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Bad Guy by Cal Scruby

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Cal Scruby

Bad Guy

From While You Were Sleeping2020

Written by Cal Scruby

Produced by Corbett

Lyrics

Bad Guy

[Verse 1]

I live life through a polarizin' lens

When I feel the love, they hate again

Gotta make ends and make amends

Pay cash when I'm payin' for my sins

Can you bury me alive inside a Benz?

I'ma need four seats I brought my friends

And we built this shit, if it all fall down

They would all take a charge in my defense

That's why I'm talkin' fast inside the Sprinter van

Methamphetamine addicted man

Speedin' Leo catch me if you can

Slowin' down and stoppin' not the plan

Thought I had it mapped like I'm Magellan

Makin' moves inside the cerebellum

If you know the secret never tell 'em

Fuck the motherfuckers, they get jealous

Why you buy the bullshit they been sellin'?

Purple in the chalice, Donatello

You get mad at me for reachin' goals

I get mad at you for reachin' ceilings

Talkin' to me like I'm not a human

Like I never felt the way you feelin'

About this track

"Bad Guy" is a song by Cal Scruby from the album While You Were Sleeping, released in 2020. The song was written by Cal Scruby. It was produced by Corbett, Nicholas “Sunny” Race, Th3 R3cip3.

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  • Cal Scruby— 100 credits as songwriter & producer →

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, Nicholas “Sunny” Race
, Th3 R3cip3

I guess if I gotta play the villain

I'ma sign a deal and make a killin'

[Chorus]

Whoa, guess I gotta be the bad guy

Bitch you ain't Denzel, you ain't 'bout that life

I be on this side, you be on that side

Don't cross that line, don't cross that line

[Verse 2]

Thinkin' back, way back, from the start of it

Before I ever wrote a song and recorded it

I remember where I was when I thought of it

I was in the same race you've been caught up in

Had a lil drug money in the Ottoman

I was drinkin' cheap liquor, smokin' Parliaments

Ever since then I've been goin' harder than '06 Dwyane Wade

'06 Dwayne Carter shit, damn

I wanted to quit thank God I did not

I had to learn how to handle shit talk

Nothin' more annoyin' than a fan of hip hop

You a little boy, that shit's a KIDZ BOP (Huh?)

Chill for a minute, digest that and you still don't get it

I admit it I was lookin' for a deal, six figures

Could've got me for a steal but they didn't

Now I got no time when the phone ring

'Cept when it's big bro with the OGs

Lotta people tell people that they know me

Where were you when I was living off 14th?

Went way back then kept it lowkey

Know no TO, put in OT

I'ma young Pete Rose with the hits

Got it like this, I'm the only one that's putting money on my own team

[Chorus]

Whoa, guess I gotta be the bad guy

Bitch you ain't Denzel, you ain't 'bout that life

I be on this side, you be on that side

Don't cross that line, don't cross that line

[Outro]

Guess I gotta be the bad buy

Bitch you ain't Denzel, you ain't 'bout that life

I be on this side, you be on that side

Don't cross that line, don't cross that line

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