Put You On Game

Lupe is talking about the government, not the devil. This song has nothing to do with any song he has out already. Its nothing like The Game either.

Dont you know that i run this place. the world and iv begun this race. the race we all run as people in this world, trying to strive for more and more, raceing each other to get it. we have curency because of the government. thats how the race started Must i rerun this pace.
Im the reason its become this way thats obvious

and their love for it is the reason People love this life most embrace the chance to succeed,
i have become this praised but its all a game, one that we al perticipate in

they love my darkness we perticipate in their plan iv made them heartless theyve made this world dog-eat-dog few people care for each other anymore

and in return they have become my martyrs we complain to them for our problems. ask them to fix it.

Iv been in the peom of many a poet
and i reside in the art of many a artist people have tryd to figure it out and they cnat put
some of your smartest have tried to articulate a finger on it.
my whole part in this but their fruitless
in their harvest. you guy are proving that now. LOL

im gonna stop here and if any of u can figure out the rest please post. if not and if u guys like il finish it.

The game is satan

Don't you know that I run this place, And I've begun this race, Must I rerun this pace?

(the world as we know it was created to separate us from the garden of Edina because Adam and Eve followed the devil or the serpent and in that since the devil created this world)

I'm the reason its become this way and their love for it is the reason I have become this {praise}

Praise (when Lucifer was in heaven his job was he was the angel of praise he was in charge of he music, and he was described as an instrument with strings for arms and stuff like that now he uses music to influence us)

(lemme put you on game) They love my darkness, I make them heartless, and in return, they have become my {martyrs},

(they die for their beliefs in a sense)

I've been in the poem of many a poet, And I reside in the art of many a artist (Lemme put you on game) Some of your smartest have tried to articulate my whole part in this

(he does not say part in this its one world but i forgot what it was it has a meaning too)

but they're fruitless in their harvest

(people have tried to tell us what what is going on but we dont listen) example: 2pac's changes yet nothing has changed

the dro grows from my footsteps I'm the one that they follow, I am the one that they march with

(weed grows from the places that he steps and people flock to it)

(Lemme put you on game) Through the back alleys And the black markets, the Oval Offices, the crackhouses and apartments

(from the ghetto to the government)

Through the mazes of the queens, the pages of the sages and the Chambers of The Kings

(since the beginning of time)

(Lemme put you on game) Through the veins-es of the fiends, A paper chaser's pager, Yo, I'm famous on the scene One of the oldest, most ancient-est of things Speak every single language on the planet, y'all mean?

(all over the world)

(Lemme put you on game) I am the American dream, The rape of Africa The undying machine,

(american dream money and their was something about the machine but i forgot it) (Africa is the mother land were the garden of Edina was suppose to originate and now it the worst place to live)

The overpriced medicine, The murderous regime, The tough guy's front, and the one behind the scenes

(the tough guy is the gangsters and stuff and the one behind the scenes is the government)

(Lemme put you on game) I am the blood of this city, It's gas, water, and electricity,

(utilities need to run a city, so he is saying i run this city)

I'm it's gym, and it's math, and it's history, The gunshots in the class and you can't pass if you're missin, G.

(im in the schools a so that even the kids who try to make something of themselves get killed in school shootings) (u cant pass if ur dead [he is mocking them]

I taught them better than that I taught them aim for the head And hope they never come back

(he taught them not to just shoot wildly to actually make sure that they are dead)

I'm glad your daddy's gone, baby, Hope he never comes back, I hope he's with your mother, with my hustlers high in my trap (Lemme put you on game) I hope you die in his trash, I can't help it all I hear when you're crying is laughs

(satan is mad at humans because we have free will and the only thing he can do is try to get us to hell. So he laughs when we are in pain)

I'm sure somebody find you tied up in this bag, Behind the hospital little baby, crack addicts had (Lemme put you on game) Then maybe you can grow up and be a stripper, A welfare-receiving, prostitutin', gold digger,

(the cycle continues and you become just like every other corrupted person in the world)

You can watch on TV, how they should properly depict you,

(music videos show us you how to dress, dance, and act)

The rivers should flow with liqour, Quench your thirst on my elixirs,

(to all my teenagers how many people do you know that drink dont)

(Lemme put you on game) I am the safe haven for the rebel runaway and the resistor

(i give all these people ways to fill free and express themselves)

The trusted misleader, The number one defender,

(there is always someone who coms back and defends hip-hop saying no its not really bad and mislead us into accepting it)

And from a throne of their bones I rule, These fools are my fuel So I make them Cool

(He has killed a ridiculous amount of people through time and each person makes him strong the only thing that keeps him going is our suffering so in return for our souls he makes us "cool")

(Lemme put you on game) Baptize them in the water out of Scarface pool, And feed 'em from the table that held the Corleone's food,

(2 of the most famous images in cinema sacrifice and the godfather we all what money and power)

If you die, tell them that you played my game I hope your bullet holes become mouths that say my name, 'Cause I'm the... (gunshot)

(life on earth is his game and no matter what no matter what anybody says then he will be in control) (mocking the dead saying even if the dead could warn us of the truth then we still would not listen)

This song and the song before it, "The Die," are some of my favorites by Lupe. Put together, they are quite chilling and powerful. Obviously, he's the devil talking to "The Cool," who was killed in the previous song.

Assuming that the Game is the equivalent of a modern devil, of course. I forgot to add that

If you follow lupe fiasco then you should know the meaning of this song. Overall its the words from the game

the game is the devil or a part of the devil, read the lyrics as that

The Game is a personification of 'the game,' the pimp's game, the drug game, the conman game, whatever. He's described in detail in the song 'Real Recognize Real,' and appears in the booklet in the CD case. He's the one with red glowing dice for eyes.
Not to be confused with the actual rapper of the same name.

He IS essentially a modern devil, so AIL is on the money.

One of the best songs in the past... i don't know... ever!

"the game" is also described in the BET cipher as seen here: http://videos.onsmash.com/v/8pa8LFpRPFfd4yEi

yup. lol I agree this song is pretty self expanitory and actually if you listen to the track before this on the albon entitled "the die" which has someone die at the end where he is sent to hell where he's speaking with satan in this song which is a personification of the rap game which now a days represents the drug game and all the modern day evils he speaks about.