Once he started a solo career, Brown enjoyed commercial and critical success with his second album Don't Be Cruel (1988) which spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including the number one hit "My Prerogative", and the Grammy Award-winning "Every Little Step". In 1989, Brown contributed two songs to the soundtrack of Ghostbusters II. In 1992, Brown married superstar singer Whitney Houston, with whom he later had a daughter named Bobbi Kristina Brown. The couple's drug issues and domestic disputes made them tabloid fodder.
Brown's next album Bobby (1992) spawned several singles including "Humpin' Around", "Get Away", and "Good Enough", however, sales of Bobby did not reach the level of its predecessor.
Brown also appeared in the films A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and Two Can Play That Game. He returned to New Edition for a reunion album and tour from 1996 to 1997, and returned with all six members for another stint in 2005. Brown and Houston starred in the 2005 reality show Being Bobby Brown; Houston filed for divorce two years later in 2007.
Two Can Play That Game
Bobby Brown Lyrics
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Stay with me but if you want to leave
Take your things forget all about me
Tell me why you failed to realize
That you might not ever get another try
Girl think about it before you leave
And if you want to do your own thing
I hear what your saying
Two can play that game
Your game
Two can play that game
Two can play that game
Lately you've been acting mighty strange
To me it seems your attitude has changed
And suddenly you just don't seem the same
Instead of playing all those silly games
Girl think about it before you leave
Bobby's got a brand new swing
And if you want to do your own thing
I hear what your saying
Two can play that game
Your game
Two can play that game
Two can play that game
Lately you've been acting mighty strange
To me it seems your attitude has changed
And suddenly you just don't seem the same
Instead of playing all those silly games
Girl think about it before you leave
Bobby's got a brand new swing
And if you want to do your own thing
I hear what your saying
Two can play that game
Your game
Two can play that game
Two can play that game
The lyrics to Bobby Brown's song "Two Can Play That Game" are about a relationship that is on the rocks. The singer is pleading with their partner to stay with them, but also acknowledging that if they want to leave, they should just take their things and forget about them. The singer then points out that their partner has failed to realize that they might not ever get another chance to be together.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "two can play that game", suggesting that the singer is willing to do whatever it takes to keep their partner from leaving. They assert that they have a brand new swing, and if their partner wants to do their own thing, then they should think about it before making any decisions.
Line by Line Meaning
Drop it
Let it go
Stay with me but if you want to leave
Stay with me unless you need to go
Take your things forget all about me
Take your things and forget we were together
Tell me why you failed to realize
Explain your ignorance
That you might not ever get another try
You may never get another chance
Girl think about it before you leave
Consider it before you go
Bobby's got a brand new swing
Bobby's changed his style
And if you want to do your own thing
If you want to act alone
I hear what your saying
I understand what you're trying to say
Two can play that game
I am not the only one who can act differently
Your game
Your way of doing things
Lately you've been acting mighty strange
I've noticed that you've been acting differently lately
To me it seems your attitude has changed
To me it appears that your behavior has changed
And suddenly you just don't seem the same
It seems like you have changed overnight
Instead of playing all those silly games
Don't act foolishly
Two can play that game
I can also act differently
Your game
Your way of behaving
Two can play that game
I am not the only one who can act differently
Two can play that game
I am not the only one who can act differently
Lyrics ยฉ BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Bernard Belle, Teddy Riley, David Guppy, Thomas Reyes, Bobby Brown
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Brians-ts5vr
Still listening to in 2019?
Lyrics:
[Chorus]
Two can play that game
Two can play that game
Two can play that game
Two can play that game
[Verse 1]
Stay with me but if you want to leave
Take your things forget all about me
Tell me why you fail to realize
That you might not ever get another try
[Pre-Chorus]
Girl think
About it before you leave
Cause Bobby's got a brand new swing
And if you wanna do your own thing
I hear what your sayin'
Two can play that game
[Chorus]
Your playin'
(Two can play that game)
Two can play that game
(Two can play that game)
If it's good enough for you I'll do it too
(Two can play that game)
Yeah
(Two can play that game)
[Verse 2]
Lately you've been acting mighty strange
To me it seems your attitude has changed
And suddenly you just don't seem the same
Instead of playin' all those silly games
[Pre-Chorus]
Girl think yeah
About it before you leave
Cause Bobby's got a brand new swing
And if you wanna do your own thing
I hear what your sayin'
Two can play that game
[Chorus]
You're playin'
(Play that game)
Two can play that game
(Play That Game)
Two can play that game
(Play that Game)
Two
(Play that game)
[Rap]
Yo Ted drop it
Everybody wants to be a New Jack
Fronting the styles
Of the Brown
It's kind of wild
Now I'm back
But don't get me wrong
'cause I was never gone
It was here all along
You see my flavor stands strong
[?]
Ted do they know where I'm coming from? (Yep!)
Hey yo Ted do they know where I'm coming from? (Yep!)
Hey yo Ted do they know where I'm coming from? (Yep! Yep! Yep!)
Bust it
Let's groove to the new type of style and
Get wild and loose
[?] sweet juice
And when I approach you
There's only two words
It's certainly hurting me
Just better stay still
I move at will
Then I make my kill
Snatch and tackle your brain
God damn I'm insane
But I refrain from using that name
'cause two can play that game
[Chorus]
Two
(Two can play that game)
(Two can play that game)
No, no no no, no no no I said two
(Two can play that game)
Two
(Two can play that game)
Oh I said two
(Two can play that game)
Two can play that game
(Two can play that game)
No, no no no, no no no mighty strange
(Two can play that game)
That you changed
You changed
(Two can play that game)
You changed
Changed for the worst baby yeah
(Two can play that game)
What goes around comes around
(Two can play that game)
If you can do it I can do it too
(Two can play that game)
I ain't worried about it
(Two can play that game)
You see what I'm saying?
Yo band
Drop it
Sing!
Ya-ou-a-ou-ah
(Ya-ou-a-ou-ah)
Say yo-ou-o-ou-oh
(Yo-ou-o-ou-oh)
Say ya-ou-a-ou-ah
(Ya-ou-a-ou-ah)
Say baby I owe you
(Baby I owe you)
[Chorus]
Two can play that game
(Two can play that game)
What goes around comes around
(Two can play that game)
And I can do it too
(Two can play that game)
Two
(Two can play that game)
Yo band
Drop it
Come on!
Ya-ou-a-ou-ah
(Ya-ou-a-ou-ah)
Say yo-ou-o-ou-oh
(Yo-ou-o-ou-oh)
Say ya-ou-a-ou-ah
(Ya-ou-a-ou-ah)
Say baby I owe you
(Baby I owe you)
[Outro]
(Two can play that game)
(Two can play that game)
(Two can play that game)
(Two can play that game)
@SPtheGREAT
Underrated album...everybody expected another "Don't Be Cruel" without knowing that times and the audience changes...
@davejenkins415
One of Teddy Riley's most underrated produced albums!
@slidecounter5813
I agree great album
@bernietheobscure
That's what I say, too! I feel that this album was slept on, compared to his other albums.
@vincent8313
@Amber Haynes facts truth be told i think this his best one in general, shouldโve did numbers as good as if not better then donโt be cruel
@Drgroomes
Preach.
@I_be_e
Donโt Be Cruel album was amazing but Bobby was a masterpiece!!! B Brown and Teddy were at their absolute best! Still slapping it in. 2018
@Drgroomes
preach.
@AllikRellik
Yeah FUCKING right..!!!! ๐ Don't Be Cruel was a classic and THE BEST album he ever did... It had all the hits on it and still the most selling abum he had and one of the best sellers of ALL TIME! The album BOBBY flopped... ๐ Only nigga had that album was YOU and the nigga below this comment that said PREACH! ๐
@digital8187
This is nothing but facts โผ๏ธ fr ๐ค album was nothing but ๐ฅ. It just got me today that humpin around was almost a 7 min track. But you never noticed cause the song was a whole vibe