They play the ball
They play the man
They do whatever they can
Use whatever they can to succeed
Watching you
Sanitize
They spit in your eye
And they tell you how you should proceed

With the player of games
You'll find no sense of shame
Single minded in all that they do
So what you do then
Is to do unto them
What they would've done unto you

So play the ball
Play the man
Do whatever you can
When it's the only way
To get through

Oh and don't think twice
About playing nice
It's just bad advice
From the fools
'Cause the fools don't know
Of the so-and-sos
Who would see them dining on gruel

They play the ball
They play the man
They do whatever they can
Use whatever they can to succeed
Watching you
Sanitize
They spit in your eye
And they tell you how you should proceed

With the player of games
You'll find no sense of shame
Single minded in all that they do
So what you do then
Is to do unto them
What they would've done unto you

So play the ball
Play the man
Do whatever you can
When it's the only way
You can get through