Careful
by NF (featuring Cordae)

Album: Hope (2023)
Charted: 85
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Songfacts®:

  • "Careful" is the third track off NF's fifth studio album Hope. It finds the Michigan rapper spitting about how taking risks has been crucial to his success. He hasn't got where he is today by being careful.
  • NF is also showing love and gratitude to God for the good life he's living now. He knows he's blessed - from struggling with poverty and worrying about affording groceries, to balling out and not even checking the total. That's some major come-up right there!
  • NF trades verses with Cordae. Maryland-born Cordae also knows what it's like to come up from a rough start. The rapper's early life was chaotic and messy, but he's now living his best life as a millionaire in a dope crib. Back in the day, he used to blaze up to take the edge off, but now he's being careful and protecting himself with a Draco.
  • "Careful" is one of two Hope tracks where NF collaborates with another artist. The track "Gone" features singer-songwriter Julia Michaels.
  • Carrie Underwood's producer, David Garcia, co-wrote and co-produced "Careful" with NF. Garcia's been in the game with NF since his 2016 Therapy Sessions album.
  • The song samples the choir melody at the start of Tech N9ne's February 2023 track, "Tell Everyone."

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