Drake — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 231 songs across 13 albums by Drake. They use 7,460 unique words out of 49,483 (lexical richness MATTR 0.77), with an average of 214 content words per song. Emotional tone: 48% of songs positive, 35% neutral, 17% negative.
Most used words by Drake
- know (1099)
- shit (516)
- love (438)
- girl (416)
- back (407)
- say (362)
- niggas (361)
- one (358)
- time (351)
- baby (329)
- make (321)
- right (306)
- ayy (288)
- need (288)
- see (284)
- want (273)
- way (267)
- tell (261)
- fuck (259)
- nigga (256)
Signature phrases
- “girl know” (41)
- “know sayin” (36)
- “let know” (30)
- “whos callin phone” (29)
- “late night” (29)
- “know need” (29)
- “baby girl” (25)
- “come thru” (25)
- “first time” (24)
- “shake ass” (24)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (30)
- white (27)
- red (25)
- green (17)
- black (17)
- rose (10)
- gold (8)
- pink (6)
Albums analyzed
- Thank Me Later (2010)
- Take Care (2011)
- Nothing Was the Same (2013)
- Views (2016)
- Scorpion (2018)
- Certified Lover Boy (2021)
- Honestly, Nevermind (2022)
- Her Loss (2022)
- For All the Dogs (2023)
- $ome $exy $ongs 4 U (2025)
- ICEMAN (2026)
- HABIBTI (2026)
- MAID OF HONOUR (2026)