Behind The Lyrics: Drake ft Nicki Minaj - Make Me Proud

Our Friends over at RapGenius are at it again and they're doing what they do best! Interpreting those good ol' lyrics. This week, Its Drake's second single off of his Upcoming sophmore album.

"A love note to Drake’s main squeeze/Nicki Minaj asserting the fact that she’s the queen of the game. Drake’s verse is deliberately ambiguous: he could be talking to Nicki, but he doesn’t have to be. This is a furtherance of the publicity stunt that is their “relationship,” began in Nicki’s “Moment 4 Life” and carried on to bolster both emcees' careers by feeding the gossip blogs"

[Verse 1: Drake]
I like a woman with a future and a past

He likes a woman who is both going to be successful and is experienced/has stories to tell. He likes a girl with who has done and gone through a lot of shit in her life, and has grown from learning lessons into a more confident person. He don’t want no virgins
A little attitude problem all good, it’ll make the shit last

Don’t make it too easy, girl, don’t take it too fast
Yeah, that's it right there
That's it, do it just like that
Only you can do it just like that

He’d rather have sass than bland. Drizzy’s loves being forced to try. If he gets too complacent, he loses interest, and then it’s time to find another. He also likes a girl who plays hard to get, who doesn’t give in to him too fast—this man loves the chase!
And I love it when your hair still
Wet cause you just took a shower
Runnin on a treadmill and only eating salad

 

 Sound so smart like you graduated college
Like you went to Yale but you probably went to Howard
Knowin you, weekend in Miami trying to study by the pool
Couple things due but you always get it done

She still hangs out, but she makes sure she still get her school assignments in too. Sounds like a bad bitch! I bet she gives great brain
Might have been a time when I loved her too
But you take that away and you’ll always be the one

Drake sometimes feels like he’s falling for his mistresses, but his feeling never lasts long ‘cause his main girl outdoes them all
Also some wordplay (barely) with “too/two” vs. “one”: Two, take away one, equals one. Take away that second girl Drizzy loved, and you’ll always be the one

I wonder why the moon look nice, girl
Maybe it’s just right for the night
You said niggas coming on too strong, girl
They want you in their life as a wife

Guys always try to impress her and make her fall in love too quickly, because she’s so hot they wanna wife her right up. She wants things to go slower
That's why you want to have no sex, why you want to protest
Why you want to fight for your right

This girl Drake’s interested in is really smart and doesn’t want just a one-night stand. She’s been burned too many times by giving in too easily, and Drake respects that shit
Cause you don’t love them boys
Pussy run everything, fuck that noise

The girl has what the guy wants, so whether he gets it in or not is ultimately up to her. So if she don’t want it, you ain’t gon' get it
[Hook]
I know things get hard, but girl, you got it
Girl, you got it, there you go
Can’t you tell by how they looking at you everywhere you go?
Wondering what's on your mind, it must be hard to be that fine
When all these muthafuckas wanna waste your time

Drake is trying to figure out what it’s like being a bad bitch with a lot of lames attempting to get on it. Probably pretty fucking tiresome
It’s just amazing, girl, all I can say is
I’m so proud of you

Drake’s proud of his number-one boo, mostly for picking him
Also, since Drake’s said that this song could pertain to Nicki, he’s saying the way her career has developed is amazing and he’s proud of her

Everything’s adding up, you’ve been through hell and back
That's why you’re bad as fuck and you…

[Verse 2: Nicki Minaj]
B-b-b-bad I am
All of them bitches I’m better than

Nicki clowns on all the other bitches, since she’s the best
Mansions in Malibu, Babylon
But I never mention everything I dabble in

She has a few secrets up her sleeves, which is a winking reference to rumors that she and Drake and are dating, as this song seems to imply
And I always ride slow when I’m straddlin’
And my shit’s so wet you gotta paddle in
Gotta r-r-row, gotta row ya boat

Still talking about how wet her vajayjay gets, using the words from the classic children’s roundelay “Row Your Boat” to say you gotta match her rhythm
It’s Pink Friday Records and OVO
Done did the pop tour, I’m the realest still
The best legal team so the deals is ill
It’s MAC, OPI, and a fragrance too
Apparel, I’m dominating every avenue

Nicki’s taking over every business venture she can. She has a deal with MAC Cosmetics. She’s working out deals for her own perfume nail polish (OPI) and clothes. She’s dominating every avenue, especially 5th Avenue, New York’s fashion district. And the best is that all her deals are legally binding, because she hires fancy lawyers! She thought of everything
Cobblestone, good view, little gravel too
Gotta pay for the entourage travel too
Cause I’m fl-fl-fly I'm flying high
Ain't got time to talk, just Hi and bye, bitch
Baby, you can ask me to take a break
I’ll give it all away, don’t care what the people say
I’ll be a million, billion, trillion miles away

After talking about all the stuff she has, business ventures she’s creating and luxuries she’s permitted, such as people paying for all her friends/entourage to travel as well—she’s willing to put all that on hold and even give it away for her man and she doesn’t care what people say ‘cause they’ll be together on there own little spot

He asked my sign, I said a Sag’
I’m a star: sheriff badge
What's the point if I’m guarding?
Double D up, hoes: Dolly Parton

Download: Drake ft Nicki Minaj - Make Me Proud

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