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Wale

Slight Work

Release date: 1st November 2011

From Ambition (Deluxe Version)
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About This Track

Wale and Big Sean trade verses over a beat built for the club, the pair swapping boasts about ease and dominance. The track sits comfortably in the party-rap lane, its title a statement of intent: what might exhaust others registers as effortless for them. Sean's contribution sharpens the competitive edge, whilst Wale's flow moves with the confidence of someone who has already won the argument before it starts. 'Slight Work' arrives as part of a larger shift in Wale's trajectory. Released on the Maybach Music label, the album marks an elevation from his underground roots, pairing him with high-profile collaborators who bring their own weight to the project. The production cranks up the party energy, designed to move bodies rather than invite introspection, a deliberate tonal choice that sits alongside the album's broader ambitions.

"Slight Work" is a track by Wale, from the album Ambition (Deluxe Version), released 1st November 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Wale

Wale

Lyrics

Slight Work

[Intro: Big Sean & Wale]

You gotta work (Slight work, light work)

D-Town to the DMV (Slight work, Diplo, what's up?)

Work it, work it

Probably got your girl going crazy

Work, wo-wo-work it, oh (Drunk white bitches)

Work it, work it

Work, wo-wo-work ot, oh, oh

[Verse 1: Wale]

I can do it all and it ain't no problem

Ain't nobody harder than that nigga Folarin

Bitch, I go hard, I'm ballin', I'm globetrottin'

And my flow art, my nigga, I'm Mozart with it

As often, I do this

I turn a straight prude bitch into a nudist

Foolish, I be on that new shit

And I'm blowing up like bitches we went to school with

Ain't nobody checking for your garbage

Lot of intuition, I ain't even finished college

Never hit the mall and forever get it all

Any broad, bet I lay her like I'm dressin' for the fall, nigga

And I'm all that, hit the passenger door

Shawty was Pinkberry sweet and I ain't lactose

I ain't tryna brag though, I just know I'm that dope

Kick game Bojack, my Bo Jacks Tae Bo

Haha, and it ain't no problem

You race to these broads, I relay and baton 'em

Bitches ain't hearin' one thou'

But when you step out, why these bitches run out?

Double MG shit, I put the set down

Rick James that, bad bitches on the couch

Ah, word play, Olubowale is my first name

I think I'm Koko B. Ware, you just a bird babe

I got a pair of Js, I roll a pair of Js

We up in Diamond Supply, spending that carat cake

Let 'em marinate, you forever late

A million home sellers couldn't find a realer state

[Chorus: Wale]

It's slight work, it's light work

The wrong drink, the right work

It's slight work, light work

The wrong drink, the right work

Work, work, work, work

(Work it out, work it out, work it out, don't stop)

Work, work, work, work

(Work it out, work it out, work it out, don't stop)

Work, work, work, work

(Work it out, work it out, work it out, don't stop)

Work, work, work, yeah, let's go (Work it out, work it out, ahhh)

[Verse 2: Big Sean]

Bitch you ain't a boss 'til you cut a fuckin' paycheck

Only thing between me and your bitch is a latex

Man, and I ain't into saving these hoes (What?)

My nigga, tell me where you see the cape at?

B-I, B-I, bitch, B-I-G (B-I-G)

Two things that I don't need are you and my ID

I'ma need a yellow cab and a yellow bad bitch

Green faces but a nigga dodgin' yellow badges

Woop! (Heheheh)

Cause I'm drunk (Yeah, okay)

Under 25, living the fuckin life

White America said I'd be doing 25 to life

And just for that, I'ma blow 25 tonight (Do it)

You make 25 a year, I make 25 a night, whoa!

Blocka, blocka, blocka (Blocka)

Bitch get hit with my Cîroc-a vodka chopper (Go)

Taking body shots: blocka, blocka, blocka (Whoa)

Probably in your girl's dreams, probably in your daughter locker

Top floor like I'm out tanning (Whoa)

And they stoled your whole delivery, now that's outlandish

I guess like the delivery man, I'm outstanding

Car tinted, I'm in that tint like I'm out camping

God damn it, I'm one hell of a guy

Looking down on a cloud, that's a hell of a high

Bitch, I gets ghost, the way she screaming "Big"

Niggas couldn't tell if I was dead or alive

[Chorus: Wale]

It's slight work, it's light work

The wrong drink, the right work

It's slight work, light work

The wrong drink, the right work

Work, work, work, work

(Work it out, work it out, work it out, don't stop)

Work, work, work, work

(Work it out, work it out, work it out, don't stop)

Work, work, work, work

(Work it out, work it out, work it out, don't stop)

Work, work, work, yeah, go (Work it out, work it out, ahhh)

[Outro: Big Sean & Wale]

Man, you already know (Uh)

Finally Famous in this, gettin' (Slight work, light work)

Maybach! (Slight work, light work)

Slight work, light work (G.O.O.D, boi)

Slight work, light work (Boi, gotta work)

Slight work, light work

D-Town to the DMV (Slight work)

Probably got your girl going crazy (Stupid)

Crazy (Boi, haha) boi, boi (Uh, uh)

Slight work, light work, slight work

From the D-Town to the DMV

I got all these bad bitches tryna get with me, uh

Yeah, from the D-Town to the DMV (You gotta work)

Got all these bad bitches tryna get on me, uh

Haha, we need to see ID

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Track details

From Ambition (Deluxe Version)

2011
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Album
Ambition (Deluxe Version)
Ambition (Deluxe Version)
Wale
28th October 2011
Release year
2011
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  8. —Illest Bitch
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  10. —Double M Genius
  11. —White Linen (Coolin')
  12. —Miami Nights
  13. —No Days Off

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Production & Engineering

Writer
Big Sean, Diplo, Wale
Producer
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Additional Vocals
Cherie Lily
Mastering Engineer
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Mixing Engineer
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Video Director
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