Joe Budden - Poker In The Sky Lyrics






Just trying to explain the unexplainable
More than trying to attain the unattainable
Trying to make it sustainable
Collecting all the parts, see if they interchangeable
Killing me slow, but I'm glad it's entertaining you
Everyday it amaze me
The same thinking that pay me the same thinking that plagues me
How can I think I'm crazy? Sway me
Cause to profit off of shit that aches me is actually pretty wavy
I'm painting the perfect picture
Only perfect cause the imperfections are highlighted
To gross currency off of that kinda sickness
Changes the meaning of mind my business
Giving what was given to me
So the soldiers come over unsober
And call me Yoda instead of Joseph
I be like "why they come to me for advice?"
They should really come to me for a vice
I got 'em all
Got a counter full of liquor, pocket full of pills
The illusion of control, I can tell you how it feels
Accounts full of paper and the women I play with
All got criminal bodies, innocent faces
Come around and we have a ball, could have it all
Well, I ran out of Adderall, but that's a matter of a call, check it
Odds is they start telling me they hardships
Regardless, they end up wanting hard dick, aww shit
You would think they been ordained
Got her legs in the air, she screaming the Lord's name
I'm feeding her more game, more game, more game
I started fucking her mind, that's when all them thoughts came
She keep saying if I want her I should fight for her
My plight for her says I don't know if I'm right for her
Even so know there's a fire I ignite for her
Staring at her ceiling, seeing me like I'm a nightcrawler
It's like she love me, but she don't
That's when she lose me, that's when she confuse me
It's what I get appalled with, can't call it
She think I should remove her hurt since I installed it
But I wish she knew I was returned 2 birds
Feel it hurt me more knowing I hurt you
Even though it exists I don't ever bring it up
We don't be doing nothing, but it's everything to us
Presently she bring up the past and it's filthy
You not talking to who I was or who I will be
But that's my own assignment
You want to take all the feelings and the time spent
And give it realignment
Check the catalog, lateral God
I self-sabotage, I'd explain further, but I'd rather not
Salute, on me, everybody have a shot
I do it for the niggas they said wouldn't have a shot
But some days are better than some days
Still yet here I stand on numb legs
Women don't give a fuck that I have these scars
I'm fucking the same hoes that the athletes are
What a rollercoaster, we argued and we sexed
Face in her box, James Harden in her texts
Nigga from the Clippers every morning text her "good morning"
She be sleep, he just be talking to me, my nigga
None of this is a pain to see
I only care about her if she pertains to me
Shit I'm tending to emergencies with urgency
That urge in me is my daily fight in her purging me
Fuck hoes, I ain't got time to be sprung now
Grandpa's cancer just made it to his lungs now
In 2012, docs gave him few months; wild
He's alive somehow, outlived 2 sons, wow
So no the observation
Says he'll die quicker with chemo and radiation
He ain't strong enough to even go through operation
Know that death's coming, he just in the house waiting
So you telling me there ain't a way to fix the shit?
Or is grandpa too old for you to give a shit?
Let's switch the shit, give you my predicament
Wonder how you would feel if I was telling yours live with it
And it's traveling to his heart soon
Of course it all hit me like a harpoon
I was in shock and then it was all clearer
When he called me and asked me to be his pallbearer
I was floored
But then the next second was back
To being self-centered, self-absorbed
And it became about me, fought it off long enough
I could help carry your weight, but I ain't strong enough
But why do I have to be?
This the shit I be naturally asking me, I'm such a catastrophe
See me breaking down with my father in back of me
So for me to attend, I'm trying to think of a strategy
But I'm happy for my dad
He was incarcerated, but his mama didn't make it
So for him to get that chance again with you
Means the world, he could be there til it end for you and me
I bleed out through this pen for you
Can't carry this around, gotta vent, it's due
Cause now, grandpa'll be closer to his wife
Have cards when I come, we playing poker in the sky





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  1. D.... E....

    “The illusion of control I could tell you how it feels”... wow that hits home

  2. S.... ....

    Dude knows real pain, at least I’m not the only one

  3. S.... ....

    My father is sick, he still alive, and we rejoice while he still here!!! Song has depth......

  4. S.... ....

    My favorite song of his, deep shit

  5. B.... N....

    "I'm feeding her MORE GAME MORE GAME MORE GAME / I started fucking her mind that's when all them thoughts came" ….Joe crushed that pocket of the beat

  6. N.... G....

    I love this man and his music so much still dreaming of meeting him one day.

  7. D.... ....

    "I started fucking her mind that when all her thoughts came" sheesh

  8. D.... ....

    Dam this shit made me cry. real shit

  9. X.... S....

    Name a rapper with more quotables (that could be tattoo worthy).... I'll wait

  10. R.... F....

    my moms husband got lung cancer me and him became real tight prior to him being diagnosed - they sayinf he got weeks to live now - this song really hits those emotions i been tryna conceal -

  11. K.... A....

    Joe need to drop something

  12. S.... U....

    SO WHO IN CHARGE OF THE POKER GAMES NOW ? IS IT BATMAN NOW OR SUPERMAN PERHAPS WONDER WOMEN RUNNING THINGS NOW.

  13. A.... F....

    FUCK HOES I AINT GOT TIME TO B SPRUNG NOW !!! UGHHH!!!

  14. s.... t....

    I'm crying 😢

  15. D.... S....

    Wish he never fucking retired .first ever rap cd I ever got was Joe budden from def jam label 1999/2000....still my favorite artist 18 years later...just shows you how long budden been Killen shit

  16. K.... ....

    joe is surprisingly relatable

  17. s.... s....

    I wish he'd stop playing and come outta retirement already

    s.... s....

    Me too, though l suspect this Joe is long gone.

    s.... s....

    I think that Cyn Santana engagement breakup is what we were waiting for, Mouse about to be on some ordinary love shit continues :)

    s.... s....

    I ain't bored of his songs, I've been a daily listener to Joey since I was in grade 7 lmao. I'm 26 now

    s.... s....

    why you think he playing?

  18. T.... ....

    Nobody's fckn wit Joe

  19. T.... C....

    Still bumpin this

  20. R.... S....

    such an underrated song...

  21. j.... ....

    songs gives me the chills

  22. p.... 1....

    these thoughts hit hard

  23. D.... ....

    In my opinion, this is a top 10 Joe Budden song!

    D.... ....

    Man.....joey got so many great ones. So that says a lot

  24. A.... C....

    23 people were just here to hate.💯

  25. T.... L....

    Joe budden is so underrated. He's one of the G.O.A.T.s

  26. i.... ....

    Does anyone know the sample used in this song? Thanks!

    i.... ....

    ive been looking all day

    i.... ....

    I don't know for sure. I think it is an old Christopher Cross hook from one of his early 80's songs. I'm going to look for it. I was thinking the same thing.

  27. a.... ....

    Great song. For some reason it didnt stand out to me when i first heard it. I guess some great songs have to grow on you

  28. T.... P....

    Dope🎤🙏🏽👑👑👑

  29. R.... M....

    Whoever says Joey sucks doesn't know music

    R.... M....

    Whoever says Joey sucks shouldn't be listening to music

  30. B.... L....

    That last bar tho!

    B.... L....

    Brandon Lopez crazy

  31. j.... ....

    11 dislikes?? What the hell can you complain about when something is perfect??

  32. A.... ....

    At 3:12 dude just goes into a zone.  Pure emotion, pure lyrics, pure rap.

  33. o.... g....

    I love this song I was in a tremendous amount of heart ache due to a fake relationshit and this song made me feel like I wasn't the only one who knows pain so well

  34. o.... g....

    I love this song I was in a tremendous amount of heart ache due to a fake relationshit and this song made me feel like I wasn't the only one who knows pain so well

  35. L.... C....

    best fuckin shit!!! so glad to see people recognize joey now!! he been nice

  36. J.... W....

    To fucking deep...

  37. S.... ....

    "I start fuckin her mind that's when All them thoughts... came" smh damn

  38. A.... P....

    Great album.. Been listening to it since it came out last year, never get tired of it. I love Joe because he really spits the truth. I feel like he gets in my head sum times, his shit is so relatable.. We need another one like this real real soon Budden!!!!

  39. K.... &....

    Even though it exist we don't ever bring it up...we could be doing nothing but it's everything to us! My babe and I line all the way.

  40. A.... T....

    JOE!!!!!

  41. D.... ....

    When the piano comes in around the 3:07 mark onward...chills. This song...one of his best. 

    D.... ....

    DenizenRD that made the beat for me👌🏽👌🏽

  42. J.... H....

    "When he called me and asked me to be his pallbearer,
    I was floored, But then the next second was back
    To being self-centered, self-absorbed
    And it became about me"  Joe Budden

    J.... H....

    Jack Herrera 🔥🔥🔥

  43. J.... G....

    It takes an authentic poet to demonstrate powerful artistry. J.O.E.- Journalist Originating Excellence.

    J.... G....

    Jahmell Genuine right 💯

  44. N.... ....

    "She think I should remover her hurt since I installed it"
    "Some days are better than some days, still yet here I stand on numb legs"
    Dawg, it's like Joey speaking on my life right now

    N.... ....

    NoRapName Nice! 💎 diamond in the rough

    N.... ....

    JOE BUDDEN is by far the most UNDERATED LOVE and HATED lyricist to EVER clutch the PEN. # The Haters

    N.... ....

    NoRapName 💪🏽

  45. A.... S....

    how can I think im crazy

  46. w.... s....

    JOE BUDDEN IS THE BEST RAPPER ON THE PLANET...PERIOD..END OF DISCUSSION

    w.... s....

    wayne selser agreed!!!

    w.... s....

    wayne selser 💯

    w.... s....

    get the fuck outta here mans dope he no freddie g tho

    w.... s....

    wayne selser 💯

  47. F.... ....

    3:15 to the end......WOW! that was deep.

    F.... ....

    I actually think the opener is SO fucking sick, and prefer it to the part after 3:15. explaining how he profits off his faults and depression which is wavy. Then esp if you been in that position before with a girl and had all those pills yourself. Hit me pretty hard and I relate SO hard to him saying they come round to tell him their hardships, when they just wanting hard dick (always happens, right) , ''feeding her more game, more game, more game - till them thoughts came''. that position sucks. But it's so fucking sick. Love you Joe. I do like the ''I was floored. But then the next second was back to being self-centered, self-absorbed'' We've all been there right? Then Joe trying to fathom how to be there for his own Dad, when he can't deal with his emotions himself. Raw. 

    #joey

    F.... ....

    The entire song was deep but I'm sure everybody can relate about the relative thing. Everybody feels doctors could always do more.

    F.... ....

    @Alleni215 Oh for sure. There's some lines/verses I think are INSANE and relate so hard on other songs, which others would just see as filler. Thats the beauty of it. Everyone can relate in their own way to different aspects and it isn't ''more or less'' deeper, just depends on what you been through. All I can say is I REALLY want Budden to put more out like this and ''Only Human''. The First and Second verses are one of those parts I mentioned in the start. More Mood Musik plz Joe! MM3 Was a Classic! More All of Me, Dear Diary, Hiatus...and Whatever it Takes, 10 Minutes, Castles...ah, you set me off now! 

    F.... ....

    @Rifle Eyez I agree with you 100% and he could have released this as a full LP instead of EP. I don't even think J. Cole album was as good as this. I can legit listen to every song without skipping.

  48. J.... 3....

    Incredible

  49. J.... H....

    Reminds me of "all of me"

  50. A.... S....

    nigga goin hard

  51. t.... ....

    SMH Just WOW! Joe is the truth

  52. I.... T....

    Joe Budden is a fucken beast!!!! Most slept on!!! Fidduuck radio!!

  53. D.... M....

    Fucking murdered this track this real shit right here