Descrição
Don’t Worry de Drake é uma faixa que transborda uma complexa mistura de autossuficiência e uma veia mais sombria de rivalidade. A composição lírica revela uma figura que se sente "viva" por mérito próprio, desconsiderando a influência de terceiros, e que lida com a introspecção e a solidão ("I don't know what's up with me lately"). Contudo, a mensagem principal é envolta em um tom de desafio e até vingança. A faixa expressa um desejo explícito de ver adversários enfrentarem dificuldades, seja financeira ou socialmente, com versos como "I just wanna see a boy beg on the pavement". A aparente despreocupação do título contrasta com a intensidade emocional e a postura combativa, sugerindo uma advertência ou uma declaração de poder do artista no seu cenário competitivo. A música equilibra momentos de celebração hedonista com reflexões sobre o próprio estado de espírito.
Letra
I don't know, you tell me
I feel alive, no thanks to you
What is this I'm waking up to, waking up to?
I don't need you breaking my news, I see it too
I don't have as much patience as you
When do they look up to you? Guess that isn't up to you (Yeah)
If I give my everything, would that be enough for you? (Yeah, yeah)
Come and have the best time on the best side
We still up, it's bedtime on the Westside
Eastside, Westside, Westside, Eastside (Yeah)
Poppin' out on Chubbs side, it's gonna be a party (Yеah)
Candy-pink paint job, she pull up like a Barbie (Yеah)
Ref1, he so drunk, he just played Nicki then some Cardi, I'm sorry
Before you went old and getting kicked up out the lobby (Ayy, ayy)
Girl, you know what's up with me, I pull up in a heartbeat (Ayy)
She wanna go next door, she wanna meet PARTY (Ayy, yeah)
She said she was Persian and started speakin' Farsi (Yeah)
I don't know what's up with me lately, lately
I say, "I'm alone," she said, "That's not somethin' you should be"
'Preciate you reachin' out, don't be too concerned about me
You know that I'm drinkin', smokin', thinkin' (Yeah)
Please stop askin' me, "When are we linkin'?" It's Iceman season
I don't know what's up with me lately, lately
Yeah
I just wanna see a boy beg on the pavement
If he trippin' with the gang, then
I just wanna see a boy struggle with the payments
If he trippin' with the gang, then
I just might get that boy hit for entertainment
If he trippin' with the gang, then
I just wanna see a boy working on the day shift
And the night shift (That's how I feel)
I just wanna see that boy struggle with the phone bill
And the light bill (That's how I feel)
I just wanna see a boy beg on the pavement
If he trippin' with the gang, then
Come and have the best time on the best side
We still up, it's bedtime on the Westside
Eastside, Westside, Westside, Eastside (Yeah)
Poppin' out on Chubbs side, it's gonna be a party (Yeah)
Candy-pink paint job, she pull up like a Barbie (Yeah)
Ref1, he so drunk, he just played Nicki then some Cardi, I'm sorry
Before you went old and getting kicked up out the lobby (Ayy, ayy)
Girl, you know what's up with me, I pull up in a heartbeat (Ayy)
She wanna go next door, she wanna meet PARTY (Ayy, yeah)
I don't know what's up with me lately, lately
Gírias
A expressão "Poppin' out on Chubbs side" refere-se a aparecer ou estar com Chubbs, um amigo próximo e associado de Drake. A descrição "Candy-pink paint job, she pull up like a Barbie" descreve um carro de luxo com uma pintura rosa vibrante, chegando de forma chamativa e glamourosa. A menção a "Nicki then some Cardi" alude às rappers Nicki Minaj e Cardi B, indicando uma sequência de músicas ou um momento de descontração. "Getting kicked up out the lobby" significa ser expulso ou perder status e prestígio. "Pull up in a heartbeat" expressa a prontidão e rapidez para chegar a algum lugar. Quando a letra diz "she wanna meet PARTY", refere-se a um desejo de encontrar PARTYNEXTDOOR, artista da gravadora OVO Sound de Drake. Por fim, "Iceman season" sugere um período de foco intenso e distanciamento, onde o artista está indisponível para encontros casuais, mantendo uma postura "fria". "Trippin' with the gang" significa desrespeitar ou ter problemas com a equipe ou os amigos do artista.