude makes me wanna step my fashion game up big time..

[@omarsabir1210]

Love the hairstyle

[@remedygettintothebag7897]

How he look like a fucking bum

[@aaronthompson8177]

Remedy Gettintothebag shut yo clown ass up

[@EliBrigante]

5 years on, this album SHOULD and will be remembered as a Classic** Hip-Hop album. That word gets thrown around a lot but this album is perfect.

[@ham818]

I love the way pusha speaks

[@MillionsofMitches]

anon aye check out “sweet serenade” by Pusha T. Second verse is smooth

[@saqib7965]

The production Was crazy on Daytona

[@stuffsummedup22]

"I gotta thank Yeezy"

[@user-qy5ru2zk2v]

Daytona album of the year

[@gdancesteps]

He should get solid jail time for drake's murder

[@stuntress22]

DayKee lmao

[@jacobdenise1648]

One of my fav unorthodox Ye instrumentals of all time. The chops are rediculous.

[@LeslieArnelleTV]

real lyricist . Pusha T is Great!

[@IvTHstreet]

Leslie Arnelle TV gtfoh

[@stephenmarchak8252]

Get out of here boy

[@nicodepazburneracct8764]

I love the production in this song might be my favorite of the album, hooked me instantly on first listen it almost has a Wild West feel especially with the strings

[@imyanigmw]

The undisputed champ of articulate and eloquent drug dealer rhetoric

[@michael2351]

Kayne's Ye album is the correct length. Its 23 minutes long, meaning you can listen to it on your way to work or school in one sitting.

[@conejogordo1896]

Idk why I’m responding to a 3 year old album but ye feels so long even though it s only 23 monuyes

[@GoZags43]

He never gets enough love for it, but Pusha is one of the absolute top tier lyricists ever. People dismiss it as “Coke rap,” but don’t actually take the time to really think of how inventive Pusha is with language. He has a poets eye for editing as evidenced by the sparseness of his verses. He isn’t an Eminem or drake or even a Pac because his verses are always completely devoid of unnecessary words or phrases. People may not understand how HARD it is to pare down verses to their essence where only the words that are supposed to be there are present. It’s way easier to write a giant verse like Eminem than a completely stripped, perfect verse like Push (not saying Em’s entendres and rhymes aren’t impressive, but Em verses almost always have several misses or just words for rhyming sake-filler). Pusha is just one of the GOATS.

[@blkpaladin7992]

I totally agree. His story telling and his lyrics are timeless.

[@raiden6669]

​​@@blkpaladin7992 the emotion in his delivery Just anybody listening to Freedom from Till The Casket Drops will understand what I mean. Pure Hip Hop Might cry by the ending

[@C_The_Guy]

aight so yall just gon release Rocky and Push vids lil by lil okay lol, thats cool.

[@NoNamePerson18]

"Daytona is very expensive Tasting menu of luxury street rap" It does not come in bulk

[@cantu7214]

daytona been the best album of the year so far

[@tylercouture216]

Cantu I really like the album and Jay rocks album nas is nice to fareal

[@aquacyanide]

Looking back Daytona, TA13OO and KSG were the best 2018 albums

[@authorized-representative9254]

"Definitely a rib will be yanked out..." Pusha T

[@ratwhipper2853]

The beat is unbelievable

[@jazzyfour]

"Inferred" was HARD. Bars was crazyyyy

[@elzrobinson9243]

Who would have known Daytona would be the start of a fantastic summer for HipHop.. S/o to G.O.O.D. Music for putting on!

[@illytimmy2613]

Can hear the beat play, while he raps

[@visual1155]

Daytona is a T5 fav album for me and The Games We Play is a T5 song for me. Need this on vinyl

[@naganeerajkorada1557]

“We don’t need a globe to show you the World is ours” is haaaarddd

[@Sullivanbeats]

I like pusha cuz I can tell he's a good guy but he'd also dismantle my life without blinking

[@modernmichelangelo]

Drake is my favorite artist but Infrared SLAPS! And so does Pusha T. I actually used to hate Pusha T but now I realized it was immature to hate him for the reason I did.

[@joshdough1845]

character development

[@modernmichelangelo]

@@joshdough1845 I used to be pretty naive. 😂

[@lifeofmichaelb]

“On everything I love” 💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥

[@TheRealest127]

The most INTELLIGENT “Drug Rapper” Of All Time. 👌🏾💯

[@medehyahmedia2121]

surprised he aint speak on the jay line. thats a major influence

[@Gshockgutta]

My favorite song on the album

[@_RS97]

Luxurious street bars

[@SupaWeav]

“The chop on this one alone is like neck breaking” true story

[@mylesb5820]

King Push

[@AkmalGameAtion]

Do all 7 songs thats how good the album is

[@DirtyRed434]

That's song str8 poetry

[@MrGoatmeat]

"You aint allowed to stop" lml

[@andressvelezz]

God damn that shit about lox givin the best mixtape moments is trrrue specially styles its hard to find any single rapper who has spit so much 🔥 in the underground

[@osiriusx.1960]

Pusha Ton 🔥

[@rickytre7]

Osirius Daniel u a real one for knowing what the t stand

[@GIMMETHELOOTNOW]

No jewelry on but you richer than everybody 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯✊🏿

[@vincentcollins1017]

Daytona issa classic album of the year pusha T AKA (THANOS )

[@omz_espinoza]

My favorite track on the album 🔥

[@nick6956]

Pusha t is one of the best in the game fr he needa drop more

[@cchampa17]

the way pusha raps makes every bar sound like some eye opening shit. he could be rapping a list of the ingredients for a ham sandwich and i'd still be questioning my existence

[@mohamedhashi3604]

Come back baby the best song on Daytona

[@ZiirFaytal]

One of the best beats I've ever heard

[@aswaathaman]

KING😍😍😎

[@254Kenya]

"Your favourite rapper is a lie!" 🇰🇪

[@mattrook]

It really is hip hop in its purest form.

[@AD-rx9cm]

I remember I used to see him selling tapes off Balentine Ave in Norfolk. To see where he’s taken that talent is super dope

[@jatrellwilliams8814]

One of the best lyricists ever.

[@realitycheck1092]

On crip

[@Kaptnkey]

This song is so good

[@akshaypatil1525]

He's speaking Kanyes language

[@csamson4839]

or is kanye speaking pushas language

[@tree9171]

If push drops this year, it will probably be the best year for hiphop of this decade

[@manimavuso]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mesaprime1299]

the intro is facts

[@EpicPotato9000]

i feel like any song on this album could have a genuis video

[@mrmoney6767]

This song and Santeria probably the best songs on the album but it’s so hard to put one over the other

[@Damascene749]

Ain’t no stopping the champagne from poppin the draws from dropping was said by jay z on reasonable doubt the best album ever

[@thatBoneHead]

Best song off DAYTONA

[@ericshelton7994]

I wanna see Pusha breakdown "I'm Upset"

[@user-sm2zi5ec1f]

DAYTONA is most definitely album of the year

[@mxxmm4365]

King Push!

[@theninjaskrtel4754]

L for Drake.

[@sixannon4271]

theninjaskrtel W*

[@hh950]

Sixannon *L

[@barter7408]

W*

[@agnis2941]

Diamond On Your Wrist how the fuck lol

[@hh950]

Diamond On Your Wrist *L

[@melkhonning]

Oh hi there Thanos

[@a.l.zacharia2834]

one of the rare genius breakdowns where the song actually is deserving of one

[@theoceantunnel]

Dope Ad.. ..Heavy DAYTONA

[@300araz]

Pusha hit me with that kawaii real quick in the thumbnail

[@heartgang7778]

One of my fav songs. Amazing sample

[@giles5493]

One of the songs of the year for me, and definitely on the album of the year 2018

[@prodmikebeats]

Best lyricist in the game! If any one needs beats hit me up🔥

[@asylum1166]

This is dope and the purple tape is a top album period!!!!

[@jmic3016]

Glad he appreciates the wu

[@notrueburial]

Best Pusha T song. Period.

[@yce.info.]

I wanna see a break down of come back baby

[@liamb1752]

He and ski have the best lyric breakdowns

[@Zayohh]

This is lit

[@Zayohh]

No the song u dumb fuck

[@cbchansey6866]

It's litter than lit boi

[@CGagnon5]

This album goes hard af. And this is a great fucking song.

[@ruggerREL]

He did a version of this with drink champs

[@datflamekid111]

Best song on the album imo

[@ThatBirdTho]

Pusha is a King.

[@alihuchyad7929]

purple tape is the greatest album of all time

[@nenenomusic]

To pimp a Butterfly, Ready 2 Die, Me AgainSt the Wolrd were each just shy of 20 tracks,

[@3jay22]

Santeria is the best song in the album

[@stjames3852]

best thing about the wraith line, the actual rolls royce wraith has little LED stars in the ceiling... should be that way since its over $500k car!

[@t3llythadegenerate369]

He should do hard piano

[@MrVOiDCreations]

album of the year

[@G1Main]

Best song on the album!!

[@paul1389]

When it gets to “Stay woke nigga or get out” I scream that shit

[@cod101wiiowenjaquithoj]

At first, everyone was siding with Drake but then Pusha T exposed Drake for having a secret son and everyone joined Pusha T’s side

[@rustyjames2202]

SedativeChicken That song said alot more than that you got a son shit. He put Drake on the couch like a psychiatrist on that song.

[@Jack-vz3os]

Nah I was rockin in the middle leaning towards pusha

[@JerkyJones100]

Daytona was an awesome album. I enjoyed every song. That's rare.