I was having an argument with a friend about how underrated Drake is lyrically because people don't really think of him as a wordplay rapper at all even though I think he does it all the f***ing time.

I feel like some lines Drake spits have deeper meanings but I admit is bordeline reaching but then again you can say that about a lot of rappity-rap hip hop artists. I don't think people give him anywhere near the benefit of doubt as someone like say Kendrick. Kendrick got whole essays written over simple lines and somehow that ain't reaching.

The line in question is when he said on Omertà:

"I don't carry cash 'cause the money is digital"

It was a double entendre:

1. He doesn't like to carry money himself for the most part and would rather keep it in or pay through the bank, cryptocurrency, mobile payments, etc.

2. Also you carry s*** with your hands and specifically fingers which are also referred to as digits. One definition of digital besides the first one you'd think of is "of or relating to fingers or toes". So he is saying he isn't carrying the money with HIS digits because the MONEY ITSELF is digital.

Idk man I don't think I'm reaching at all.

What lines do you guys think Drake was being really lyrical in that others would say is a reach?

"More immature than Marques Houston,
Cuts too deep for bandaid solution."

• Marques Houston was on a sitcom called 'Cuts'
• a 'cut' can also be slang for a song. Also 'deep cuts' are songs too.
• Obviously, referring to a literal cut, and it being too deep for a bandaid.

Triple entendre

All of the drake lines you could’ve picked for this thread/argument and this is the one you choose. Buddy....

OP got a point

i think the 2nd meaning of the line is a little bit of a stretch.

It's just the song we were listening to bruh. What exactly is so wrong with this line being the one that you'd say this and not even drop one yourself?

This is a perfect example of his wordplay:

All this capital it's like I left the caps lock on
It's like every time I plot a return I seem to shift the game
See I can still talk keys without pitchin' cane

He's referring to keys on the keyboard and money at the same time.

caps lock, return key, shift key. you know that rest

You missed one.
Marques Houston was in a music group called IMX. Which stood for immature

I’m really an idiot because this flew three stratosphere’s above my head, smh.

Someone needs to start up a college course of drake lyrics! 2000 word essay on diplomatic immunity

This is how I interpreted that line, it isn’t too different from yours. “All this capital it’s like I left the Caps Lock on. It’s like everytime I plot a Return I seem to Shift the game. See I can still talk Keys without pitching ‘caine”.

• He plays with the capital-capital homonym. In this instance capital means both cash reserves & uppercase letters.

• CAPS LOCK, RETURN & SHIFT are all KEYS on a computer’s keyboard.

• ‘KEYS’ are also kilograms or bricks of cocaine.

• ‘Caine is shorthand for cocaine, hence “pitching ‘Caine”.

This one off of Sandra’s Rose I liked too.

“Sandra’s Rose no wonder they tryna pick me off.”

• Picking someone off means getting someone removed from a throne they’re occupying.

• Also picking someone off means getting someone assassinated, usually via a sniper.

• When you take a Rose from a rosebush you ‘pick’ it.

• He said his Mother was a florist, hence ‘Sandra’s Rose’.

Man 🤯

Can't forget about the "Keys" of a piano/piano keyboard while also mentioning "Pitch"

No

Nope to first line

Don’t forget Marques Houston was in a group called Immature when he was young

So that plus being immature in a literal sense means this is a quintuple line?

This didn’t occur to me

In corporate & even political speak picking someone off refers to getting an official of high rank removed from the helm of a position they’re occupying. This applies to Drake & I used ‘throne’ because Drake is & has been at the throne of Hip-Hop/Rap since the beginning of the decade & people have been trying to knock/pick him off said throne.

reach

Nope

Y’all really bored

You're right. And thats why most people in the industry understand Drake to be the best because they can actually listen for the wordplay.

Casuals just don't expect it so don't recognise it, whereas someone like Kendrick has the perception of a wordplay rapper so is overblown

Drizzy wordplay is definitely crazy but OP that s***s a super duper reach