Featuring mac mall, rappinand' 4-tay, too $hort
[too $hort]
what?
you say what?
the president did what?
ah man, thatand's hey, thatand's all good baby
he got rid of the player haters too?
ah man, we need to declare this a national holiday
we gonna call this players holiday
ant b-z what up man?
[ant banks]
rise and shine, make you wanna say
dear god, let me thank you for another day
for livinand' life on the edge and iand'm tryinand' to break it
tired of duckinand' the feds, but itand's a struggle to make it
so this is your day homey, now itand's time to shine
if a playerand's only trickinand', you can wine and dine
stress free from the drama, better go get your ticket
then come on cause some squares canand't lie to kick it
[mac mall]
it feels good not to grind no more
donand't get it twisted cause i still hustle
maintaininand' just tryinand' to reach my goal
livinand' life truly successful
so that my little soldier never have to sell no dope
all the cutties from the pens cominand' home again
and we ainand't tryinand' to kill each other cause brother we all in
beautiful black women give and'em much respect
and ainand't no funk and'tween the east and the west
itand's just a player holiday
1 - todayand's the day the players play
so you better be on your way
(on your way, your way)
now itand's time to celebrate
hurry up and donand't be late
cause you know itand's gonna be a lovely day
2 - lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day
lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day
(a lovely day)
lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day
lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day
[too $hort]
january 1 the year 2000
we gettinand' all the money and we ainand't through clowninand'
you can tell everybody that stays around your way
today is the official playerand's holiday
short dog iand'm lovinand' every minute of it
cause pimpinand's been around since the beginning of it
we barbecuinand' chicken, thatand's what we doinand'
buy some breezys and we kickinand'
and cap what you doin?
[captain save em]
iand'm just sittin here timinand' like a rolex watch
i figured by now yand'all realize that hip-hop and rap wonand't stop
puttinand' it together like a racing track
whereand's all my latino, philippino, and ese partners at?
i know you feel me when i say that lifeand's a struggle
but god first, yand'all know we all canand't help but bubble
so keep your head up
and know that things are changing for the better
talkinand' and'bout the youth, the little kids
forget about you, never
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[ant banks]
now all the real players throw your rollies in the air
and wave and'em all around like you just donand't care
from side to side and from front to back
throw the peace sign baby, show me where you at
dollar bill yand'all, and we could scream it out loud
and mac malland's here, homey that can move the crowd
so what the deal with you nigga, you could cross the town
put the squeeze on the haters, ainand't no need to clown
[rappin 4-tay]
none of the homies got pop
none of the spots got batteram
and iand'll be damned, itand's crackinand' like a summer jam
barbecues, no more feuds, players embracinand'
slamminand' dominos, bustinand' raps, still paper chasinand'
competitors keep a distance, itand's all love baby
rub-a-dub-dub love, welcome to the players club baby
a family affair, a toast to the bay, hey
looks like itand's gonna be one of them lovely days
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[mac mall]
mama used to put my clothes on layaway
now iand'm dipped everyday and every c-note got big face
holler at me man, used to ride the back of the bus
now iand'm spinnin v-12and's though the times is rough
in god we trust haters, you can only hate us
but canand't front cause you knew that we was bound to blow up
gettinand' paid what we can, short dog and ant banks
mac mall do it big on a players holiday, yeah