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[Intro: Rapsody]
Yeah, yeah
You just gotta play the cards youâre dealt
Itâs like making a dollar out of fifteen centsâ¦
AMP⦠AMP on the beat like
[Verse 1: Big Remo]
Yo, ainât it funny when buddy countinâ ya money
Buddy study your every utter
Wish he was from another mother
Born of a different cloth, LRG covered
And I move somethinâ like a boss
Cool nigga wipe me off
And you could too since a lilâ nigga asked the part
Back then in Kimberly Homes where I lived
I was learned by them Kurds about them dollars and cents
It was never my transaction it was however I did it
I was impressed with the whips
I asked my father how was it
That from zip-locks with two tops is a nick
He said, âPlay your cards right son, and stay on your shitâ
He said, âThe streets stay watchinâ, I ainât talkinâ to pigsâ
And I admit when I was talking to him
I got wise and lost the veil pulled over my eyes
It energized me
Itâs double-time grind now, I know they still probably
Wishinâ they were dealt my hand, but what it cost me?
I damn near lost it twice, yea Iâve been to hell and back
Five-O at the crib, Momma wasnât havinâ that
When five-o left the crib, she said âNigga pack ya bags
âAnd your packs and your racksâ
And I packed them fast, Michael Jackson âBadâ
I almost burned a bridge
Ten years now the word âtil I had the kids, now I understand it
Itâs coming full circle now
I raise my kids with a rod and a tight lip
A few hustles and the studio at night shift
Puttinâ work in with the team and they like it
Itâs Jamla
[Verse 2: Rapsody]
Still remain playinâ all of these cards
Until the bet pay off and put me in a brand new car
Itâs just the cards
And again I donât reside in no key state
Where MTV and BET big radio DJs
Get more love in NY than from my local town DJs
Donât show no love to these young artists where we stay
The city way
My music reminds you of where young Jigga laid and Lauryn played
Iâm respected, but not the New York way
Itâs home for home, and my home just donât understand that way
Iâll never do enough to this niggas like Mr. Andre
Sixteens want me to keep writing until Iâm Donte
Retired Culpepper from Carolina like Forte
Yo⦠we forever brave
Protect the family ties from the lies and we never trade
Success cuts deep, watch fake ones separate
And we lose touch with âem like our friends held back a grade
Know the feeling well, I gotta few on my resume
âJealousâ was the motive for it, but fuck it theyâll never say
Never was a fan, but wanna holla ân collaborate
And they turn around and slander on your ass to another face
Thereâs crabs in the barrel operating NC State
Just gotta play your cards right to end with the ace of spades
Leave with the hearts, ignoring artists that are throwinâ shade
Playinâ in the club, rockinâ diamonds like niggas paid
I play the female card to my advantage
Underrepresented, how they wanna see me rap in it?
Cause I can show emotion when most wouldnât even show feeling
For fear of losing your edge calling you âsensitive spittinââ
Therefore I touch âem with emotion, now they all growinâ with me
Allowed to do it, make music I want because itâs all indie
And take the bulk of my money, wait âtil we all sellinâ plenty
Iâll buy a Bentley in Carolina, we all living simply
The good Carolina, we can all live the simple life
Walk the streets on the humble days and nights
Uh, I play my cards like that
Leave with hearts âtil we end it with the spades all black
It donât matter what youâre dealt, itâs how youâre playinâ them back
So donât stress baby, just relax now, and play your cards
[Outro: Rapsody]
Still remain playinâ all of these cards
Until the bet pay off and put me in a brand new car
Itâs just the cards
It's just the cards
Playin' my cards
Playin my cards all how they was dealt
Playin my cards all how they was dealt
Playin' my cards
- Album:
- Crown (EP)
- Beauty and the Beast
- She Got Game
- The Black Mamba (EP)
- The Idea of Beautiful
- Overture
- Non-Album Releases
- She Got Game (Deluxe Edition)
- 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad
- 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad (Deluxe Edition)
- The Black Mamba
- Thank H.E.R. Now
- Drama
- Beauty and the Beast (Deluxe Edition)
- Beauty And The Beast - EP
- Drama - Single
- Laila’s Wisdom
- Pay Up