Whips were traditionally made from rawhide, untreated leather.

The Wild Card, is as explained a secret or undisclosed card hidden up your sleeve, added to which in many card games, a certain card or cards are designated as more powerful, or stronger, and sometimes able to substitute for multiple other cards, making them wild cards.

Nice song aint it tho 🙂

If you have a card up your sleeve, you have a surprise plan or idea that you are keeping back until the time is right.

Raw as a whit – can’t find it but whit refers to something very tiny, small, inconsecuential or scarecely detectable amount. I’m thinking raw as a whit refers to being only very slightly finished, maybe exposed or damaged.

As for the meaning of ‘raw as a whip…’ it could be a reference to a whip stitch, which would be a raw or rough way of sewing something together. So maybe she’s saying she’s a little rough around the edges but ‘clean as a bone’ – sober or un-entangled with feelings, based on the rest of the lyrics.

But the wild card up my sleeve is a gambler’s term…for hiding an extra card up your sleeve to win in a card game….it is used as a “slang” sentence to me you have another plan in reserve….

sodon’t worry about me …I’ve got a wild card ….means I’ve got another plan B in mind…..