Rebbie Jackson

Released: March 31, 1998

Songwriter: Bryan Loren

Producer: Bryan Loren

I thought that you would do what you told me
You said you never leave me here feeling blue
But still here I discover
You got another lover
And I don't know exactly what I'm gonna do

I never thought of be in this drama
A love affair has starting gonna blow away
And now I know the story
You're in it for the glory
There's only one thing left to you I'm gonna say

Ah, you can play your game
That will be just fine
You can go your way and I'll go mine
So don't apologize
So it will be the same
And you can take that what you
'Cause baby, I don't wanna play your game
Play your game

You told me I could always trust you
But still here now I found out that I've been deceived
And there ain't no denying
I had enough of lying
So why don't you just pack up all your things and leave?

I thought we're always be here together
But now I know that's not exactly what you planned
But baby, I don't need you
You don't believe I leave you
I can always find myself another man

So you can play your game
That will be just fine
You can go your way and I'll go mine
So don't apologize [oh no, baby]
So it will be the same
And you can take that with you
'Cause baby, I don't wanna play your game
Play your game

I tried to be just what you said you needed
Never did I think that I would be mistreated
And you figured out just when it's much too late
I'm going up and back thru
Boy, you needed me
But I guess that's just the way it's gotta be

Now everybody tried to warn me
Of course, I didn't listen, thought, or knew at all
But watch out for the weather
Boy, you're not so clever
'Cause winter's surely coming right after your fall

And you can play your game
That will be just fine [be just fine]
You can go your way and I'll go mine [go my own way]
So don't apologize
So it will be the same [it will be the same]
And you can take that with you
'Cause baby [baby], I don't wanna play your game

So you can play your game [play your game]
That will be just fine
You can go your way and I'll go mine [gonna go your own way]
So don't apologize
So it will be the same [it will be the same]
And you can take that with you
'Cause baby [baby], I don't wanna play your game
Oh-oh-oh. I don't wanna play your game
Play your game
I don't wanna play your game
Baby, I don't wanna play your game

I tried to be just what you said you needed
But still somehow you treated me wrong
I don't wanna play this game anymore
I just don't wanna do it

Rebbie Jackson is an American singer. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, she is the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television series The Jacksons. Her sister La Toya was born on her sixth birthday. At age 34, Jackson released her debut album Centipede. The album featured songs written by Smokey Robinson, Prince, and Jackson’s younger brother Michael, whose contribution (the title track “Centipede”) became Rebbie’s most successful single release. By the end of the 1980s, the singer had released two more albums in quick Reaction and R U Tuff Enuff.

Following a 10-year hiatus in her musical career, Jackson returned with the 1998 album Yours Faithfully. The production of the album, her last to date, was a collaboration with artists and producers such as Men of Vizion’s Spanky Williams, Keith Thomas, and Eliot Kennedy. It also featured contributions from her children. In 2011, Rebbie embarked on the Pick Up the Phone Tour, which is dedicated to teens from all over the U.S. who have committed suicide.

Maureen Reillette “Rebbie” Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana to a working-class family on May 29, 1950. The daughter of Joseph Walter “Joe”), and Katherine Esther, she is the eldest of their 10 children. Her siblings are Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Brandon (d. March 12, 1957), Michael, Randy, and Janet. Joseph was a steel mill employee who often performed in a rhythm and blues (R&B) band called the Falcons with his brother, Luther. His wife, Katherine, is a Jehovah’s Witness and raised her children to follow the religion. Rebbie, La Toya, and Michael became the most devout of the children as time progressed. Reflecting on her early life, Rebbie acknowledged in a 1980s magazine interview that her role within the family had been that of a “second mother” to her younger siblings, whom she would often babysit, along with her eldest brother Jackie. She graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High school in Gary in 1968.

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