Descrição
Em "Make Them Know", Drake apresenta uma declaração contundente de resiliência e poder. A faixa explora uma jornada de superação, transformando a subestimação em motivação e rebatendo críticos com uma exibição de confiança inabalável. O artista aborda desafios legais e confrontos, reafirmando sua dominância na indústria e sua capacidade de retaliação. Entre a ostentação de riqueza e a defesa da reputação, a música também revela uma camada de introspecção sobre a perda da "inocência" e a nostalgia por tempos mais simples, enquanto ainda afirma que a ingenuidade do passado se foi. É uma manifestação de poder, que visa silenciar opositores e solidificar a posição de Drake como uma força inabalável no cenário musical.
Letra
Ayy
I tried and tried and tried
'Til the R switched place with the I
I'll never forget that July
The worst that I felt in a while
I'm glad that you think that I'm soft
I'm glad that you think that I'm shy
I need you to think all these things
I got bigger than what's in my mind
I'll take it, an eye for an eye
I'll send a boy up to the sky
I still haven't lost any sleep
And I definitely didn't cry
Ayo, Gucci get back in the ride
'Cause that's definitely not the guy
Mistaken identity mixed with adrenaline, almost just kissed you goodbye
It's rap, so it sound like a lie
Whеn I talk to you and I confide
I'm goin', goin' back to Cali
I got hearts in both of my eyеs
I'm sleeping with death on my mind
'Cause the shots that I called in my time
And karma has been on my side
But I also just heard that she's blind
That bitch might just switch on a dime
'Cause she can't even see I'm a guy
Pressure been getting applied and I know I been bad with replies
The lawsuit I got is fried, 'til the R switched place with the I
They'll frame it as people retired
But we know what's a truth and a lie
And they'll act like we signin' a deal
When they pay me for wastin' my time
And they'll act like I lost my appeal
But they'll pay me for changin' they mind
They got wind of the fact I was hit
And the whole world started to chime
Not scared of no suit or no tie
'Cause shit, victory always been mine
If I free up, my bro gotta live with it
'Cause we know that that man isn't innocent
If they sayin' he did it, he did the shit
But he still might come home in a little bit
Four hundred racks on the head
How am I spendin' so frivolous?
I act like the money's unlimited
If a Rolex I want 'bout to drop
I reserve the shit like I'm indigenous
Barber from 6 went broke
And he under my arm like I'm ticklish
How do they say they got classics
If it's shit that you never revisited?
And if that's the shit you revisited
Then why am I boss of the business?
Niggas been talkin' on digital
Knowin' how shit could get physical
Niggas gon' see me at birds
And act like they fuckin' invisible
If a Rolex I want 'bout to drop
I reserve it like I'm aboriginal
Fifty millimeter president
For all the times shit got political
This album, I'm never submittin' it
'Cause I know that they'll never consider it
This might be the one year I won
'Cause I know how they like to position it
My bros wanna mob on the stage
But I tell them boys, "Now have some discipline"
We don't even want what they givin' us
Them shits don't even have no significance
They just wanna turn up with gang
They wanna turn up with the syndicate
And bro just touched down in the States
Took a jetski from Windsor to Michigan
These niggas recoupin' on 2012
They gotta do it in increments
What happened to Drake from 2009
When all of the moments was intimate?
What happened to Drake with the innocence?
I don't think we'll be seein' him again
The pleasure
Don't walk away
You've got your love locked up for me, oh
For me, yeah, yeah
You've got your love locked up for me, oh
Iceman, baby, why are you so cool?
Freeze the world, freeze the world
Iceman, baby, why are you so cool?
I don't know, but I ain't no fool
Freeze the world, freeze the world
Freeze the world, freeze the world
(Don't hate me, don't hate me)
Gírias
'Til the R switched place with the I" é uma metáfora para uma vitória legal decisiva, implicando uma condenação ("guilty") onde a letra "R" é trocada por "I". "Gucci get back in the ride" refere-se a um associado ou segurança. "Lawsuit I got is fried" significa que um processo judicial foi resolvido ou descartado a seu favor. "Four hundred racks on the head" indica uma recompensa de US$ 400.000 pela vida de alguém. "Reserve the shit like I'm indigenous/aboriginal" é uma afirmação de direito primordial e inquestionável sobre algo. "Barber from 6 went broke and he under my arm like I'm ticklish" sugere que o artista apoia um conhecido de Toronto ("The 6") que faliu. "Niggas gon' see me at birds and act like they fuckin' invisible" significa que críticos, em locais públicos ("at birds"), evitam confrontá-lo. "Fifty millimeter president" é gíria para uma arma de fogo de alto calibre. "Recoupin' on 2012, they gotta do it in increments" critica artistas que ainda recuperam lucros de anos atrás, de forma lenta. "Took a jetski from Windsor to Michigan" descreve a travessia de fronteira Canadá-EUA por jetski, às vezes ligada a atividades ilícitas.