Vegas

Album

Vegas

Label

Kemosabe Records

Genre

Stage & Screen

Duration

4:00

Composer(s)

Amala Dlamini’Rogét Chahayed’David Sprecher’Jerry Leiber’Mike Stoller

Entered Chart

Jun 18, 2022

Peak Date

Oct 22, 2022

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Republic

Here, Doja Cat addresses her underwhelming partner who is obsessed with the sexual side of the relationship. Comparing him to a hound dog, she condescendingly invites him to "come find a treat." Doja Cat wrote "Vegas" for the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic and combines her modern music with references to the late King of Rock and Roll. She sets the song in Las Vegas where Elvis had an extended residency, and interpolates Big Mama Thornton's version of "Hound Dog," famously covered by the King. The choice of "Hound Dog" is fitting. The classic '50s number has a similar topic of the singer slamming a selfish, exploitative lover. Also, Elvis first came across the song when he caught Freddie Bell and the Bellboys singing it at their Vegas show. Doja Cat wrote "Vegas" with Los Angeles writers and producers Yeti Beats and Rogét Chahayed. Yeti Beats is Doja Cat's go-to producer and Chahayed also collaborated with the rapper/singer on "Kiss Me More" and "Ain't S--t." The writers of "Hound Dog," Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, also get credited. Doja Cat first teased "Vegas" with a one-minute version on her official YouTube channel on April 15, 2022. She performed a longer snippet of the song during her performance at Coachella two days later. Doja released "Vegas' as the lead single from the Elvis Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on May 6, 2022. The Child-directed music video finds Doja getting ready for a performance at a concert hall while people dance around her. The clip features a cameo by singer and actress Shonka Dukureh, who plays Big Mama Thornton in Elvis. Child, a Louisiana director and artist, also shot Doja Cat's "Woman" clip.

Yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, ah, get it
Yeah

(You ain't nothin' but a)
Dog, player, ah, get it
Fraud, player, ah, get it
I understand, I understand
You ain't the man, you ain't a man
(You ain't nothin' but a)
Hound dog, hound dog, hound dog
(You ain't nothin' but a)

Player gettin' valeted around in that ho whip
Two fingers up, one down with my toes ten
Flewed out with my boobs out, put a cork in it
Love it when you be cryin' out when I'm corseted
I don't think you gon' make it, do not let me start ragin'
I'm losin' my patience, this ain't stayin' in Vegas (you ain't nothin' but a)
There's more sides to the story, I'ma tell everybody
Had your ass sittin' courtside with your arm around me
Had your ass sittin' first class with your burnt ass out in Abu Dhabi
Could've been what we should've been, but you lost a bet, now you gotta find me
Find a seat, I ain't playin' this hide and seek
High school when you finally peaked
Hound dog, come find a treat
I'm a bad bitch, but (you ain't nothin' but a)

Dog, player, ah, get it
Fraud, player, ah, get it
I understand, I understand
You ain't the man, you ain't a man
(You ain't nothin' but a)
Hound dog, hound dog, hound dog

Yeah, yeah, said (you ain't nothin' but a)
I get it, I know you got some other- you wanted
I get it, you needed someone that could prove you wrong
So I reckon, you leave all of your problems at the door to my city
You gon' need to tell my brothers where you from
And I admit it, I still got empathy
And you gon' feel it for two weeks
When I release you in them streets (you ain't nothin' but a)
And keep my nina in discrete, keep the cleanin' my Jeep
And put that Yeezy in your teeth, let my demons off they leashes
If you even think to speak I'ma give a whole new meaning
When you said you live in a dream, we can keep that- asleep
And you gon' laugh with all your Gs
Countin' them sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep
Talkin' 'bout Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z, R-I-P (you ain't nothin' but a)

Dog, player, ah, get it
Fraud, player, ah, get it
I understand, I understand
You ain't the man, you ain't a man
(You ain't nothin' but a)
Hound dog, hound dog, hound dog
(You ain't nothin' but a)
Dog, player, ah, get it
Fraud, player, ah, get it
I understand, I understand
You ain't the man, you ain't a man
(You ain't nothin' but a)
Hound dog, hound dog, hound dog

(La-da-da-da) you ain't nothin' but a
Yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, yeah, ah, get it
Yeah, you ain't nothin' but a