Cards Album Cover

Cards

By Doja Cat

Released on September 26, 2025

Cards Lyrics by Doja Cat

[Chorus]
A little more back and forth
A little more catch and throw, baby
The more we can clear this smoke
A little further I’ll go
Maybe in time, we’ll know
Maybe I’ll fall in love, baby
Maybe we’ll win some hearts
Gotta just play your cards

[Post-Chorus]
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)

[Verse 1]
Baby, be good to me, I don’t care who’s with me
Calling me “mon chérie”, try to get in my hosiery
If you got notes for me, I ain’t no employee
Give me that two for three or you’ll be losing me
If you catch it, I’ll be on the floor
Can you pull my body off the bar?

[Chorus]
A little more back and forth
A little more catch and throw, baby
The more we can clear the smoke
A little further I’ll go
Maybe in time, we’ll know
Maybe I’ll fall in love, baby
Maybe we’ll win some hearts
Baby, just play your cards

[Post-Chorus]
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)

[Verse 2]
Hey there, stranger, take you where you want, you can say, “Where, stranger?”
If you play fair, stranger, it’s all you could eat while I lay there, stranger
Girls turned on by danger, I’m turned on when he run that bank up
He’s turned on when I fill this tank up
No bra, fresh beat, watch him scrunch his face up
I’m enough to wait for, move too quick and you off the roster
Break bread, nigga, don’t twirl the pasta
Hand on my ass, that’ll stir the block up
I ain’t just some girl on your notch and not many men make me nervous a lot
Might splurge in the yacht, I’m tryna figure out if he deserve it or not
You got a way with your words so they flock
Playing all your cards right first and it’s hot
Show me that you got the nerve and the chops
Maybe then, you could get the permanent spot

[Chorus]
A little more back and forth
A little more catch and throw, baby
The more we can clear the smoke
A little further I’ll go
Maybe in time we’ll know
Maybe I’ll fall in love, baby
Maybe we’ll win some hearts
Baby, just play your cards

[Post-Chorus]
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)
Play your cards (Right)

[Outro]
Dum-da-da-dum, yeah, dum-da-da-dum-da-da
Dum-da-da-dum, yeah, dum-da-da-dum-da-da
Dum-da-da-dum, yeah, dum-da-da-dum-da-da
Dum-da-da-dum, yeah, dum-da-da-dum-da-da

Song Credits

Producers: Blood Orange, Y2K & Gavin Bennett Writers: Doja Cat, Gavin Bennett, Y2K & Jack Antonoff Label Kemosabe Records & RCA Records Phonographic Copyright ℗: Kemosabe Records & RCA Records Recorded At: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Tamarind Recording (Los Angeles, CA), Y2K Studios (Los Angeles, CA) and Pleasure Hill Recording (Portland, ME)

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Who is the artist of "Cards"?

Doja Cat

When was "Cards" released?

2025-09-26