Drake

31 advanced vocabulary words across 28 songs.

marginPoetic Justice

edge; the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Makin' sure my punctuation curve, every letter here's true

Livin' my life in the margin and that metaphor was proof

I'm talkin' poetic justice, poetic justice

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franchiseWalk It Talk It

voting; an authorization to sell a company’s goods or services in a particular place

I want that thot, this thot, ménagin (Which one?)

I bought a franchise, to double up the profits (Franchise)

We make a landslide chopper get the poppin' (Landslide)

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passivePassionfruit

not active; lacking in energy or will

Passionate from miles away

Passive with the things you say

Passin' up on my old ways

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offsetNo Complaints

make up for; compensate for or counterbalance

My bitch Amazon (bad)

My plug is hund (Offset, plug)

She fuckin' for some (smash)

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censorChampagne Poetry [Explicit Version]

ban; forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

My therapist's voice is making the choices for me

And I always censor myself 'cause no matter what they reporting on me

The pressure is weighing on me

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executeKnow Yourself

kill; kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

With no apology, if you nuh like we, we nuh like you neither youth

Your girl a say we cute, if you diss you will get execute

That's the truth, OVO Unruly

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prototypeWe Caa Done

early model; a standard or typical example

Gi yuh sumn make you ride it like a motorbike (yes)

Me ah di original, me ah di prototype

Dem think we done, we just ah kick it inna overdrive

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ethicNo Tellin'

moral principle; the principles of right and wrong

I gotta keep watchin' for Opper's 'cause anything's possible, yeah

There's no code in ethics out here, anyone will take shots at you, yeah

Niggas think they can come take what I got, let's be logical, yeah

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lectureLook What You've Done

speech; a speech that is open to the public

And your back hurt, and your neck hurt, and you smoking heavy

And I sit next to you, and I lecture you because those are deadly

And then you ash it, and we argue about spending money on bullshit

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offensiveNo Friends In The Industry

attacking; the action of attacking an enemy

Ask about The Boy and they gon' say they got the streets with him

Niggas so offensive knowin' they don't have no defense

Why they always act like we can fix it with a meeting?

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not varying; (sometimes followed by `with’) in agreement or consistent or reliable

Tell you what I think my biggest flaw is, (Baby?)

I try to be consistent, but I can't

(Can I?)

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approve; give sanction to

Where you get this motherfuckin' pill from?

Heard they got some sanctions on my name

Heard they plottin' on my name, heard they bankin' on my name

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credibleStar67

believable; capable of being believed

Voicemail say she ready though (yeah)

Niggas know I'm credible

Ain't no pussy on a pedestal

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interveneCameras/Good Ones Go Interlude

interrupt; get involved, so as to alter an action, or through force or threat of force

She spilled whiskey on her shirt, she gon' have to get it cleaned

She been going way too hard, someone has to intervene

Baby, she look like a star, but only on camera

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suppressFountains

eliminate; to put down by force or authority

Try to suppress my emotions

They're bursting like fountains, baby

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obligationElevate

responsibility; the state of being bound or forced to do or pay something

Ayy, elevate, elevate

Only obligation is to tell it straight

So much on my plate I gotta delegate

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serenityFirm Friends

calm; a disposition free from stress or emotion

Right now, me and Conductor, we got more fuckin' chemistry than MIT

Two hours, just styled for some peace and serenity

Then it's back to Zurich for the OVO supremacy and the hotel amenities

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therapeuticFrom Time

healing; tending to cure or restore to health

Boy was she wrong? That was just negative energy for me to feed off

Now it's therapeutic blowing money in the Galleria

Or Beverly Center Macy's where I discovered Bria

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autonomous8AM in Charlotte

self governing; (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

That October sky is lookin' ominous

The money is autonomous

Shout' to Oliver North, he out in Rome doin' Toronto shit

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confrontationCan't Have Everything

conflict; a bold challenge

And accomplish your goals much more quickly

Without this confrontation that I'm hearing in your tone these days

When others go low, we go high

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coherentPoetic Justice

understandable; marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

And I can see power steerin', sex drive when you swerve

I want that interference, it's coherent, I can hear it, mm-hmm

That's your heartbeat, it either caught me or it called me, mm-hmm

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decade6PM In New York

ten years; a period of 10 years

You rappin' like the throne should be the three of ya'll

Best I Ever Had seems like a decade ago

Decadent flow and I still got a decade to go

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successor6PM In New York

replacement; a person who follows next in order

The game is all mine and I'm mighty possessive

Lil Wayne could not have found him a better successor

Every shot you see them take at me? They all contested

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itineraryGIMME A HUG

travel plan; an established line of travel or access

Only reason I ain't got a girl and I ain't gettin' married

'Cause I'm really out here, fillin' up the itinerary 'til I'm six feet in a cemetery

Bulletproof doors so heavy, got me rollin' 'round like a dignitary

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ironicKaraoke

amusing; humorously sarcastic or mocking

If there's any way I can help

Isn't it ironic that the girl I wanna marry is a wedding planner?

That tells me my life is too much and then moves to Atlanta?

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attainThe Calm

reach; to gain with effort

Damn, and I could only feel his pain

'Cause in Memphis, Tennessee there's only so much to attain

So I'm filling out the form at the counter once again

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demolitionAnother Late Night

destruction; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

Let her fuck on one my opps, let's see who really poppin'

Demolition gang, pop out, yeah, we get it knockin'

Boost a white bitch up and now she think she really poppin'

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recessionOnly You Freestyle

decline; the state of the economy declines

I done run through so much Scottish notes

Couldn't care 'bout no recessions (one)

Still get one jail call from Boogie

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diagnosisNo Face

identification; identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

'Cause I keep on talkin' 'bout beefin' and business

And money and women, there's no diagnosis

They emptied the clip quick

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beneficiaryGIMME A HUG

recipient; the recipient of funds or other benefits

Funny how it's only bitch niggas that are waitin' on the boy's obituary

'Cause if I die, it's these niggas that become the sole beneficiary

And what the fuck are they gon' do with it?

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conditionalHeat Of The Moment

dependent; qualified by reservations

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes Lord

Cause these days I only know conditional love

I'm not used to settlin' down

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