Rich Flex
Drake ft. 21 Savage
Braggadocious, crude, and spiritually empty
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
“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 calls listeners to dwell on what is true, honorable, just, pure, and worthy of praise. This song fills that mental space with its opposite: objectification, boasting, and contempt.
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Pride goes before destruction. The song is a sustained exercise in the kind of pride Scripture consistently warns leads nowhere good.
“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”
Paul urges that sexual immorality and crude talk should not even be named among believers. The song makes both its centerpiece.
Rich Flex is a collaborative brag track between Drake and 21 Savage built around wealth, sexual conquest, and dominance over enemies. The lyrics objectify women consistently, casually reference violence, and frame self-glorification as the entire point. There is no tension, no searching, and no arrival anywhere beyond the ego. What you get is a well-produced invitation to worship status.
Heavy use of profanity and slurs throughout. Lyrics include graphic sexual demands, references to weapons and violence against rivals, and dismissive, objectifying language toward women at nearly every turn.
The song's entire posture is self-exaltation: wealth, dominance, sexual conquest, and contempt for anyone outside the circle. There is no reaching, no lament, no gratitude. The only god present is the self.
The track is designed as a flex: a pure display of status, aggression, and sexual power. There is no storytelling arc, no catharsis, and no acknowledged cost to the lifestyle described. It invites the listener to admire and emulate, not to reflect.
When you imagine the version of yourself you most want to become, does this song pull you toward that person or away from them?