Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 01 - Fireworks [ featuring Alicia Keys ]

Drake
FIREWORKS
[ featuring Alicia Keys ]


- Drake -
Money just changed everything
I wonder how life without it would go
From the concrete who knew that a flower would grow
lookin’ down from the top and it's crowded below
My fifteen minutes started an hour ago
Truth over fame, you know I respect the blatant shit
When I hear them talkin'
I just dont know what to make of it
Hate is so familiar to me, I’m slowly embracing it
Doesn’t come natural, bear with me it could take a bit
Yeah, and my dreams who I’m racing with
And you can see I’m pacin' it so that I’m always chasin' it
Wayne put me right here, that's who I get the paper with
I hope that my success never alters our relationship
Yeah, this life is something I would die for
October's own, but its lookin' like July 4th
I just wish they’d let you try it first
This time I’m really goin' off, fireworks

[BRIDGE]
- Drake -
Today it begins
I missed it before,but won't miss them again
I keep having the same dream
And I think I just realized what it means.


[CHORUS]
- Alicia Keys -
When I go off like July 4th
Feels like a fire, got to go higher
Your revelation, my sweet celebration
Light me like a rocket, 'cause can't nothing stop it
All I see is fireworks
All I see is fireworks
Every night it's fireworks
Every night it's fireworks
All I see is fireworks
All I see is fireworks
Taking off like fireworks
Taking off like fireworks


- Drake -
I’m just such a gentleman
You should give it up for me
Look at how I’m placing all my napkins and my cutlery
I can tell it wasn’t love, I just thought you fuck with me
Who could've predicted love could strike
but how you stuck with me
Damn, I kept my wits about me luckily
What happened between us that night
it always seems to trouble me
Now all of a sudden these gossip brags wanna cover me
And you making it seem
that it happened that way because of me
But I was curious and I’ll never forget it baby
What an experience
You could've been the one but it wasn't that serious
Their was smoke in the air before that was me clearing it
That felt good, all and all I learned a lesson from it though
You never see it coming you just get to see it go
Yeah I should've looked up in the sky at first
Now I can see it in her eyes
Fireworks!


[CHORUS]
- Alicia Keys -


- Drake -
Everything the same but it feels different
My dad called me up knowing that I still listen
And he’s still got his foot out, guilt trippin’
It’s been years, though, I just learn to deal with it
For real, me and my realtor we built up a better report
Got my mother in a place with some better decor
She searched the entire city I let her explore
And now she’s sayin’ she’s more lonely than every before
How many of our parents’ marriages lasted?
I was only 5, I bet I barely reacted
I’m flying back home for the heritage classic
Searching for that feeling, tell me where is the magic?
Let’s stay together ’til we’re ghosts
I want to witness love, I’ve never seen it close
Yeah, but I guess I gotta find it first, that’s why I’m really going off
Fireworks!


[CHORUS]
- Alicia Keys -

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 02 - Karaoke

Drake
KARAOKE


Things have been so crazy and hectic
I should have gotten back by now
but you know how much I wanted to make it
it’s probably better anyhow
so if you gotta go
if there's anything I should know
if the spotlight makes you nervous
if you looking for a purpose
you put the tea in the kettle and light it
put your hand on the metal and feel it
but do you even feel it anymore
I remember when you thought I was joking
now I’m all singing Karaoke
further than I’ve ever been
so if you gotta go
if there’s any way I can help


Isn’t it ironic that the girl I wanna marry is a wedding planner
that tells me my life is too much and then moves to Atlanta
damn, of all the places you could go
I just thought you’d choose somewhere
that has somebody that you know
I'm always up too late I worry bout you there alone
in that place you call your home
warm nights and cold patron
I hope you don’t get known for nothing crazy
'cause no man ever wants to hear those stories 'bout his lady
I know they say the first love is the sweetest
but that first cut is the deepest
I tried to keep us together you were busy keeping secrets
secrets you were telling everybody but me
don’t be fooled by the money I’m still just young and unlucky
I’m surprised you couldn’t tell


I was only trying to get ahead
I was only trying to get ahead
but the spotlight makes you nervous
and you looking for a purpose

I was only trying to get ahead
I was only trying to get ahead
but the spotlight makes you nervous

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 03 - The Resistance

Drake
THE RESISTANCE


Yesterday when we were getting high, you were invited
You would've liked it; I,I know you all too well
I said that we could kiss the past goodbye
but you weren't excited; there's no way to fight it
You can stay but shorty here I go

Uh, should I spend the weekend in Vegas?
I'm living inside a moment, not taking pictures to save it
I mean, how could I forget? My memories never faded
I can't relate to these haters, my enemies never made it
I am, still here with who I started with
The game needed life, I put my heart in it
I blew myself up, I'm on some martyr shit
Carried the weight for my city like a cargo ship
Uh, I'm 23, with a money tree
Growing more too, I just planted a hundred seeds
It's ironic, 'cause my mother was a florist
and that's how she met my pops and now my garden is enormous
It's happening Penny Lane , just like you said
I avoided the Coke game, and went with Sprite instead
Uhuh, that's word to the millions that they putting up
I'm trying to do better than good enough

[CHORUS]
What am I afraid of?
This is suppose to be what dreams are made of
But people I don't have the time to hang with
always look at me and say the same shit
(they say)
You promised me you would never change
You promised me you would never change

Uh, Am I wrong for making light of my situation? Clap on
When 40 got some shit for me to snap on
Now that I'm on, I don't really want to worry about getting back on
I'm just trying to stay on, get my fucking buffet on
I heard they just moved my grandmother to a nursing home
And I be acting like I don't know how to work a phone
But hit redial you see that I just called, some chick I met at the mall
that I barley know at all and
Plus this woman that I messed with unprotected
Texting saying that she wish she would've kept it
The one that I'm laying next to just looked over and read it
Man I couldn't tell you where the fuck my head is
I'm holding on by a thread it's
Like I'm high right now, the guy right now
And you can tell by looking in my eyes right now
That nothing really comes as a surprise right now
'cause we just having the time of our lives right now

[CHORUS]
What am I afraid of?
This is suppose to be what dreams are made of
But people I don't have the time to hang with
always look at me and say the same shit
(they say)
You promised me you would never change
You promised me you would never change

Well all right, uh, I live by some advices, girl Lisa told me
The other day, Lisa told that she missed the old me
Which made me question when I went missing
And when I start treating my friends different
Maybe it was the fast paced switch up
or the two guns in my face during the stick up
Maybe cause the girl I thought I trusted
was who set the whole shit up
or the fact I haven't seen 'em since they locked Big Rich up
I know, at the same time I'm quick to forget
I'm bout to roll me up a blunt with my list of regrets
Burn it all, burn it all, I'm starting it fresh
'Cause half the time I got it right I probably guessed
Did I just trade free time for camera time?
Will I blow all of this money baby, Hammer Time?
I just need some closure
Ain't no turning back for me, I'm in 'til it's over

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 04 - Over

Drake
OVER


[CHORUS]
I know way too many people here right now
that I didn't know last year
Who the fuck are y'all?
I swear it feels like the last few nights
we've been everywhere and back
but I just can't remember it all
What am I doing? what am I doing?
Oh yeah, that's right, I'm doing me, I'm doing me
I'm living life right now man
and this what I'mma do 'til it's over
'til it's over, it's far from over


Alright, bottles on me
long as someone drink it
never drop the ball, fuck y'all thinking
making sure the young money ship is never sinking
bout to set it off in this bitch Jada Pinkett
I shouldn't have drove, tell me how I'm getting home
you too fine to be laying down in bed alone
I can teach you how to speak my language Rosetta stone
I swear this life is like the sweetest thing I've ever known
got to go thriller Mike Jackson on these niggas
all I need is a fucking red jackets with some zippers
super good smidoke a package of the swishas
I did it over night, it couldn't happen any quicker
y'all know them, but fuck it me either
but point the biggest skeptic out I'll make them a believer
it wouldn't be the first time I've done it throwing hundreds
when I should be throwing ones bitch I run it ahh


[CHORUS]


Uh
One thing bout music when it hits you feel no pain
And I swear I got this shit
that makes these bitches go insane
So they tell me that they love me
I know better than that it's just game
it's just what comes from fame
and I'm ready for that I'm just saying
I really can't complain, everything is Kosher
Two thumbs up, Ebert and Roeper
I really can't see the end getting any closer
but I'll probably still be the man when everything is over
so I'm riding through the city with my high beams on
Can you see me? Can you see me? Get your Visine on
Y'all just do not fit the picture
Turn your widescreen on
If you thinking I'mma quit before I die, dream on
Man, they treat me like a legend
Am I really this cold?
I'm really too young to be feeling this old
It's about time you admit it; who you kidding man?
Nobody's ever done it like I did it
ah


[CHORUS]

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 05 - Show Me a Good Time

Drake
SHOW ME A GOOD TIME


[CHORUS]
How did I end up right here with you
after all the things that I been through?
It's been one of those days
you tryin’ forget about
Take a shot and let it out
let’s get right
now that I’m here baby

[HOOK]
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)
show me a good
show me a good
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)

I live for the nights that I can’t remember
with the people that I won’t forget
spending all the money I just work my ass off
for the things that I won’t regret
I’ve been waiting way too long long long long
tellin’ everybody that I know we about to be on on on on
I ain’t tryin’ look like I lie to these niggas that I came up with
that’s my team, never would I let a woman come between
what we doing right now
this our dream, Wu Tang Clan niggas want that cream
I’m the Osirus of the shit right now
go to guy for the hits right now
whatever you wanna drink girl pick right now
if you can’t hold your liquor you better quit right now

[CHORUS]
How did I end up right here with you
after all the things that I been through?
It's been one of those days
you tryin’ forget about
Take a shot and let it out
let’s get right
now that I’m here baby

[HOOK]
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)
show me a good
show me a good
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)

How ’bout you and all your morals in that outfit that you borrowed
make the most out of tonight and worry bout it all tomorrow
understand girl, we fam girl
can’t get me right and I do Wayne
Cash money young money pop champagne
Presidential suite girl Barrack Hussain
Tell me can we kick it like Ali Shaheed and Phife Dawg
people really hate when a backpack rapper get rich
and start livin’ that life dawg
feels like when you gettin’ to that paper hip hop hates ya
they would do it just like I do if they could
its in our nature
ah, young and rich and out of control
Out in LA blowing clouds of that killer
I came up in the underground though
so I’mma spend another ten thousand for Dilla
call me overrated or creative or too jaded
because any way you put it bitch I made it, YUP

[CHORUS]
How did I end up right here with you
after all the things that I been through?
It's been one of those days
you tryin’ forget about
Take a shot and let it out
let’s get right
now that I’m here baby

[HOOK]
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)
show me a good
show me a good
show me a good time
(oh yeah, oh yeah)

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 06 - Up All Night [ featuring Nicki Minaj ]

Drake
UP ALL NIGHT
[ featuring Nicki Minaj ]


- Drake -
Kush rolled, glass full, I prefer the better things
Niggas with no money act like money isn't everything
I'm having a good time, they just trying to ruin it
Shout out to the fact that I'm the youngest nigga doing it
Cap on, brim bent, Denzel , every time
She ain't trying to pop that shit for pimp, okay, wel,l nevermind
I, I, I, tried to told you, Drizzy still ain't nothing nice
Bracelet saying you should quit, cars saying fuck ya life
Okay now we outta here
Toodles to you bitches
And if you dolled up
I got the voodoo for you bitches
I'm busy getting rich, I don't want trouble
I made enough for two niggas boy stunt double
Famous like a drug that I've taken too much of
I never ever trip
Just peace happiness and love
I got money in these jeans, so they fit me kinda snug
Plus the game is in my pocket, nigga this is what I does

[CHORUS]
- Drake -
I'm about whatever man
Fuck what they be talking about,
They opinion doesn't count,
We the only thing that matters (oooh)
So we do it how we do it
All up in your face, man, I hate to put you through it
I be up all night
Whole crews in here
Cause I don't really know who I'mma lose this year (oooh)
Man I love my team
Man I love my team
I would die for these niggas (oooh)

- Nicki Minaj -
Yo, Drizzy sayin' get her I'mma get her
I get the kind of money that make a broke bitch bitter
I got that kinda ... wait, wait, fixate!
Which bitch you know made a million off a mixtape?
That was just a keepsake
Bought the president the Louis presidential briefcase
Never been a cheapskate
We got the Hawks, I ain't talking about the Peach state
Man, for pete's sake scratch that, sweepstakes (hahahaha)
Fuck I look like hoe
I look like yes and you look like no
I'm a bad bitch I ain't never been a mixed breed
I'm on a diet but I'm doing donuts in a six speed
M M M6 from a M2
I see a lot of rap bitches on a menu
But I collect 100 thou' at the venue
And pop bottles with my team
Young Money 'til the death of me


[CHORUS]
- Drake -


- Nicki Minaj -
I mean we can even rock them shoes
if it don't got a comma on the price tag, you know
I mean
I mean but then again who looks at the price tag, you know

- Drake -
Oh yeah we in this bitch
Oww, oww, oww
Oh yeah we in this bitch
Oww, oww, oww


[CHORUS]
- Drake -

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 07 - Fancy [ featuring T.I. & Swizz Beatz ]

Drake
FANCY
[ featuring T.I. & Swizz Beatz ]


- Swizz Beatz -
Go
Go 'head
Go, go, go, 'head
Go, go, go, go, go, go, 'head
Go, go, go, go, go, go, 'head
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?

Nails done, hair done, everything did
Nails done, hair done, everything did
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
You, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?

Nails done, hair done, everything did
nails done, hair done, everything did
Oh, you fancy huh?

- Drake -
You getting ready so I know we gonna be here awhile
In the bathroom flat irons and nail files
Spending hours in salons on your hairstyle
In the mall steady racking up the air miles
Hit the gym step on the scales stare at the number
You say you dropping 10 pounds preparing for summer
And you don't do it for the man, men never notice
You just do it for yourself you're the fucking coldest
Intelligent too, ooh, you're my sweetheart
I've always liked my women book and street smart
long as they got a little class like half days
and the confidence to overlook my past ways
Time heals all, and heels hurt to walk in
But they go with the clutch that you carry your lip gloss in
And look I really think that nobody does it better
I love the way you put it together


[CHORUS]
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Nails done, hair done, everything did
Nails done, hair done, everything did
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh?
Nails done, hair done, everything did
Nails done, hair done, everything did
Oh, you fancy huh?

- T.I. -
Well aren't you a breath of fresh air
from all these superficial gold digging bitches in here
They get a baller think that they ain't got to pick a career
Guess they plan on sucking dicks until some millions appear
Voila! You do it right he might just buy you a car
Unless you play these suckers just like B.o.B play the guitar
Now here you are with your girls having drinks at the bar
I say I'm buying you, declining, I think that's kinda bizarre

Independant with the demeanor of an RnB singer
Naked ring finger (check)
M3 beamer (check)
Champagne range
triple white Caddy
closet full of brand new clothes and hand bags
Alexander McQueen , Prada , Gucci , Chanel
D&G , BCBG , Versace , Louie , and BeBe
Ya don't need it greedy or easy as these other breezies
Who fuck for bottles of Riesling or bowls of baked ziti


[CHORUS]


- Drake -
Atlanta girls, let me see your hands
Wave 'em at them bitches hating on you with their friends
Girl you got it
Let 'em know that everything big
Nail done, hair done, everything did

And my NY girls let me see your hands
Wave 'em at them bitches hating on you with their friends
Girl you got it
Let 'em know that everything big
Nail done, hair done, everything did

And my LA girls, let me see your hands
Wave 'em at them bitches hating on you with their friends
Girl you got it
Let 'em know that everything big
Nail done, hair done, everything did

And my TO girls, let me see your hands
Wave 'em at them bitches hating on you with their friends
girl you got it
Let 'em know that everything big
Nail done, hair done, nail done, hair done

- Swizz Beatz -
Say go Cinderella
go Cinderella
Orgasm blush
lipstick and concealer
devil in a tight dress
Girl you a killer and ain't nobody real-er
and ain't nobody realer
go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
showtime
go, go, go, go
as we proceed

- Drake -
Uh, 5 and a half 'em boys
Ass is off the hook
Cinderella 'bout to lose the glass off her foot
and when I find it is when I find you
And we can do the things we never got the time to
Better late than never
but never late is better
They tell me time is money, well we'll spend it together
I'm down for whatever
You just lead the way
We go to dinner, you don't even look at me to pay
Mature women with more than me were the first to tempt me
And Jason had this girl Tammy with a purple Bentley
How she got it I ain't never get to ask
I just knew that she was fine like a ticket on the dash
Yeah, but shout out to the home owners
the girls that got diplomas
and enough money to loan us a little something extra
should we ever need it
If it sounds like you then let me hear you repeat it


[CHORUS]

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 08 - Shut It Down [ featuring The-Dream ]

Drake
SHUT IT DOWN
[ featuring The-Dream ]


- Drake -
These girls ain’t got nothing on you
uh, say baby I had to mention
that if you were a star you’d be the one I’m searching for
All the girls they got attention
but I just always feel like there in need of something you got
Its obvious you’re pretty
Heard that your a student working weekends in the city
Trying to take you out girl, hope your not too busy
And if there’s nothing wrong, got this little song
for you to get ready to
Put those fucking heels on and work it girl
Let that mirror show you what your doing
Put that fucking dress on and work it kind of vicious
like somebody’s taking pictures

[CHORUS]
Shut it down, down, down
You would shut it down, down, down
You be the baddest girl around, 'round, 'round
and they notice, they notice
You would shut it down down down
You would shut it down, down, down
You be the baddest girl around, 'round, 'round
and they notice, they notice
You would shut it, hey oh
these girls ain't got nothing on you,
nothing on you

- The-Dream -
Girl you’re the greatest
And if he say you ain't
girl he’s out his mind
You’re the finest
And if he say you ain't
that boy done lost his mind
Hey baby, every time you come around
shut it down like computers
Hey lady, step into my heart
and put you in the louboutins
What you want
What you need
I can be your everything
Them other niggas
just wanna hit it but if they had it
wouldn’t know what to do with it
(and together)

- Drake - The-Dream -
We shut it down, down, down
They know we shut it down, down, down
You're the baddest girl around, round round
they notice, they notice
[repeat]

- The-Dream -
TMZ, concrete loop
You shut that mothafucker down, down
Ice cream conversations they all want the scoop
You shut that mothafucker down, down, down

- Drake -
Shooting stars all around her, fire, comets
I could bring her through and shut them down, Onyx
No, you’re not imagining,
they’re looking at you long stares
Even though she’s standing out
she looks like she belongs here
You feel the hours pass, until you find somethin’
I feel like when she moves, the time doesn’t
Yeah, baby you finer than your fine cousin
and your cousin fine
but she don’t have my heart beating in double time
You just shut it down, girl
Who told the cops where the party was?
Why do I feel like I found the one?
What’s in these shots that you ordered us?
Damn, I mean, you sure know how to paint a town
Ever since you came around its obvious you shut it down

- Drake - The-Dream -
You shut that shit down (down, down, down)
You shut it down (down, down, down)
You shut it down (down, down, down)
You shut it down (down, down, down)
You shut it down (down, down, down)
You shut it, oh
they notice, they notice

- The-Dream -
You looking good girl
go, go, go get 'em, girl
go, go, go hit 'em, girl
go, go, go, go, go, go
you looking good, girl
go, go, go get 'em, girl
go, go, go hit 'em, girl
go, go, go, go, go, go
You shut it down

- Drake -
The way I’m feeling, the things I say
all just happen, when you pass my way
What can I do to make you stay
I know it's getting late
but girl I don’t want you to leave
You tell me you’re just not the type
You wanna do this right
And I’m not tryin' to say I don’t believe you
but I refuse to feel ashamed
And if you feel the same
just wait and really make us better people
Take those fuckin' heels off, its worth it girl
Nothing is what I can picture you in
so take that fuckin' dress off; I swear you won’t forget me
You’ll be happy that you let me lay you down, down, down
Tryin to lay you down, down, down
You still the baddest girl around, 'round, 'round
They notice, they notice
Let me lay you down, down, down
Tryin' to lay you down, down, down
You still the baddest girl around, 'round, 'round
They notice, they notice
You would shut it

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 09 - Unforgettable [ featuring Young Jeezy ]

Drake
UNFORGETTABLE
[ featuring Young Jeezy ]


Let me know, let me know, oh, oh
Let me know, let me know

- Drake -
Yo, this is really one of my dumbest flows ever
I haven’t slept in days
and me and my latest girl agreed to go our separate ways
so I’m single
Thinking about what we had and missing you
But I ain’t Santa, I got something for these bad bitches too
I mean paparazzi on me, trying not to get caught out
They always seem to catch me with the women that I brought out
Baby, don’t hold on too long
’cause that's how them stories start out,
And all those girls that played me
eat your muthafuckin heart out, it’s Drizzy
Always gone but never hard to find
And since you can’t escape me, do I ever cross your mind?
Because all this shit is new to me; I’m learning to behave
And still spending every dollar they encourage me to save
but I’m good
I know that niggas would kill for this lifestyle
I’m looking forward to the memories of right now
Never forgettin’ from where I came
And no matter where I’m headed, I promise to stay the same

[CHORUS]
- Drake - Young Jeezy -
I’m just riding 'round the city
with my hood on and my windows down
Ask your girl, I’m the real-est nigga she been around
When I pull up in something new and park it by the haters
and when you get to talkin’ bout the greatest
I just really hope that (you’d think of me) [3x]
I'm doin my thing [3x]
(‘Cause I’m try'na be unforgettable)

- Young Jeezy -
This just might be my real-est flow ever
When I say for life, y’all say forever
It’s hard, but it's fair, I told that girl "Life hurts"
The closest you gonna get to this is a Pac t-shirt
The name’s Young, baby, you know I live that thug life
The good die young, so I’mma need a thug wife
Yeah, I’m talking his and her firearms
Know our jewelry pro'ly louder than a car alarm
Yeah, I’m in my "used to have to sneak the car"
Now my insides are lookin' like a Snickers bar
Yeah, I’m talking caramel leathers
Damn right, so fly I need feathers
She saying shit in them streets, so what's the deal?
And I’ve done everything in the A, but fuck Chilli
So welcome to my life, no two days the same
Like for y’all to meet the love of my life
her name’s "the game"

[CHORUS]
- Drake - Young Jeezy -
I’m just riding 'round the city
with my hood on and my windows down
Ask your girl, I’m the real-est nigga she been around
When I pull up in something new and park it by the haters
and when you get to talkin’ bout the greatest
I just really hope that (you’d think of me) [3x]
I'm doin my thing [3x]
(‘Cause I’m try'na be unforgettable)

- Young Jeezy -
Got this top dropped on this beautiful night
This beautiful night to live my beautiful life
Pain hurts like a cut from a beautiful knife
Just know she right here on my hip, my beautiful wife
Yeah, Drizzy; we got 'em lil' brah,
Unforgettable, you’ll never forget this, ya understand me?
Timeless homie, unforgettable

Let me know, let me know

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 10 - Light Up [ featuring Jay-Z ]

Drake
LIGHT UP
[ featuring Jay-Z ]


- Drake -
I've been up for 4 days
Getting money both ways
Dirty and clean, I could use a glass of cold Spades
Rolex es, chauffeurs and low fades
I keep thinking how young you can die from old age
They always tell me nobody's working as hard as you
And even though I laugh it off, man, it's probably true
'Cause while all of my closest friends out partying
I'm just here making all the music that they party to
But party on, party on, all night nigga
I got these new rappers nervous prom night nigga
I've grown tired of these fucking grown man liars
Storytellers, they ain't even need a campfire
Uh, but I just wanna tell the truth
Before one of these haters load a couple shells and shoot
This shit feel like when Fredro Starr was at Sunset Park
Stuntin' hard in his yellow Goose
Yeah, but I'm a mo'fuckin' missed target
But a target nonetheless and I just started
Was that directed at moi? It can't be
They must be talking to themselves, hoes hands free
Yeah, and I'm just filling up this daily planner
Gettin' busy 'cause I'm a star, no spangled banner
Jealous dudes get to talkin' in they music
And I just say I wrote it for your girlfriends, Kelsey Grammar
Yeah, that's what life becomes when you're doing you
Welcome to Hollywood, don't let this town ruin you
And if you pillow talking with the women that are screwin' you
Just know that she gonna tell another nigga when she through with you
Don't get impatient when it takes too long
Drink it all even when it tastes too strong
Yeah, I gotta feel alive, even if it kills me
I promise to always give you me, the real me

[CHORUS]
- Drake -
Who would have thought
I'd be caught in this life?
Let's celebrate with a toast
And get lost in tonight
And make it all light up
(Hey, Guru, tell homie to go to open that Ace right there)
Wait until the sun goes down
We gonna make this bitch light up
Even when the sun goes down
I'm gonna make this go

- Jay-Z -
Ow, hoes turn they heads like owls
I'm the man of the hour
Triple entendre , don't even ask me how
Con Edison flow, I'm connected to a higher power
Bright life would make your whole city light up
A trillion-watt light bulb, when I'm in the nightclub
I just landed in that G450
Caught the Mayweather fight, 'cause the satellite was crispy
(Uh) Y'all can miss me with that money talk
The smart money's on Hov, fuck what the dummies talk
I don't do too much blogging
I just run the town, I don't do too much jogging
(Unh) I ain't got a scar yet
'Cause you fuckin' around with me and my dogs is far-fetched
Drake, here is how they gonna come at you
With silly raps for you; tryin' to distract you
In disguise, in the form of a favor
The Barzini me, watch for the traitors
(Unh) I done seen it all, done it all
That's why none of these dumb-dumb could done him off
The summer's ours, the winter too
Top down in the winter, that's what winners do
And to these niggas I'm like Windows 7
You let 'em tell it, they swear that they invented you
And since no good deed go unpunished
I'm not as cool with niggas as I once was
I once was, cool as The Fonz was
But these bright lights turned me to a monster
Sorry, mama, I promised it wouldn't change me
But I would've went insane had I remained the same me
Fuck niggas, bitches too
All I got is this money, this'll do

[CHORUS]
- Drake -
Who would have thought
I'd be caught in this life?
Let's celebrate with a toast
And get lost in tonight
And make it all light up
Wait until the sun goes down
We gonna make this bitch light up
Wait until the sun goes down
I'm gonna make this go

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 11 - Miss Me [ featuring Lil Wayne ]

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Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 12 - Cece's Interlude

Drake
CECE'S INTERLUDE


All night I been staring; can you tell I want you?
Can't be too wide open; there's nothing I won't do
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh whoa
Just thought you should
Know ow ow ow ow ow ow ow wo oh

[CHORUS]
That's when you start to laugh (Oh oh, oh oh)
Saying I just want what I can't have (Oh oh, oh oh)
Won't even give me a chance (Oh oh, oh oh)
Claiming I'm just not as serious as you
Shorty if you only knew
This is serious, uh

I wish I wasn't famous
I wish I was still in school
So that I could have you in my dorm room
I would put it on you
crazy

[CHORUS]
That's when you start to laugh (Oh oh, oh oh)
Saying I just want what I can't have (Oh oh, oh oh)
Won't even give me a chance (Oh oh, oh oh)
Claiming I'm just not as serious as you
Shorty if you only knew
This is serious, uh

Ho o oh yeah

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 13 - Find Your Love

Drake
FIND YOUR LOVE


I'm more than just an option
(Hey hey hey)
Refuse to be forgotten
(Hey hey hey)
I took a chance with my heart
(Hey hey hey)
And I feel it taking over

I'd better find your lovin'
I'd better find your heart. [x3]
I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart

I'm more than just a number
(Hey hey hey)
I doubt you'll find another
(Hey hey hey)
So every single summer
(Hey hey hey)
I be the one that you remember

And I'd better find your lovin'
I'd better find your heart. [x3]
I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart

It's more than just a mission
(Hey hey hey)
You hear but you don't listen
(Hey hey hey)
You better pay attention
(Hey hey hey)
And give what you've been missin'

I'd better find your lovin'
I'd better find your heart. [x3]
I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart

Too many times
I've been wrong
I guess being right
Takes too long
I'm done waiting
There's nothing left to do
But give all I have to you and

I'd better find your lovin'
I'd better find your heart
I'd better find your loving
I bet if I give all my love then nothings gonna tear us apart. [x2]

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - track 14 - Thank Me Now

Drake
THANK ME NOW


[CHORUS]
You could thank me now
uh, go ‘head
Thank Me Later, yeah I know what I said
but later doesn’t always come, so instead
it’s okay
you could thank me now
uhh, yeah, well alright, here I go

Mahalo from the hardest act to follow
lately I’ve been drinking like there’s a message in a bottle
alohas to women with no ties
to men that I know well
That way there are no lies
You could thank me now for all the info I give to you niggas
I’m on the brink of influential
I’m here for you niggas
I guess a hit doesn’t add up to a career for you niggas
I must have been hard to watch
What a year for you niggas
It’s December 31st and we in Miami just meditating
You got the resolutions, we just got reservations
Living out a dream, it feels like I stayed up
and we just wanna party, patron straight up
Fuck that old shit, I’m on new things
OVO clique, Red Wing Boot gang
Yeah we want it all, half was never the agreement
Who’d thought the route we chose would ever end up this scenic
I could relate to kids going straight to the league
When they recognize that you got what it takes to succeed
And that's around the time that your idols become your rivals
You make friends with Mike but gotta AI him for your survival
Damn, I swear sports and music are so synonymous
’cause we wanna be them and they wanna be us
Yeah so on behalf of the demanded
and the entertainment that you take for granted
you could thank me now
And, oh my goodness, you’re welcome
you’re welcome
At this point me is who I’m trying to save myself from
Rappers hit me up and I never know what to tell them
'Cause they think that I can help them get back to where they fell from
but drink up because everyone here is good tonight
Except the niggas that I came with, they good for life
Yeah, that's how you know it’s going down
in case another chance never comes around


[CHORUS]


Uhh, shallow nigga but deep enough to have gone swimming
I think I’m spending all my time with the wrong women
I think I have a chance at love but knowing me I miss it
'cause me dedicating my time just isn’t realistic
man the good girls went silent on me
they got a boyfriend or left for college on me
and all the bad ones I used to hit her friends now
that make me wish I had a little less mileage on me
but do I ever come up in discussion over double pump lattes
and low fat muffins, do I?
Or is missing what we had outta the question
I’m probably just the reason that you learned your lesson
I got flows for the Marilyn Monroe’s who’s there before it all
I guess that's how it goes
they hear about your cons or focus on your pro’s
and love you for who you are from the bottom of their soul
but those same ones from your area will grow
into women that are ready to get married at hello
because of what they allow
where are they all now
I know there somewhere watching so I’m trying to make them proud
searching for the meaning
you’ll find it next to me
and tell me I’m the highest, guess we finally get to see
I’m feeling like Nas who am I to disagree
they say that doors open up as soon as you find the missing key
it’s probably why I’m in this bitch shining
jump up in the sky and put the stars into alignment
I rep the ATF in case you need to be reminded
and the bandwagons full but you can try and run behind it
I’m sorry, poolside drinking
margarita rounds
shout out to my city though I hardly be in town
I’m the Black Sheep, but Chris Farley wears the crown
and I know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down
I’m in the world where things are taken, never given
how long they choose to love you will never be your decision
and I’m aware that this could be the last time you listen
so while I’m still here in this position


[CHORUS]

Drake [2010] - THANK ME LATER - bonus track [ iTunes ] - 9AM in Dallas

Drake
9AM IN Dallas


Yeah, uh, yeah
These are my one St. Thomas flows
Me and my niggas and some Madonna hoes
That look just like virgins
But trust they down to go
Discussin' life and all our common goals
Smart kids that smoke weed, honor roll
Look how the champagne diamonds flow
Fine dining, pour another another glass when the wine is low

I'm in the crib stackin' money from here to the ceilin'
Whatever it is I got is clearly appealin'
These other rappers gettin' that inferior feelin'
I hope you feel it in your soul; spiritual healin'
Take a look at yourself the mirror's revealin'
"If you ain't got it you ain't got it"; the theory is brilliant

People ask how music is goin'; I heard it pays
I just came off makin' 2 million in 30 days
Damn, I guess it does what the message was
Sometimes I feel I be spendin' my money just because
But weezy I'm just out here reppin' us
'Til I get to shake the hand of the man that's blessin' us

Yeah, I know these niggas miss the mean lyrics
Kush got the room smellin' like teen spirit
I asked kindly if no one out here would bring their feet up
Until I lose for now I'm the game's single leader
I fly private so no one tells me to bring my seat up
and book a suite when me and your favorite singer meet up

Who you like, tell me who it is
I'mma make sure that that woman is the next one on my list
I should call it a night but fuck it I can't resist
This one is for all my niggas from my city tryin' to dis
Without a response from me you really fail to exist
And I love to see you fail, that feelin' there is the shit
I swear, aghh, pussy nigga get your bread up
Enjoy the seat that the steward just forced your ass to let up
Why your scary-ass lookin' down? Pick your head up
No one told you your disguise is the most ridiculous get-up
With nose plugs in now I can smell a set up
So you're just wastin' your time you're just only makin' me better

Yeah, I try to tell them don't judge me because you heard stuff
Chasin' cash; that's my brother from the surf club
Damn that nigga always kept it so hood
back when we would smoke good
at the oakwoods
And have girls fall through like coins in a couch
Now we just fuckin' all the bitches they warned us about
Scared for the first time; everything has clicked
What if I don't really do the numbers they predict
Considerin' the fact that I'm the one that they just picked
to write a chapter in history this shit has got me sick
But if I really do it don't expect to get a split
'Cause this truly is some shit I don't expect you all to get

Im nervous but I'm about to kill it
'cause they about to let the realist team in
Throwin' up in a huddle, nigga Willie beamin'
Were still throwin' touchdown passes
and tore his frame glasses
hopin' that someone catch it
People say that, oh drake we started to miss it
But they need to be a little more specific
Man, is this what y'all want?

And my best Chris Tucker impression
Ducking your questions
Fuck your suggestions
Money gets all of my love and affection
Cars all black like the cover of Essence
I'm allergic to comin' in second
But I never sneeze
Nigga, YMOE, nigga yeah

Uh, yeah, this what y'all want
October's Very Own
Young Money
ATF
Thank me later in this bitch wasssup
Free Weezy in this bitch wassup
June 15th in this bitch wassup