Mariah Carey

Released: October 2, 2020

Songwriter: Jermaine Dupri Mariah Carey

Producer: Mariah Carey Jermaine Dupri

[Intro]
Baby, don't you know
That life is sweet?
It swiftly goes
So I just gotta know
That it's more than lust (So in love)
That you're worth my trust (So in love)
You gotta search inside yourself
And purely open up to me
Before I'll be with you
You gotta give me something sacred
More than merely physical (So in love)
One night's not enough
Gotta be certain
I'm so in love with you

[Verse 1]
It's just another Saturday evening
He's watching all the girls go by
He finds your body kind of appealing
So he hits you with his favorite lie, yes
He's looking you over
He whispеrs, "Let's get to know each othеr better, baby"
He's moving in closer
But what you see may not be the entirety
So be wary

[Chorus 1]
He's just out for the one night
He just wants you 'til he gets his way now, baby, baby
So don't gamble with your life
It don't pay (Don't! No, no, no)
(Baby, baby, baby, don't)
(Baby, baby, no, no no)

[Verse 2]
You see her standing there on the corner
Sashaying as the cars go by
You casually look over your shoulder
As she winks at you and bats her eyes, yes
You're thinking about it
Your conscience tells you to go
But something's in the way now
The prospect's arousing
You think just this once can't hurt them
But you might have another thing coming

[Chorus 2]
You're just out for a good time
Baby, so later you'll forget her name (Now, baby, baby)
So don't gamble with your life, it don't pay
(Don't don't, surely don't pay)
(Just a little advice now)
(Baby, baby)
(You'd better think twice now)
(Said you'd better think twice now)

[Chorus 3]
You're just out for the one night
But it's more than a little game now, baby, baby (It's more)
So don't gamble with your life
It don't pay
Yeah, it don't pay

[Outro]
No no, don't pay
It don't pay
No no no no no it don't
It don't pay
No, it don't, no, it don't
It don't pay
It don't pay
It don't pay
It don't pay

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist.

Under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, Carey released her self-titled debut studio album Mariah Carey in 1990; it went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993 and success with hit records “Emotions” (1991), “Music Box” (1993), and “Merry Christmas” (1994), Carey was established as Columbia’s highest-selling act. Daydream (1995) made music history when its second single “One Sweet Day”, a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains the longest-running number-one song in U.S. chart history, along with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito.” During the recording of the album, Carey began to deviate from her R&B and pop beginnings and slowly traversed into hip hop. This musical change became evident with the release of Butterfly (1997), at which time Carey had separated from Mottola.

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