You Played Yourself

Infobox Single
Name = You Played Yourself


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Artist = Ice-T
Album = "The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say"
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B-side = "Freedom Of Speech"
Released = April 5, 1990 [cite web |url=http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fwxqqkldke~T0 |title="You Played Yourself" (Vinyl Single) |accessdate=2007-11-09 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Allmusic]
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Genre = Hip hop
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Label = Sire Records
Writer = Ice-T
Producer = Afrika Islam
Ice-T
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Last single = "What Ya Wanna Do"
(1989)
This single = "You Played Yourself"
(1990)
Next single = "Dick Tracy"
(1990)
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"You Played Yourself" is a 1990 rap single by Ice T, from his third album "The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say".

The song tells the story of a would-be rapper who goes uneducated thinking he is a gangster when really he is nothing. He offends his fans because he thinks he is above them but they turn on him - he is left unemployed with no one because he has offended them all. He becomes a drug addict, he is paranoid and doesn't eat. He rips off his family for drug money and they disown him. He then tries to do an armed robbery to get money but accidentally murders someone and ends up on death row.

Track listing

ide A

#"You Played Yourself" (Remix) — DJ Aladdin, King Tee
#"You Played Yourself" (Remix Instrumental) — DJ Aladdin, King Tee

ide B

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"You Played Yourself" (LP Version)
#"Freedom Of Speech"

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