In My Feelings
Drake · Scorpion
Catchy hook wrapped around explicit pursuit and materialism
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Take Caution: Leans toward what could dull or mislead. Approach carefully.
- Consider Avoiding: Celebrates what Scripture warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
The longing for loyalty in the chorus echoes the desire for real love, but the song's broader posture toward women as objects of desire and status conflicts with love that does not seek its own.
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Paul's call to dwell on what is honorable and pure sits in tension with lyrics that linger on sexual conquest and material one-upmanship.
The chorus of this song captures something real: the ache of wanting someone to stay and mean it. But the verses and featured rap section pull hard in a different direction, centering wealth, sexual conquest, and status. What starts as vulnerability quickly becomes a showcase. The song is memorable and emotionally textured in spots, but the explicit content and transactional worldview are hard to separate from the hook.
Repeated profanity throughout, sexually explicit lines about physical pursuit, and objectifying language make this explicitly rated content.
The song circles around romantic longing and loyalty, but the underlying current is transactional: money, status, physical access. There is no meaningful reach toward anything beyond the self.
Drake leans into the emotional vulnerability of the hook while the verses and the featured section pivot to braggadocio and sexual pursuit. The emotional honesty of the chorus sits awkwardly beside the rest.
When the hook asks 'do you love me, are you riding?' what kind of love does the rest of the song actually describe, and is that what you are hungry for?