I had big ideas, it took a couple of years
I put it all on the number 10 — and I’d do it again
Let me tell ya, that’s the way I roll
Familiar comfort being down on a hole
Like a kid with a candy bowl
I got no control, I got no control
The darnedest thing then happened to me
I got colored with a winning streak
Lady Luck then smiled at me
Then she puckered her lips ’tward the limousine
Now I ain’t telling no tale
A fella can get too big to fail
You gotta see when they lift the veil
We all riding in a Coupe de Ville with the devil at the wheel
You keep climbing and kickin’ ’em off
You keep climbing and kickin’ ’em off
You keep climbing and kickin’ ’em off
That’s the only way to get to the top
I didn’t make the rules
HE DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
THE MAN DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
So tell me, are you ready to play that game?
ARE YOU READY TO PLAY THAT GAME?
I didn’t make the rules
HE DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
THE MAN DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
So tell me, are you ready to play that game?
ARE YOU READY TO PLAY THAT GAME?
Let me put it out there so it all makes sense
I’ll show you my cards, then I’ll show you the rest
There ain’t no hand that’ll give you the win
There ain’t no winning in the game you’re in
’Cause everything is given or it’s taken away
Obeying the master or breaking the slave
Are you feeling the lash or are you gripping the whip?
You can stand in line but you’ll never get in
I didn’t make the rules
HE DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
THE MAN DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
So tell me, are you ready to play that game?
ARE YOU READY TO PLAY THAT GAME?
I didn’t make the rules
HE DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
THE MAN DIDN’T MAKE THE RULES
So tell me, are you ready to play that game?
ARE YOU READY TO PLAY THAT GAME?
Are you ready to play that game?
Do you think you got what it takes?
Do you understand what’s at stake?
Is everybody gonna know your name?
Are you ready to play that game?
Do you think you got what it takes?
Do you understand what’s at stake?
Are you ready to play that game?