Be Careful
Cardi B
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Yeah Be careful, be careful, be careful with me Yeah, look I wanna get married, like the Currys, Steph and Ayesha shit But we more like Belly, Tommy and Keisha shit Gave you TLC, you wanna creep and shit Poured out my whole heart to a piece of shit Man, I thought you would've learned your lesson 'Bout likin' pictures, not returnin' texts I guess it's fine, man, I get the message You still stutter after certain questions You keep in contact with certain exes Do you, though, trust me, nigga, it's cool, though Said that you was workin', but you're out here chasin' culo And putas, chillin' poolside, livin' two lives I could've did what you did to me to you a few times But if I did decide to slide, find a nigga F*ck him, suck his dick, you would've been pissed But that's not my M.O., I'm not that type of bitch And karma for you is gon' be who you end up with Don't make me sick, nigga The only man, baby, I adore I gave you everything, what's mine is yours I want you to live your life of course But I hope you get what you dyin' for Be careful with me, do you know what you doin'? Whose feelings that you hurtin' and bruisin'? You gon' gain the whole world But is it worth the girl that you're losin'? Be careful with me Yeah, it's not a threat, it's a warnin' Be careful with me Yeah, my heart is like a package with a fragile label on it Be careful with me Care for me, care for me Always said that you'd be there for me, there for me Boy, you better treat me carefully, carefully, look I was here before all of this Guess you actin' out now, you got an audience Tell me where your mind is, drop a pin, what's the coordinates? You might have a fortune, but you lose me, you still gon' be misfortunate, nigga Tell me, this love's got you this fucked up in the head You want some random bitch up in your bed? She don't even know your middle name, watch her 'cause she might steal your chain You don't want someone who loves you instead? I guess not though It's blatant disrespect, you nothin' like the nigga I met Talk to me crazy and you quick to forget You even got me trippin', you got me lookin' in the mirror different Thinkin' I'm flawed because you inconsistent Between a rock and a hard place, the mud and the dirt It's gon' hurt me to hate you, but lovin' you's worse It all stops so abrupt, we start switchin' it up Teach me to be like you so I can not give a f*ck Free to mess with someone else, I wish these feelings could melt 'Cause you don't care about a thing except your mothafuckin' self You make me sick, nigga The only man, baby, I adore I gave you everything, what's mine is yours I want you to live your life of course But I hope you get what you dyin' for Be careful with me, do you know what you doin'? Whose feelings that you're hurtin' and bruisin'? You gon' gain the whole world But is it worth the girl that you're losin'? Be careful with me Yeah, it's not a threat, it's a warnin' Be careful with me Yeah, my heart is like a package with a fragile label on it Be careful with me
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Written by: Belcalis Almanzar, Mathew Samuels, Anderson Hernandez, Jordan Thorpe, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Robert Diggs, Lauryn Hill, Clifford Smith, Lamont Hawkins, Dennis Coles, Gary Grice, Jason Hunter, Russell Jones, Corey Woods, Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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10 facts about this song
Release Date"Be Careful" was released on March 30, 2018 as the third single off Cardi B's debut studio album, "Invasion of Privacy."
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Billboard RankingThe song debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Cardi B's fifth top 20 entry.
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Vocal EmotionThe song showcases a softer side of Cardi B, a departure from her usual braggadocious rap style. She opens up about relationship insecurities, infidelity and heartbreak.
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Lauren Hill InfluenceThe chorus of "Be Careful" interpolates the song "Ex-Factor" by Lauryn Hill, one of Cardi B's musical influences.
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Song InspirationCardi B confirmed that "Be Careful" was not a diss track, but was inspired by her own experiences in past relationships.
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Grammy Nominations"Be Careful" received a nomination for Best Rap Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. This marked Cardi B's second year of Grammy recognition following her two nominations for her breakout single "Bodak Yellow" in 2018.
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Video PerformanceThe music video, directed by Jora Frantzis, features Cardi B marrying a man in a desert before later attending his funeral at the same church. It has amassed over 100 million views on YouTube as of January 2022.
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Cardi B's lyrics writingUnlike most of her other hits, Cardi B admitted to not writing the majority of the lyrics in "Be Careful", which sparked a lot of conversation around ghostwriting in rap music.
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Gold Certification"Be Careful" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) only two months after its release, denoting over 500,000 units sold.
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Cardi B's VulnerabilityThe lyrics of the song expose a sense of raw emotional vulnerability, a side of Cardi B the public rarely gets to see. It ups the ante and shows her growth as a multi-dimensional artist.
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