[Verse 1:]
Honest where I start from
I try and impart my wisdom
A combination of truth and fear
That’s the way it’s always been
My father and his before him
At times we hurt the …
[Verse 1]
Oh, pity me
I’m so alone and so blue
My friends have all gone away
Their friendliness too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was I on my own
With no need to belong
And I wanted to die
That’s when …
[Verse 1]
Got some money, got some cash
I’m rich and now I’m sad
And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have
Got some boats on my plane
At the hotel …
[Intro]
Yeah
Polishin’ a goddamn sword, you know what I’m sayin’?
Polishin’ a sword (Uh, uh, uh, uh)
Concrete Family, Concrete Industries, Concrete Boys up, always, never down
(And this beat from Cash, not from …
When the only sound in the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop
I open shop
When the moon so long has been gazing down
On …
Lickwood means rewind, a gunshot means forward
You requested it so we rewind
Yeah
Way, way, way up
Turn it all up
Yeah
Look1
I got enemies, got a lotta enemies
Got a lotta people tryna drain me of my energy2
They tryna take the wave3 from a nigga
Fuckin’ with the kid4 and pray for your nigga
I got girls in real life tryna fuck up my day
Fuck goin’ online that ain’t part of my day5
I got real shit poppin’6 with my family too
I got niggas that can never leave Canada too
I got 2 mortgages, thirty million in total7
I got niggas that’ll still try fuckin’ me over8
I got rap niggas that I gotta act like I like
But my actin’ days are over,9 fuck them niggas for life, yea
I got enemies, got a lotta enemies
Got a lotta people tryna drain me of this energy
They tryna take the wave from a nigga
Fuckin’ with the kid and pray for your nigga
I got people talkin’ down, man, like I give a fuck
I bought this one a purse, I bought this one a truck
I bought this one a house, I bought this one a mall
I keep buyin’ shit just make sure you keep track of it all10
I got bitches askin’ me about the code for the wi-fi
So they can talk about they timeline11
And show me pictures of they friends
Just to tell me they ain’t really friends12
Ex-girl she the female version of me
I got strippers in my life, but they virgins to me13
I hear everybody talkin’ bout what they gonna be
I got high hopes for you niggas, we gon’ see
I got money in the courts so all my niggas are free14
Bout to call your ass a Uber, I got somewhere to be
I hear fairy tales ’bout how they gon’ run up on me
Well run up when you see me then and we gon’ see15
I got enemies, got a lotta enemies
Got a lotta people tryna drain me of this energy
Tryna take the wave from a nigga
Fuckin’ with the kid and pray for your nigga
Yeah
Yeah
Naw, fuck all of you niggas I ain’t finished16
Y’all don’t wanna hear me say it’s a goal
Y’all don’t wanna see Wayne win fifty awards17
I got real ones livin’ past Kennedy Road18
I got real ones with me everywhere that I go
I’m tryna tell ya, I got enemies, got a lotta enemies
Every time I see ’em somethin’ wrong with they memory
Tryna take the wave from a nigga
So tired of savin’ all these niggas, mayne!19
Yeah, run up
I got enemies, got a lotta enemies
Got a lotta people tryna drain me of this energy
Tryna take the wave from a nigga
Fuckin’ with the kid and pray for your nigga
I’m off this, man20
3The lyrics up to this point are simply an introduction to Drake’s song “Energy.”
Drake explains that his life is full of difficulties caused by other individuals.
That is, the “wave” or “supply” of energy. Some people call this their “flow.”
Drake refers to himself here.
The social buzz about Drake and the girls who bother him coalesce into a bad recipe for the maintenance of Drake’s sanity.
“Real shit poppin'” means “serious problems occurring.”
Relationships with friends and money problems are also stressful to Drake.
“Fuckin’ me over” means “taking advantage of me.
Drake is tired of pretending he likes his colleagues.
People gossip about Drake, and he has to buy nice things for girls to keep his stress level to a minimum.
That is, their Facebook interactions.
Drake doesn’t like wasting his time listening to pointless rumor-mongering of women.
“They virgins to me” means that Drake is still willing to have sex with them.
Drake is referring to bribing judges and juries to keep his friends out of prison.
Drake confidently states that he’s not fearful of people who want to harm him.
Drake is saying that he still has more words to share with his listeners.
Drake throws himself into the competition for musical popularity.
Kennedy Road is a road in Drake’s hometown of Toronto.
Drake believes that he holds up others in the rap industry.
Drake concludes by signing off from his song.
2 user explanations and meanings
Steph Curry Bae 4 LIFE
Basically he is saying that he has enimes that hate him and are trying to knock him down from his fame. He over comes it and says that he doesn’t care. To wrap all this up in my mind all I hear in this song is; F**K ALL YALL HATERS#Drake’s Energy
Addy
Great basic outline of the meaning.
Because I strongly identify with this song right now, I feel I understand the personality type of Drake and that it is similar to my own. I hustle hard, I’m nice, try to keep everyone happy and positive, I try to be real as I can, and I see the very best in people. I’ve become very successful because I see the very best in myself, so it’s automatic for me to put this on others. But many do not want to live up to their potential because of the level of humility and sacrifice and hard work it takes to service everyone, everyone you can partner with that can serve you in return. Business-wise I’ve got it down, keep things fair and stand up for myself, always deliver more than enough. But personally, it’s messy. You drop the truth on someone slacking, not giving as much as you give them, and if they’re not as humble and positive and hard-working they will be defensive and offended and pissed. You can get tied into these people like BMs, or even just a kid-free relationship. You gotta put up with their defensive narrative and think about how you’re going to cut out of the situation. But then you’re lonely again.
He talks about strippers and prostitutes, and they’re virgins to him. Again, that’s more Drake’s lens of higher potential he uses on himself that he puts on others. He sees the best in these girls, wants to treat them with respect, but if he lets them in too much they turn into enemies. That’s because they don’t want to give back to him what he gives. He’s getting drained because he gives way more than anyone gives back to him. It’s tough, because if you drop these relationships you end up lonely. It’s hard being a real hard-working genius nigga. You don’t got a lot of peers, and you gotta keep learning not to open yourself up and trusting people so much. Most people don’t see how selfish and lazy they are, so you open up to them when you see the best in them, they may resent giving back, and then you end up with another enemy.
I’ve had people turn from people I’m helping to straight up enemies, like want to destroy everything I have. I get sick of them draining my energy and I confront them after humbly accepting their criticisms, and still willing to listen, but at the end of the day they just hate the level of humility and sacrifice and work it takes to really make yourself someone as real and successful as Drake.