Drake grew up on Weston Road in Toronto. It runs from Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue up to York Region in a rougher part of the city. The OVO leader reflects here on his humble beginnings, "back when we couldn't buy pizza cause we were down to pennies," and his come-up. He tells us how much hard work he put in to become the star that he now is.
Drake raps his freeflow rhymes over a continuous hazy sample of Mary J Blige's 1994 "Mary's Joint." This isn't the first time Drake and the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul's voices have been heard together. In 2009, Dreezy guested on MJB's "The One" from her Stronger With Each Tear album. The following year the pair hooked up again to perform "Fancy" together at the MTV Awards.
Drake's rhymes for Views include several plays on words on the names of other artists. He namechecks here Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas of the group TLC: Creepin' like Chilli without the tender, love, and care No tender love and care and no love and affection The reference here is to TLC's 1994 single, "Creep."
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