I'm Upset

Drake is not a happy MC - he's angry at gold diggers who are after his money and frustrated at being disrespected by his peers. During the chorus, he claims there's a bounty on his head: I'm upset Fifty thousand on my head, it's disrespect So offended that I had to double check I'ma always take the money over sex That's why they need me out the way What you expect? Drake is constantly being targeted by other rappers looking for publicity by beefing him in their rhymes. The "low" amount of the bounty, a disrespectful $50,000, is presumably a metaphor for the poor quality of their verses.

Drake kicks off his second verse by warning haters who are after his throne that he's not playing games. You tryna check? This is real life, niggas think we playin' chess So what's next? His enemies need to remember this is real life and the OVO leader means business. Drake previously referenced irrelevant rappers who want to play games like chess on the Nothing Was The Same track "Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2" when he rapped: Took a while, got the jokers out of the deck now I'm holdin' all the cards and niggas wanna play chess now

The temperamental song features moody production by Oogie Mane. This represents the Philadelphia-based producer's first placement on a Drake track - he was previously best known for supplying the instrumentation for MATT OX's breakout hit "Overwhelming" and "Of Course (Drippin' & Swaggin')" from Lil Uzi Vert's 2018 record, Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World 2. Oogie Mane explained to The Fader that OB O'Brien, a longtime member of Drake's inner circle, reached out to him to find instrumentals for the Toronto MC. The producer, unsure if the request was fake, sent over a pack of old beats he had made in 2015. It was only when Drake expressed his enthusiasm for the soundscape that became "I'm Upset" that he knew the 6 God was genuinely interested. However, because Oogie had lost the stems for the track he had to entirely remake it from scratch.