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Stop Playin'
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Stop Playin' was released on September 24, 2026 by Philthy Records as a part of the album FROM THE BLOCK
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2026
LabelPhilthy Records
LanguageEnglish
BPM86
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

Stop playin'
Stop playin'
Ayy
Clock don't blink
Door don't wait
You still in rehearsal while the moment already late
Stop playin'
Stop playin' with the minutes
Stop playin' with the name
Stop playin' with the promise like it don't cost the same
Stop playin' with the loyalty
Stop playin' with the frame
I been buildin' in the dark while you rehearsin' the game
Stop playin'
Stop playin' with my time
Heavier in the word and heavier on the line
You talk in circles, I talk in steel and spine
Stop playin'
I don't debate the weather with a man who won't keep the pace
I don't negotiate the meter with a mouth that won't pay the weight
You got a whole dissertation in the comment, zero in the fire
Procrastination dressed as process, manipulation with the smile
Calculation in the handshake, hesitation in the grind
You pack a paragraph of excuses in a single wasted line
I stack the wording like plates, every bar a measured strain
You scatter half-thoughts like clutter
On the floor that won't stay clean
Southside cadence, quiet patience, I don't raise my voice to win
I finish what I started while you still explainin' where you been
You playin' chess with checkers pieces
Call it strategy, I call it stall
I call the move, I call the morning, I don't call you back at all
Stop playin' with the hours I already spent in sweat and dust
Stop playin' with the brotherhood like trust is something you adjust
Stop playin' with the God, it'
S future like the ledger don't keep score
I don't do dress rehearsal on a life I already swore
Stop playin'
Stop playin' with the minutes
Stop playin' with the name
Stop playin' with the promise like it don't cost the same
Stop playin' with the loyalty
Stop playin' with the frame
I been buildin' in the dark while you rehearsin' the game
Stop playin'
Stop playin' with my time
Heavier in the word and heavier on the line
You talk in circles, I talk in steel and spine
Stop playin'
I seen the same performance in a different costume every year
Same intermission speech, same "I'm almost there" in the ear
You multiply the language when the truth is one word thin
Circumstance is time and healing, all the padding you put in
I count the consonants like rap stock and name it still complete
You count the compliments you collected while the work stayed discreet
I don't romanticize the struggle if the struggle is a choice you keep
I don't applaud the potential if the potential's always half-asleep
Locked room quiet, gym at dawn quiet, page at night, no crowd
You loud in the lobby, silent in the ledger, that's a different type
Stop playin' with the God I honor like He co-sign every delay
Stop playin' with the men I stand with like the oath is just a phrase
Stop playin' with the body I maintain like pain is just a mood
I already paid the interest on the years you still refuse
If you gon' move, then move in sequence, word then work then proof
If you gon' stay, then stay in fiction, I don't share the roof
No encore for the almost
No credit for the draft
No standing ovation for a man who never left the path
I give you one clean sentence
Put the toy down or get off the line
This ain't a cypher for your feelings
This a standard, this a spine
Stop playin' with the minutes
Stop playin' with the name
Stop playin' with the promise like it don't cost the same
Stop playin' with the loyalty
Stop playin' with the frame
I been buildin' in the dark while you rehearsin' the game
Stop playin'
Stop playin' with my time
Word and pack like iron, ain't no extra rhyme to find
You still in the lobby, I'm already down the line
Stop playin'
Written by: Phil A Johnson

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