"Glow" is a song by Drake that was released as the eighteenth track from his fifth commercial mixtape, More Life, on March 18, 2017.[1] It was later released as a radio single on June 6, 2017, serving as the fourth radio single and the fifth overall single from the mixtape.[2] The song features vocals from Kanye West.
In the song, Drake and Kanye reflect on their journey in music and their rise to stardom.
Production[]
The song heavily samples Earth, Wind, & Fire's 1975 song, "Devotion".[3]
Background[]
The beat for "Glow" was originally meant for an unreleased song by PARTYNEXTDOOR, titled "I Hope".[4] In an interview with HypeBeast, CyHi revealed that Ye had played him an unfinished version of the song[5]:
“At first when ‘Ye played it for me I was like, ‘Oh this is nice,’ but Kanye kinda already knew where he wanted to go with it. I just helped them, I’m just in there like, ‘I like the way you said that, or I think you should go up on that.’ It was just a fun process on that song, but there were more songs that they did. It’s a bunch of them, and if they put them together, it will be incredible.”
King Louie also recorded a reference track for "Glow", which he revealed in an interview with VladTV.[6] This reference track has not yet leaked.
Lyrics[]
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm bound to glow
You better watch out for me, I'm bound to glow
[Verse 1]
Your boy all glowed up
Every time we touch down, bet it go up
'Member doin' shows, ain't nobody show up
Pour your heart out, ain't nobody show love
They used to laugh when my whip was on the tow truck
'Til me and bein' broke finally broke up
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm about to glow
[Verse 2]
Time to shake the dice, time to change the li-i-ight
No more 9 to 5, autopilot dri-i-ive
Used to work the fries, now we supersi-i-ize
We go suit and tie, we gon' touch the sky-y-y
We so certified, we so certifi-i-ied
Fuck you haters still, that's an F-Y-I-I-I
They gon' bang this here all summerti-i-ime
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm about to glow
[Interlude]
Yeah, yeah
Turn me way up, my voice is really low
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay
[Verse 3]
(Watch out) Watch out
Why, n*gga? (The cops out) Cops out
(It's all love when I ride top down) Top down
I started out way down low
Started from the bottom, now we here now
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm about to glow
[Verse 4]
We about to get the whole nine
The whole nine, we just landed on a gold mine
We the new Abu Dhabi, this is our time
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm about to glow
[Verse 5]
I just take the dreams I've been sold
And sell 'em for more, you already know
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm about to glow
[Verse 6]
Hope I deal with karma 'fore my son do
'Cause I be drivin' 'round this bih with no sunroof
Man, the glow got me feelin' like I'm gunproof
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm about to glow
[Verse 7]
I still have my guard up
Blame this thing I'm part of
Tryin' to avoid more confrontation
I just gotta try harder
Takin' the time to clear my mind
'Cause soon as I'm able to let that go
[Chorus]
Watch out for me, I'm bound to glow
[Outro]
Through devotion
Blessed are the children
We love y'all too!
We believe if there's anything y'all, you wanna do in life
You need devotion
Can I hear right on?
Through devotion
Blessed are the children
We live for it
Clap your hands this evening
Come on, y'all
I said it's alright
Clap your hands this evening
Come on, y'all
Trivia[]
- As of today, this marks Drake and Ye's last released collaboration.
- In the following years, Drake and Ye began an on-and-off beef with each other that still lasts to this day.
References[]
- ↑ https://genius.com/Drake-glow-lyrics
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_(Drake_song)
- ↑ https://www.whosampled.com/Drake/Glow/
- ↑ https://plwcse.top/f/286001f0f37e4bd054360a7e4510db04
- ↑ https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/cyhi-the-prynce-good-music-cruel-winter-is-done
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ1J-jAmGpo