When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you.
DrakeI think with the right person and the right music, people from all walks of life can come together. I know that's what my life was about. I've seen it all, so that's what I want to bring to the table.
Drake& this girl right here? Who knows what she knows? So I'm going through her phone when she go to the bathroom and her purse right there, I don't trust these hoes at all.
DrakeTime heals all and heels hurt to walk in, but they go with the clutch that you carry your lip gloss in.
DrakeI like getting my own thoughts out right now, I have fans to solidify, so that's why I don't do tracks with too many younger rappers or newer artists. People may consider me to be a music snob or whatever, but I like to preserve what's mine and I also don't just do tracks to do tracks, I make every song with a purpose.
DrakeI just hold it down for my side, I just hold it down for my set. I just give everybody a piece of this and make do with what's left.
DrakeIt's been a moment since I've done some public speaking. I find now-a-days it's best to keep quiet.
DrakeWhat good is all the cash if it doesn't buy time and what good is bein famous if I'm never on your mind?
DrakeFor strength to bear is found in duty alone, and he is blest indeed who learns to make the joy of others cure his own heartache.
DrakeAlways gone but never hard to find.. And since you can't escape me, do I ever cross your mind?
DrakeNever thoughts of suicide, I'm too alive. But I still treat it like it's do or die.. even though dyin' isn't in the plans, but neither was makin' it and here I am
DrakeI wish that we lived in a time and a generation where people would stop viewing my honesty as overly emotional. People always act like I spend my life crying in a dark room. I don't, I'm good. I'm a man. I want to be remembered as an artist that gave you a piece of me, as opposed to some surface bullshit. I don't think people realize that we die, we leave here, and either they forget about you or remember you. And how they remember you is up to you. I just want to be remembered as a poet that was open and honest because I wake up every morning and I'm me.
DrakeThere's different girls in my life that play different roles and I see at different times, but collectively they kind of make up the roster of happiness for me.
DrakeWayne put me right here, that's who I get the paper wit. I hope that my success never alters our relationship.
DrakeJust because someone is single doesn't mean they're lonely. Some people are in relationships and they've forgotten what happiness is.
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