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Cards With The Devil (feat. Ray Wright)
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Hip-Hop/Rap
Cards With The Devil (feat. Ray Wright) was released on September 22, 2017 by Alpha Pup as a part of the album Black Boy Meets World
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Release DateSeptember 22, 2017
LabelAlpha Pup
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM141

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Danny Watts
Danny Watts
Performer
Aaron Shaw
Aaron Shaw
Saxophone
Paul Castelluzzo
Paul Castelluzzo
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jonathan Wayne
Jonathan Wayne
Songwriter
Daniel Watts
Daniel Watts
Songwriter
Jonwayne
Jonwayne
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Danny Watts
Danny Watts
Producer
Jonwayne
Jonwayne
Producer
Lester "Bettle" Green
Lester "Bettle" Green
Producer

Lyrics

One day you wake up and you decide you want to be somebody
 You just tell yourself, “Man you gotta do something”, 
 You go, “Okay, Do something”
 And you go out there and try to do something (I can’t imagine)
 And why did I have to wake up and wanna be somebody?
 I don’t know, you know?
 The way you start, you know, you try to be a nice guy and help your friends 
 You hope that they’re going to be nice guys
 You find out along the way that some of those guys aren’t as nice as you
thought 
 Maybe you shouldn’t have never even uhh, you shouldn’t have never even uhh,
 Gone the nice route anyways 
 Cutthroat 
 That’s what you gotta do, you gotta cut the throat
 The battleground is about here, now
 And uhh everybody knows that they’re scaring ???
 There’s not that much time left
 How come I had to wake up and wanna be somebody? 
 Somehow how I found elation in this place where the space bends
 I gave in daily to fates that I'm placed in 
 My plates thin,
 real hunger made me desire more 
 For all my people starving for love
 Heart is harder to touch 
 Because it's harder to trust 
 That's a part of the reason
 that no ones tries to discuss
 See their eyes with disgust 
 Hatred pointed at us
 Disguising secret agendas
 To keep us back from the place 
 That we need to be 
 Easily my easel paints these feelings
 That we need to keep
 I'm speaking while I'm bleeding
 These demons reap we built
 I'm not feeling it
 Can't you see that you hurting me?
 All these bullets disturbing me. 
 All these doors keep on curbing me
 Now I'm lacking in currency
 Back to the slums 
 Tryna find a way to live 
 within this man I've become 
 Making gold from the dirt that
 That I've been handed in sums
 The damage is done 
 I’m playing cards with the devil
 Foot on the pedal
 No strings attached need my cash no Geppetto
 Working hard stay sharp suckers yap they bark
 Till they get tested for they heart when its dark 
 Playing cards with the devil
 Foot on the pedal
 No strings attached need my cash no Geppetto
 Working hard stay sharp suckers yap they bark
 Till they get tested for they heart when its dark 
 Black man with a dream 
 I realize it means more to me 
 Than I thought it would when I was on these strings
 Little things would eat at me and to my grievancy i would lose my way  
 Falling victim to life in a maze 
 Every twist and turn would be fatal burn 
 That pushed me back to a point 
 my mind was in a daze I'm my own man
 Alone with these plights we slow dance 
 Whoa...
 Blood on my own hands 
 The guilt on my heart
 From the start of it all 
 It's the way that I grew to be
 few scars nothing new to me 
 Real life's what tutored me
 And that's the way it goes 
 From the the end of the road
 I made it on my own 
 I’m playing cards with the devil
 Foot on the pedal
 No strings attached need my cash no Geppetto
 Working hard stay sharp suckers yap they bark
 Till they get tested for they heart when its dark 
 Playing cards with the devil
 Foot on the pedal
 No strings attached need my cash no Geppetto
 Working hard stay sharp suckers yap they bark
 Till they get tested for they heart when its dark 
 Playing cards with the devil
 Foot on the pedal
 No strings attached need my cash no Geppetto
 Working hard stay sharp suckers yap they bark
 Till they get tested for they heart when its dark 
Written by: Daniel Watts, Jonathan Wayne
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