Rollin' down the highway   With a trunkful of work   I just lost my job   Didn't wanna be a mailroom clerk      Besides it didn't pay but dimes   And the boss had a disrespectful mouth   If I wasn't on parole   I would've knocked the motherfucker out      So I'm drivin', gotta get me some fast cash   Ain't tryin' to hurt nobody   Mama, maybe it's wrong   But I gotta get the money, it's a must have      If I get caught, I go back to jail with no bail   It's the risk that I'm takin'   I'm convinced so, ain't fakin'   It's the life I choose      Win or lose, that's the way you play life's game   If you play it wrong then you're the one to blame   If I can choose I would make a change   But it's the same old song that everybody shame      Now, I'm my own boss   And I ain't got no friction   'Coz I'm a bootleg pharmacist   You don't need no prescription      [Incomprehensible] that's my law   Tryin' to get the dough and retire   'Coz if I stay in it too long   The Feds gonna set my ass on fire      And if they come   Gotta hold court in the streets   And one of three things will happen   I get away, get the chair or die cappin'      And if they catch me right   And I can't fight, I go back to prison   And like my mama say, you can't always bust your gun   She goes sometimes you gotta run      Win or lose, that's the way you play life's game   If you play it wrong then you're the one to blame   If I can choose I would make a change   But it's the same old song that everybody shame      All the odds are against me   'Coz I'm already a felon   I'd probably die this time in jail   'Coz I ain't doin' no tellin'      I'll probably lose the girl that I love   She'll turn her back once the money's spent   And play it off to her friends   Like it was a heated argument      Win or lose, that's the way you play life's game   And you're the one to blame   If I can choose I would make a change   And everybody shame      Bad game, it's a bad game, yeah   It's a bad game, yeah, yeah   It's a bad game, yeah, yeah, yeah      To the mother who's watching over   You know the game ain't fair   Sometimes you can't change their mind   So, all you got is prayer      Win or lose, that's the way you play life's game   Then you're the one to blame   If I can choose I would make a change   That everybody shame   Win or lose, that's the way you play life's game      Listen, I ain't got that much time   Only four minutes to sing to you   But I hope and pray that you will listen   While I try to school you      Bad game, bad game   Nobody wins   That everybody shame