"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.

The song tells details several failures through hubris.

He then tries to do an armed robbery to get money but accidentally kills someone and ends up on death row.