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He's kind of pronouncing it like Korea.

Maybe he's trying to do some wordplay.

If any members of the army, BTS's fan base, want to articulate the meaning of this line to me, feel free.

I'm very curious as to what you think.

But other than that, in these opening lines, you're right.

It is very personal.

Drake's speaking about his family.

He's addressing his parents.

He is addressing directly his son, Adonis, who famously was a point of contention in his previous beef with Pusha T.

he's laying it all out right in front of us.

It's an intimate song off the bat.

It feels like you're sitting down for a conversation with Drake, talking to you like a friend and,

But it also establishes something up front in these lines.

It's pretty clear that he's giving this album, Iceman in total, a lyrical slant and also communicating by referencing his family and his kid.

Nothing is off limits.

Like he's not being cagey by any means.

And that becomes more and more clear the further the song goes because Drake just starts to kind of let it rip lyrically.

Yeah, I do think there's a level of self-awareness that is present on this song that maybe has been a little bit obscured in previous Drake eras.

Like right off the bat, he mentions 2024.

He recognizes the looming storm over this whole record already kind of seems to go on the defense.