You Played Yourself

"You Played Yourself"
Single by Ice-T
from the album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!
B-side	"Freedom Of Speech" "My Word Is Bond"
Released	April 5, 1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	Syndicate Studios West (Los Angeles, CA) Wide Tracks (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	4:12
Label	Sire Records
Songwriter(s)	Tracy Lauren Marrow Charles Andre Glenn James Brown Fred Wesley Charles A. Bobbit
Producer(s)	Afrika Islam Ice-T
Ice-T singles chronology
"What Ya Wanna Do" (1989) "You Played Yourself" (1990) "Dick Tracy" (1990)
Music video
"You Played Yourself" on YouTube

"You Played Yourself" is a song performed by American recording artist Ice-T. It was released on April 5, 1990, as a single from the rapper's third studio album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say through Sire Records. The song was written and produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam, who sampled James Brown's "The Boss", which was written by James Brown, Charles Bobbit and Fred Wesley.^[1] The single peaked at number 64 in the UK.