See everybody ain't ballin, most is fallin Even more, it's crawlin When they look up all they see is the position that ya'll in So don't be so up, that'll blind him You're so far ahead that you don't see people are behind you, playa Playa, playa (Playa, playa) Playa, playa (Playa, playa) Playa, playa (Playa, playa) Playa, playa Playa, Playa First you tell the jeweler Audemar Piguet ya Then you tellin' waitresses to Rose her Bumpin VIP and you meet your first Dreya In the strip club, ones in the air Nothin' but attention that they wanna pay ya Dancers tryna welcome to L.A. ya Shake it like a polaroid picture, Hey Ya Let 'em know you ballin', you that nigga playa And you run the city you the new mayor Tonight is full of hoes and the flyest playas Can't forget the jackers and the playa haters And shady hoes can't wait to be-tray ya It's hard to tell which one is here to slay ya Nigga be that pretty redbone layup Texting to them niggas who are tryna lay ya The lights is coming on and you drunk as sailor Shawty like where the after-party playa? You grab her by the hand and tell her I'm a take ya Shawty rollin' with it she is not a faker Now you with your wheel like a roller skater Pullin' out the lot you tell your homies 'Later! ' Stopping at the light corner of La Brea Them niggas ride up on ya like a escalator Wearing all-black Oakland Raider Screaming run your shit 'fore they AK ya Begging for your life hoping they don't spray ya Shoulda left that balla shit for the Lakers Yeah No time to play you've been robbed