One of Sandi's most famous quotes is said on “From Time”: " My mother is 66 and her favorite line to hit me with is, ‘Who the fuck wants to be 70 and alone?’" It's a question that pertains to her life, but also his.
As he says near the end of his first verse, “ And momma I’mma support, I keep it all in order.” Being raised by Sandi, it's natural that Drake wants to give his mother the world. Insufficient funds led to him selling drugs and later locked up. Dennis was a drummer, and his passion led him to leave home in pursuit of success in music. “ S.T.R.E.S.S.,” a record that can be found on the 2005 mixtape Room For Improvement, touches on the relationship between Dennis Graham and Sandi Graham.
Drake’s father left the family when he was five and would be in and out of his life due to drug charges that lead to his incarceration. Lil Wayne once rapped, “ It's just me and my momma, how it supposed to be, and I make sure she paid like she wrote for me,” and similar sentiments exist in Drake’s early material. I promise mama / I'mma do it cause I know I put you through it / And I just want you to sit around with ya friends at a dinner table and say "My baby's famous and I know it"Įvery rap artist wants this-to be such a star their mother can brag about their fame and success. “ Closer To My Dreams,” a fan favorite that’s featured on the Comeback Season mixtape, gives a different portrait of success, one that pertains to his mother:
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