An ace is a playing card. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the Ace of Spades. This embellishment on the Ace of Spades started when King James VI of Scotland and I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the Ace of Spades. This insignia was necessary for identifying the printing house and stamping it as having paid the new tax. Although this requirement was abolished in 1960, the tradition has been kept by many card makers.
The word "ace" comes from the Old French word 'as' (from Latin 'as') meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Roman coin. It originally meant the side of dice with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' in Middle English, but as the ace is often the highest playing card, its meaning has since changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'. This connotation has seen the word applied to an unreachable tennis serve, a successful fighter pilot and more generally as a person proficient in their field, especially a sporting field.
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Antoine McColister, (born May 11, 1988), better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper. Originating from Broward County, Florida, he is signed to DJ Khaled's label We the Best Music Group and Cash Money Records. he is formerly signed to Def Jam Recordings. His song "Top of the World", from his debut studio album Gutta, was also featured in the basketball simulation game, NBA 2K10.
In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the offices of WEDR 99 Jamz, a South Florida radio station that mainly plays hip hop and contemporary R&B music. After Ace gave him an autobiography and demo tape, Khaled asked Ace to rap over the instrumental of "I'm So Hood" and later signed Hood to his label, We the Best. Ace was named with several others to the Freshmen of 09 by XXL magazine.
His first album, Gutta, was released in 2008. Singles included "Cash Flow" featuring T-Pain and Rick Ross, and "Ride" featuring Trey Songz. Hood also released mixtapes called Ace Won't Fold and All Bets On Ace. He made a guest performance among several rappers on DJ Khaled's single "Out Here Grindin'", also featuring Akon, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Lil Boosie, Trick Daddy and Plies, which peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Ace Hood's biggest hit. It is from Khaled's third studio album We Global, and was eventually certified gold by the RIAA. Ace Hood appeared on Wildstyle Radio with Rome and Hoss on WUAG 103.1FM in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 7, 2008, to promote his album, Gutta, along with DJ Khaled. The album debuted at #36 on the Billboard 200, selling 25,000 copies its first week.
Station grey
Are you still waiting
For the children
To tumble away?
Walk us through
Fields undivided
Feel the weightless
Return back to you
Down in the valley
I've not lost a thing
Down here in the valley
Where the mission bells ring
Two by two
The lights shine
In the orchard
Ask me why I'd
Stand in for you
And I once knew
The feel of a body
Satisfied, oh so satisfied
When nobody's watching
Will you please be kind?
When nobody's watching
Will it be your way or mine?
Station grey
Are you still waiting
For the children
To tumble away?
Down in the valley
I've not lost a thing
Down here in the valley
Where the mission bells ring
Station grey
Station grey
Walk us through
All the remnants of the aftermath
The stakes where high I knew
But i could not stop
Two aimless arrows fell
And I motioned you
Said this was nothing that
Two friends wouldn't do
Captured in the afternoon
It's better not to give yourself away
Give yourself away, away too soon
So, sing us your praises
It is without regret
Some say there's too much love
Some came here before us
And others still arrive
Some stand behind
The unmarked signs
Recognized from time to time
And everything is up for grabs
The spectral being's stark raving mad
In the tender part of the hologram
The lights went off and came on again
And I held you on the chordless line
Everything spinning inside
The underling that does without
The lethal punch that knocks you out
What binds us, we're all borrowing
And what was left, we've traded in
And who has the kindest face?
And where is the one I've loved so long?
So long...