E.D.I. Mean - Play Your Cards Right lyrics

[Intro: 2Pac] I hope it can work out tonight wa**sup I know we been seein' each other for a long time And (hahaha) I'm hopin' tonight can be the night Yeah, that's right [Verse 1: 2Pac] Another shady mission Had enough of shady tricks You so suspicious like watchin' pictures in hazy' vision Tonight it's love making Take you any place you wish Today we satisfied Yesterday was stolen kisses Blind insanity Perfect pictures of me and my family Not understanding the destiny That they planned for me? If I have kids will I live to see' em grow? Though I don't know I live the life of a thug n***a until the day I go No broken promises A sacred bond broken I know I die alone But yet and still I'm hopin' Visions of prisons Maybe I'll be forgiven I know its better in heaven cause bein' here ain't livin' Close my eyes and see nothing but pain the world's crazy Still look for a queen to plant seeds and have babies Maybe I'll be the one Or just maybe I'm lost You'll never know being cautious, if you play your cards right [Chours: K-Ci and Jo-Jo] If you play your cards right, everything will be alright If you play your cards right, tonight will be the night If you play your cards right, everything will be alright If you play your cards right, tonight will be the night [Verse 2: Big Syke] I'm always in the mix Life is full of tricks I guess, tryin' my best Nothing less, before I lay to rest My quest and future I'm mourn like a new born baby Intense and seldom to the world I'm so crazy My daddy raised me to be a man, do the best I can He said you won't succeed in life without a plan It's hard to take my people trade me With Indian hate, can't wait better change before it's too late [Verse 3: Mopreme] They got me at the bottom of a deck, searching for my Ace I can't take too many chances, ain't much love in my place Full of torment and soul, and it's written all in my face Hollow inside, a crooked smile is the only trace A mission slightly incomplete Misconceptions of success and defeat I roam these dark streets alone Searching for yo homie, smokin' til I'm gone When I need someone to kind of lay my burdens on [Chours: K-Ci and Jo-Jo] If you play your cards right, everything will be alright If you play your cards right, tonight will be the night If you play your cards right, everything will be alright If you play your cards right, tonight will be the night [Verse 4: E.D.I. Mean] December 30 in nineteen-ninety feen yeah My reincarnation steps in, born into a world that don't love itself, but the love is wealth My little n***a listen closely, if you don't remember nothing else Just remember that life ain't nothing but a game A gamble, and how you play yo hand will sho' explain For what's ever In times you gone journey into a crossroad, get lost tho' Keep on bailin' and let 'em see you up in floss mode [Verse 5: Yaki Kadafi] Mysteriously it seems Through my deepest thoughts and dreams It's all wrong, Pop too long gone And now way it seems I'm stranded on my own Abandoned here in a zone Protect my throne Pow like king Al Capone style Fake no jacks on this grind Coked up with crack I get mine Living life as a Don, Guess Gortex, Louis Vuitton With my future behind me, livin' with these snakes Sent here to blind me, one day I know my future's gonna find me Am I crying? [Chours: K-Ci and Jo-Jo] If you play your cards right, everything will be alright If you play your cards right, tonight will be the night If you play your cards right, everything will be alright If you play your cards right, tonight will be the night [Outro: Pac talking] Would you be patient, and you take your time And you finess it, 9 times out of 10 Homeboy you gon' wake up with your breakfast in bed But if you rush and you just be manhandlin' You can and yo a** can go home tonight Haha Play your cards right