Read Drake’s Full Statement for New Album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’

Along with Drake’s brand new surprise album Honestly, Nevermind came a poetic statement from its creator.

“I let my humbleness turn to numbness at times letting time go by knowing I got the endurance to catch it another time,” the 35-year-old opens his note. “I work with every breath in my body cause it’s the work not air that makes me feel alive.”

The rhyming continues (and is acknowledged) in the next line: “That’s some real detrimental shit but that’s that shit my perfectionist mind doesn’t really mind because no one knows whats on my mind when I go to sleep at 9 & wake up at 5 – unless I say it in rhyme.”

As Drake prepares to sign off, the statement’s resemblance to lyrics becomes crystal clear, concluding with the album title. “I got here being realistic/I didn’t get here being blind/I know whats what and especially what and who is by my side/Honestly…Nevermind,” he writes, followed by an all-caps “DEDICATED TO OUR BROTHER V.”

Give the rhyming message, via Apple Music’s album description, a read below.

I let my humbleness turn to numbness at times letting time go by knowing I got the endurance to catch it another time

I work with every breath in my body cause it’s the work not air that makes me feel alive

That’s some real detrimental shit but that’s that shit my perfectionist mind doesn’t really mind because no one knows whats on my mind when I go to sleep at 9 & wake up at 5 – unless I say it in rhyme

I can’t remember the last time someone put they phone down, looked me in the eyes and asked my current insight on the times

But I remember every single time someone shined a light in my eyes

I purposely try to forget what went on between some ppl and I because I know I’m not a forgiving guy even when I try

My urge for revenge wins the game against my good guy inside every single fckn time

I got plans I can’t talk about with more than like 4 guys because the last time I shared em with someone on the outside…well that’s another story for another night

I was tryna get thru that statement to get to saying I’m not @ a time in my life where pats on the shoulder help get me by

I’ll take loyalty over an oh my & emoji fire

I know if it was a dark night where all the odds were against my side & my skill went to whoever took my life they’d done me off with a big smile & maybe evn post it for some likes

I know everyone that tells me they love me doesn’t love me all the time especially when im doing better than alright & they have to watch it from whatever point they at in their life

I got here being realistic

I didn’t get here being blind

I know whats what and especially what and who is by my side

Honestly…Nevermind.

DEDICATED TO OUR BROTHER V

—Drake

Honestly, Nevermind runs 14 tracks spanning 52 and a half minutes. The only named feature is Drizzy’s “Knife Talk” and “Mr. Right Now” collaborator 21 Savage on closer “Jimmy Cook’s.”