The "6OD" Josh

      Recently, on March 18th one of the greatest artists to live and breath,  Drake,  released yet another album, titled 'More Life,' while people are quick to say that the album wasn't good or that Drake really isn't that great of an artist, they're quick to forget about all of the other incredible pieces of music that Drake has put together throughout his entire career as an artist in the industry. In 2014, Drake released a single titled Scheming Up,  featuring OB O'Brien and P. Reign, turning out to be an instant classic. This single touches upon all different types of dominant ideologies in nowadays societies.

         
                               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq-PyeE7vU0
Blue- Machismo
Red- Individualism 
Pink-Consumerism
Green- Patriarchy
Yellow- Rags to Riches
Orange- American Dream  

Verse 1:
All my niggas so hungry, man they just eat what they kill
I like convertible Bentleys and houses deep in the Hills
I might tell the whole crew come through
My squad gotta roll through come through
Tell the young high school kids keep dreamin'
Because they sure do come true
Then I say, this that fuckin' mob shit,
this that fuckin' player shit
This that shake a bottle up and bust the top and spray the shit
Bitches gettin' dugout like where all the fuckin' players sit
And like you just got traded
Girl you don't know who you're playin' with
Oh yeah, oh yeah, my sound is what up right now
I've been down, but I'm up right nowNigga been backstrokin' and breaststrokin'
Through that lane that you left open
Man I don't give a fuck right now
Let a nigga swim in the pussy on the low
'Bout to go drown in the cup right now, holla at me


      Throughout the course of this song, you'll find that Drake demonstrates and gives off some sort of machismo with the lyrics used in his songs. He goes to show you that anyone can make it to the top if they set their sights far enough and stay dedicated to your goal. He wants everyone to shoot for the stars, so some people could finally say one day that they truly made it just like him. 

Verse 2:

    Passin' up on pretty women everyday (We do that shit!)

I like getting money I love getting paid (You knew that shit!)
Bitches tell me that I look like 40 everyday (for sho)
That's OK, I'll go and fuck them forty minutes straight (hey!)
Hey, showing' up to 40 forty minutes late (alright, alright!)
Just send forty to The H and put forty in the safe (alright, alright!)
Damn, I got forty on my neck and wrist (right!)
OVO Sound boy, got 40 on the mix (sound, mix!)
Mix, all I do is mix (mix!)
All my tings are mixed (mix!)
And I make 'em mix (mix!)
That means I make 'em kiss, I make 'em pop, I make 'em strip (alright, alright!)
TOPSZN, I just sprinkle with my fingertips (last 4 lines could account for Individualism as well) 

No Money Manziel, the game is at a stand still
How am I the man still? How am I the man still?I might, I might call up Pam still
Tell em bring a can still brr-brr-brr still

Tell them bring the rider, get my roll on
Big timer tingle get your roll on
Tell them basic bitches they can hold on
I'm at the Hazey in the lobby with my robe on

Bring you to Habibiz, get your smoke on
I been going Hamilton for so long, yeah
This ain't a joke ting
I want the whole thing
I want my new ting, to meet my old ting
Let them get well acquainted, let them get hella faded
I'm halfway through the race and I'm already celebrating
I'm on that Y shit, I'm back on my shit
I ran the game so long I should be wearing Dri-FIT
Oh yeah I'm poppin' again
And it kills me to yell out free Baka again
But free Baka again, and free Greezy one time
Shout out Sammy and Peezy one time, you know what it is

      Drake's hard work and dedication in the music industry only led to more and more success for the young artist. The hard work that Drake put into his music, led to the fans, the fame, the money, and all of the women who have fallen in love with the Canadian born artist. One thing that I absolutely love about Drakes lyrics is the fact that with every song he puts out, you get the feeling that he has so much confidence in his music and that he is the shit/the man. Everything will work out one way or another, the way his life has progressed, it already has-so far, the rest of the building blocks will continue to stack in what seems to be, his favor.

Hook:

Yeah, I got two tings comin' through
And they do whatever I want 'em to
Yeah, we call that schemin' up
We call that schemin' up, we call that schemin' up foreal
I used to drive the Acura to school
Now I don't touch the wheel unless it's new
Yeah, we call that schemin' up
We call that schemin' up, we call that schemin up foreal

      Drake can get whatever girls he wants to come over and spend time with, whether it's one girl or two girls or whether she's a 5 or a 10. He has came from being an average teenage boy driving an average car, to making it to a certain point in his life where he is now able to say that he doesn't even touch the wheel in the car unless it's new, goes to show how much someone's life can progress in such little time!

Verse 3: 

We the stars, in the six, we the gods
Found the guns I'll beat the charge,
I left the court screaming fuck the law,
these hoes and all, I'ma star
Like that steak nigga way too raw
Run the streets I hate the beef cause I take that shit way too far, yeah
OVO the clique, I told Drake when we were kids
I'll ride with the 45 until the day we run the 6
Tell them niggas don't play it, someone tell Flex drop a bomb cause we made it
Hop on the jet and fly over to Haiti
Just so you know I was high when I made this, Run up

      What's crazy to think about is the fact that Drake is so much more successful than he could have ever imagined..... and he doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. He's literally a 6 god and is looked up to by majority of Toronto being on his side. He is capable of taking any trip at any time due to his success and can do what he wants, when he wants. Drake is one of the greatest hip hop artists of all time and has the potential to be the greatest of all time.  He touched upon only a few of the main 5 ideologies we discussed in class, mainly machismo, American Dream, and Individualism. Drake is a "6od."