Drake Elevate
Ayy, elevate, elevate Only obligation is to tell it straight So much on my plate I gotta delegate Baka passed a drug test, we gotta celebrate I′m in bed awake, thinking how'd I make All this happen for myself and my family All this happen for myself and my family There′s no way that this is real, man, it can't be (Yeah, yeah) If you need me, you can't call me I stay busy makin′ money You know what is on my mind All I think about is hunnids I stay busy (Bzz!), workin′ on me I stay busy with my business, homie I already hit her when you left her lonely She is not the type that likes to take things slowly Slowly, my mouth is goin' off, I don′t know patience I got a chance then my niggas got it too like it's contagious I see the future when I get wavy (Wavy God!) But I couldn′t picture bein' Champagne (Haan) When I would buy that shit and save it for the right occasion I couldn′t picture changes when I was with Ms. Creighton That lady hates me Couldn't picture wifin' Braden When I was pumpin′ gas on road trips To go from Cincinnati on to Dayton I couldn′t gauge it I wanna thank God for workin' way harder than Satan He′s playin' favorites, it feels amazin′ (Yeah) Elevate, elevate Only obligation is to tell it straight Me and all the guys found a better way This a life bid we can never separate I'm in bed awake, thinkin′ how'd I make All this happen for myself and my family All this happen for myself and my family There's no way that this is real, man, it can′t be Yeah, I can only tell you shit in pieces As it happens to me, I begin to write the thesis Franny got the Aria setup like it′s a Freaknik Vegas like Marineland, that big whale treatment Georgie got me up a hunnid thousand for the weekend I gotta move the safe beside the bed when I be sleepin' My mood is changin′ this summer, I'ma be tweakin′
On “Elevate,” Drake looks back on the life he has built for those around him, but also stresses that he needs to continue pursuing more in life.