Karma by Summer Walker Song Info
“Karma” is the ninth track on Summer Walker’s first album, Last Day Of Summer. “Karma” is a smooth ballad that serves as a warning as well as a reminder for men mistreating their significant others. The song describes a woman who enters a relationship with the purpose of inflicting the same pain and heartbreak on a man that he had imposed on his previous lovers. She reminds him that she does not owe him pity or affection as she is with him just to ‘do her job’ as karma. “Karma” was produced and co-written by Arsenio Archer, with the other writer being Summer Walker. It is said that the song “Karma” was inspired by Summer Walker’s experiences as a stripper in her hometown of Atlanta. Stripping is a line of work where patrons, understandably, have a tendency to fall in love with workers. And it is from such a general disposition that the sentiments of this song are being relayed. In other words, the addressee appears to be completely smitten by Summer. But as for the latter, she obviously sees their relationship as more of a business or temporary type of arrangement. Furthermore, the vocalist’s conscience is not bothering her for using guys in such a manner. That’s because the way she sees it, this is just “karma” coming back to bite them in the a**. Or explained otherwise, these selfsame addressees have the tendency to mistreat the women who rather love them. Then on top of that, they go about as if they are spotless. So Summer appears to derive some satisfaction from instead causing them to ‘lose their minds’, as this time around they’ve fallen in love with a lady who is even more "playa-oriented" than they are. All in all, Summer is acting as an agent of romantic karma against playas by breaking their hearts.
