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I Know How the Game Goes Because I Have To Play It With Humans

I Know How the Game Goes Because I Have To Play It With Humans

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Updated Apr 14, 2025 at 10:58AM EDT by Owen.

Added Apr 14, 2025 at 10:35AM EDT by Owen.

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I Know How the Game Goes Because I Have To Play It With Humans, also known as Suburban Underground, refers to a Meme Rap song from TikTok performed by a white suburban rapper. The song was an AI-dubbed version of a French Underground Rap song "Escalade" by Dialryckx. The lyrics included, "I know how the game goes because I have to play it with humans. Time has its limits. Life is so gambled. No one can give you a second life." The song went viral as a TikTok sound in April 2025.

Origin

On April 9th, 2025, TikToker[1] @smokeybanditwlkemdown posted a JuggTok video that used an AI-translated version of the French underground rap song "Escalade" by Dialryckx,[6] in which the male voice says in English, "I know how the game goes because I have to play it with humans. Time has its limits. Life is so gambled…" The caption read, "Y'all lowkey sleeping on white boy suburb rap," gaining over 209,200 likes in five days (shown below).

@smokeybanditwlkemdown #juggtok #underground #alanreet #osbatt #chinesedrill #ukniche ♬ suburban underground – Osbatt Smokey Bandit

Lyrics

I know how the game goes because I have to play it with humans.
Time has its limits. Life is so gambled.
No one can give you a second life.
You have to discover the truth by yourself because no one tells you.
I cooked myself a good dish because I come from Italy.
Oh, you're hungry? But have you ever skipped meals?

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The video's TikTok sound[2] gained viral use in the following days. For instance, on April 10th, 2025, TikToker[3] @.tys6n posted a video using the song and slang abbreviatons like TS and PMO. The video received over 80,200 likes in four days (shown below).

@.tys6n ts song sybau #fyp #slimetok ♬ suburban underground – Osbatt Smokey Bandit

On April 11th, TikToker[4] @slatspirit posted a video using the sound, showing a rap music video with the song's lyrics in text overlay, gaining over 157,400 likes in three days (shown below).

@slatspirit #foryoupage #perc40 #1oneam #suburbanrap #viral #slimetok ♬ suburban underground – Osbatt Smokey Bandit

On April 12th, 2025, TikToker[5] @c.o.d.y9 posted a video with the sound, making a joke about a "new slang" term called "gurting," in reference to the Yogurt / Gurt: Yo meme. Over two days, the video received over 336,900 likes (shown below).

@c.o.d.y9 #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #juggtok #jugg #goodvibes #funny #slang ♬ suburban underground – Osbatt Smokey Bandit

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https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7491891773975923998
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7492507091744165151
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7491377801212333343
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7491396789124271391

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