blogged by @lovelikejhoney
Minutes after releasing his fourth studio album, #Drake created media madness when he finally answered the question fans have been asking for weeks: “Do you have a secret child??”
On a song titled “Emotionless” featuring a melodic sample from #MariahCarey, the Toronto rapper admits that he does indeed have a child. In the heartfelt track, Drake raps:
“I wasn’t hiding my kid from the world, I was hiding the world from my kid.”
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However, on the last song on second part of the album titled #March 14, Drake explains the day he found out he was the father, and the thoughts that ran through his head. He also shares fatherly advice before closing the track with a soulful lullaby. See the lyrics to “March 14” below:
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“Yesterday morning was crazy
. I had to come to terms with the fact that it’s not a maybe
That shit is in stone, sealed and signed
She not my lover like Billie Jean but the kid is mine
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Sandi used to tell me all it takes is one time, and all it took was one time
Shit, we only met two times, two times
And both times were nothing like the new times
Now it’s rough times
I’m out here on front lines just trying to make sure that I see him sometimes
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It’s breaking my spirit. Single father, I hate when I hear it
I used to challenge my parents on every album
Now I’m embarrassed to tell them I ended up as a co-parent
Always promised the family unit
I wanted it to be different because I’ve been through it
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But this is the harsh truth now
Fairy tales are saved for the bedtime stories I tell you now
I don’t want you worry about whose house you live at
Or who loves you more, or who’s not there
Who did what to who ‘fore you got here
Now, look, I’m too proud to let that come between me and you now
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Realize I got to think for two now, I gotta make it, I better make it
I promise if I’m not dead then I’m dedicated
This the first positive DNA we ever celebrated
I can’t forget the looks on they faces. Got the news in Miami that we all now got ones that we raisin’
Tell Gelo bring some, uh, Rosé and Baccarat out for our cheers to the next generation
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But this champagne toast is short-lived
I got an empty crib in my empty crib
I only met you one time, introduced you to Saint Nick
I think he must’ve brought you like twenty gifts
Your mother say you growing so fast that they don’t even really fit
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But man, you know, I still had to get it for my boy though, you know
You haven’t met your grandfather yet, that nigga a trip
He probably coulda did stand-up
But at the same time he’s a stand up
And that’s how you gonna be when it’s time to man up
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October baby for irony sake, of course
I got this 11 tatted for somebody, now it’s yours
And believe me, I can’t wait to get a hunnid more
Sorry I’m vintage, tryna cover ground
They said that in two weeks you’re supposed to come in town
Hopefully by the time you hear this me and your mother will have come around instead of always cutting each other down.”
