The Resistance

By Drake

On Thank Me Later

Released on June 15, 2010

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[Intro]

Yesterday, when we were getting high

You were invited, you woulda liked it

Uh-uh, I, I know you all too well

I said that we could kiss the past goodbye

But you weren't excited

There's no way to fight it

You can stay but, shawty, here I go


[Verse 1]

Uh, should I spend the weekend in Vegas?

I'm living inside a moment, not taking pictures to save it

I mean, how could I forget? My memory's never faded

I can't relate to these haters—my enemies never made it

I am still here wit' who I started wit'

The game needed life, I put my heart in it

I blew myself up, I'm on some martyr shit

Carry the weight for my city like a cargo ship

Uh, I'm 23 wit' a money tree

Growing more too, I just planted a hunnid seeds

It's ironic, 'cause my mother was a florist

And that's how she met my pops

And now my garden is enormous

"It's happening, Penny Lane, just like you said"

I avoided the coke game and went with Sprite instead

Uh-uh, that's word to the millions that they putting up

I'm tryna do better than good enough


[Chorus]

What am I afraid of?

This is s'posed to be what dreams are made of

But people I don't have the time to hang wit'

Always look at me and say the same shit

They say, "You promised me you would never change up"

Uh-uh, uh, uh-uh, uh

"You promised me you would never change up"

Uh-uh, uh, uh-uh, uh


[Verse 2]

Uh (Oh), am I wrong for makin' light of my situation? Clap on

When 40 got some shit for me to snap on

Now that I'm on I don't really wanna worry 'bout gettin' back on

I'm just tryin' to stay on, get my fuckin' buffet on

I heard they just moved my grandmother to a nursin' home

And I be actin' like I don't know how to work a phone

But hit "re-dial," you'll see that I just called

Some chick I met at the mall that I barely know at all and

Plus, this woman that I messed wit' unprotected

Texted sayin' she wished she woulda kept it

The one that I'm layin' next to just looked over and read it

Man, I couldn't tell you where the fuck my head is

I'm holdin' on by a thread

It's like I'm high right now, the guy right now

And you could tell by lookin' in my eyes right now

That nothin' really comes as a surprise right now

'Cause we just havin' the time of our lives right now


[Chorus]

What am I afraid of?

This is s'posed to be what dreams are made of

But people I don't have the time to hang wit'

Always look at me and say the same shit

They say, "You promised me you would never change up"

Uh-uh, uh, uh-uh, uh

"You promised me you would never change up"

Uh-uh, uh, uh-uh, uh


[Verse 3]

Well, alright

Uh, I live by some advice this girl Lissa told me

The other day Lissa told me that she miss the old me

Which made me question when I went missin'

And when I start treatin' my friends different

Maybe it was the fast-paced switch up

Or the two guns in my face durin' the stick up

Maybe 'cause a girl I thought I trusted

Was who set the whole shit up

But in fact, I haven't seen them since they locked Big Rich up

I know, but same time I'm quick to forget

I'm 'bout to roll me up a blunt wit' my list of regrets

Burn it all, burn it all, I'm startin' it fresh

'Cause half the time I got it right I probably guessed

Did I just trade free time for camera time?

Will I blow all of this money, baby, hammer time?

Yeah, I just need some closure

Ain't no turnin' back for me, I'm in it 'til it's over