Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Come on, baby, and drop it (okay)
Scrub that floor and just mop it (okay)
Show these gangsters how you pop lock it (okay)
Don't care what you got in your pocket (okay)
I peep the way that you rockin'
With that thang-thang, girl stop it
Wanna just bang-bang and pop it
While the club crowded, just watch you work it out
Got a gang of cash and it's goin' all on the bar (now work it out)
And it's going fast 'cause I feel like a superstar (now work it out)
And you may not have it, I might just broke the law (now work it out)
It's your turn to grab it, now make this whole thing yours (now work it out)
Hey, said a hustler's work is never through
We makin' it 'cause we makin' moves
The only thing we know how to do
Said it's the only thing we know how to do
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy
Yes, I'm fresh to death, lookin' plush (okay)
Ladies can't get enough (okay)
Got my fitness, looking buff (okay)
And all my people with me, I trust (okay)
Holdin' down for my city
If they askin' you, I'm not guilty
Only thing that I'm guilty of is making you rock with me, work it out
Got a gang of cash and it's goin' all on the bar (now work it out)
And it's going fast 'cause I feel like a superstar (now work it out)
And you may not have it, I might just broke the law (now work it out)
It's your turn to grab it, now make this whole thing yours (now work it out)
Hey, said a hustler's work is never through
We makin' it 'cause we makin' moves
The only thing we know how to do
Said it's the only thing we know how to do
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy
Hey, said a hustler's work is never through
We makin' it 'cause we makin' moves
The only thing we know how to do
Said it's the only thing we know how to do
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy
(Work hard, play hard)
(Work hard, play hard)
(We work hard, play hard)
(Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy)
Scrub that floor and just mop it (okay)
Show these gangsters how you pop lock it (okay)
Don't care what you got in your pocket (okay)
I peep the way that you rockin'
With that thang-thang, girl stop it
Wanna just bang-bang and pop it
While the club crowded, just watch you work it out
Got a gang of cash and it's goin' all on the bar (now work it out)
And it's going fast 'cause I feel like a superstar (now work it out)
And you may not have it, I might just broke the law (now work it out)
It's your turn to grab it, now make this whole thing yours (now work it out)
Hey, said a hustler's work is never through
We makin' it 'cause we makin' moves
The only thing we know how to do
Said it's the only thing we know how to do
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy
Yes, I'm fresh to death, lookin' plush (okay)
Ladies can't get enough (okay)
Got my fitness, looking buff (okay)
And all my people with me, I trust (okay)
Holdin' down for my city
If they askin' you, I'm not guilty
Only thing that I'm guilty of is making you rock with me, work it out
Got a gang of cash and it's goin' all on the bar (now work it out)
And it's going fast 'cause I feel like a superstar (now work it out)
And you may not have it, I might just broke the law (now work it out)
It's your turn to grab it, now make this whole thing yours (now work it out)
Hey, said a hustler's work is never through
We makin' it 'cause we makin' moves
The only thing we know how to do
Said it's the only thing we know how to do
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy
Hey, said a hustler's work is never through
We makin' it 'cause we makin' moves
The only thing we know how to do
Said it's the only thing we know how to do
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job
Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard
We work hard, play hard
Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy
(Work hard, play hard)
(Work hard, play hard)
(We work hard, play hard)
(Keep partyin' like it's your job, ayy)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Play Hard [New Edit] Lyrics as written by Sebastiaan Molijn Eelke A. Kalberg
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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