[Rihanna]I know you've been hurt by someone elseI can tell by the way you carry yourself.If you let me, here's what I'll doI'll take care of you (I'll take, I'll take, I'll take)I've loved and I've lost.
[Drake: verse 1]I've asked about you and they've told me thingsbut my mind didn't changeI still the feel the samewhat's a life with no fun, please don't be so ashamedI've had mine, you've had yours we both know, we know.They don't get you like I willmy only wish is I die realcause that truth hurts, and those lies healand you can't sleep thinking that he lies stillso you cry still, tears all in the pillow case,big girls all get a little tastepushing me away so I give her spacedealing with a heart that I didn't break.I'll be there for you, I will care for youI keep thinking you, just don't knowtry to run from that, say you're done with thaton your face girl, it just don't show.When you're ready, just say you're readywhen all the baggage just ain't as heavyand the parties over, just don't forget mewe'll change the pace and we'll just go slow.You won't ever have to worry,you won't ever have to hide,you've seen all my mistakes,so look me in my eyes.
[Rihanna]'Cause if you let me, here's what I'll doI'll take care of you (I'll take, I'll take, I'll take)I've loved and i've lost.
[Drake: verse 2]It's my birthday, I'll get high if I want tocan't deny that I want you, but I'll lie if have tocause you don't say you love meto your friends when they ask youeven though we both know that you do (you do).One time, been in love one timeyou and all your girls in the club one timeall so convinced that you're following your heartcause your mind don't control what it does sometimes.We all have our nights though, don't be so ashamedI've had mine, you've had yours, we both know, we know.You hate being aloneyou ain't the only oneyou hate the fact that you bought the dreamand they sold you oneyou love your friends but somebody shoulda told you somin',to save you, instead he said;
don't a-ha-ha-ha-ha,tell me a-ha-ha-ha-ha,I don't care a-ha-ha-ha-ha,If you're hurt a-ha-ha-ha-ha.I won't a-ha-ha-ha-ha,tell you a-ha-ha-ha-ha,you don't care a-ha-ha-ha-ha,if you're true a-ha-ha-ha-ha,
don't a-ha-ha-ha-ha,tell me a-ha-ha-ha-ha,I don't care a-ha-ha-ha-ha,If you're hurt a-ha-ha-ha-ha.I won't a-ha-ha-ha-ha,tell you a-ha-ha-ha-ha,you don't care a-ha-ha-ha-ha,if you're true a-ha-ha-ha-ha,
[Rihanna]I know you've been hurt by someone elseI can tell by the way you carry yourselfif you let me, here's what I'll doI'll take care of you (I'll take, I'll take, I'll take)I've loved and I've lost.
The song I chose to analyze is "Take Care" by Drake and Rihanna. I actually just recently got into Drake's music; I listened to him a couple years ago but never listened to all of his songs. His new album, "Take Care" came out this year, and we all know "The Motto" is the most popular on it (YOLO?). My favorite was "Take Care" just because it's rhythmic and has a catchy piano beat that caught my attention the first time I listened to it. Also, it's the few of his songs that isn't really profane and doesn't curse at all. First, I looked at the poetic device of repetition, and some phrases appeared in the middle of separate verses. For example, in Drake's verse, he repeats the line "I've had mine. You've had yours. We both know, we know." This line is kind of vague but represents and equal and mutual share of hurt in your life. This is just one of the repeated lines, such as in verses 1 and 2, but the rhyme scheme in this song doesn't go in a pattern but there is one, most likely in the emphasized parts. In Rihanna's first verse and chorus, the pattern is normal: "I know you've been hurt by someone else. / I can tell by the way you carry yourself. / If you let me, here's what I'll do. / I'll take care of you." That scheme is in the normal ABAB rhyme pattern.
However, in Drake's verse, his scheme happens in parts in parts where I think her wants to emphasize a meaning that reaches the listeners. He repeats in the lines, "One time, been in love one time. / you and all your girls in the club one time." I know this isn't said in his first verse, but I got a meaning like he is trying to get into someone's head, or just speak to somebody from his heart. Mainly that part is meant to emphasize the transition of going in or out of love. Next, I also got a major meaning from two lines in Drake's first verse: "my only wish is I die real. / cause that truth hurts and those lies heal." This makes him seem kind of separate from everyone else, or made to make him seem superior (at least in the first line). And in the next line, it's either using a device of personification or metaphor to contradict some meaning (truth hurts and lies heal). To me that's opposite, because I would think of the truth being a healing mechanism, but lying only hurting someone else. Lastly, Rihanna's line, "I've loved and I've lost" has always stuck out to me, just because it's in its own stanza as a meaning. There is no followed pattern, but it's just there. Overall the whole song, "Take Care" is a lot like a dialogue between two lovers who lost their way, and that's what Drake and Rihanna try to show in this song.
Lyrics to the song:
This song actually came with its own analysis (highlighted in yellow), but this work above was totally my own. The lyric link actually gives its own meaning in the song, so I thought it'd help to see or compare to the website's analysis!
The song sounds intersting. I do see some of the points you made about the song.
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I really like this song too Austin! I never would have thought of all of these poetic techniques used in this song to convey these meanings/feelings. This is really interesting
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