CHAPTER 34: 'MISS ME'

 (Originally Posted Friday March 13, 2015) 

Toronto celebrated its 180^th birthday on March 6^th of last week (Happy Belated Birthday Toronto!), and that just so happens to tie in with my tonight’s song “Miss Me” which, to me, is undoubtedly ‘Toronto.’ As soon as it starts to play you just know it’s from our city, and again, is another song/sound that invokes so many memories of my childhood growing up there. Times, places, people, things; the speed, the hush, the vibe: it’s all relative to the sound of the city, and thanks to Boi-1da and 40, and of course, Drizzy Drake – all Canadians – this song was really able to capture that essence.

            I remember Weezy being away for the video and the ingenious way he was incorporated, or Drake licking his lips in a room with a “dancer” and all the times he’d jump to the drop of the beat or make up his face … Drake’s videos were never really “special”—except for “Best I Ever Had” thanks to Yeezus—but they were very ‘Drake-esque’ and seeing Drake in his videos always brought back thought’s of Toronto—the place so many of his fans call home.

            For a long time after moving to Brampton, every time I would make a trip to Toronto, I would be reminded of Drake. Whether or not I’d hear him pop up on the radio or show up on a billboard, my connection to the city was a connection to him, and vice-versa. I felt like the city was filled with him and at any second we could cross paths on the busiest of corners. I guess that’s how it feels when someone from your hometown really makes it. They now become the flag for their patriots, the sound for their town. So when Drizzy says, “Carry the weight for my city like a cargo ship,” I guess he isn’t joking.

DRAKE - MISS ME (FT. LIL WAYNE)

 Chapter 34: Miss Me. / Written By: Jae Antoinette 

AFFION:

I’m stressing, man, seriously. This is what I’ve done to myself. I had Kendra right where I wanted her—had her wanting to be with me more than the guy she was with—and I let myself get too cocky and cocksure, ‘til I became an all around dick!

            I wasn’t like that in the beginning. Sure, I was always me, but somewhere along the road I got too caught up in myself and how cool I thought I was. Now, I’m alone, with no one to console me, and there's no way I'm even thinking about that strip club with after all those problems—not that that was a good idea anyway. The last thing I want to do is become an alcoholic over this shit or get addicted to that lifestyle of being in bars and strip-joints all the time. Last time I checked, I was a classy dude - if not a little overconfident - and I think iit's in my best interest to keep it that way. I didn’t bag Kendra by being a slob, so I see no reason to revert to that now. I’d rather man-the-fuck-up and fix this.

            I’ve had enough girls since Kendra to know I’m not really interested in any more of them, and since she’s still on my mind, and still pupulling at my heart, I think it’s best I focus on that. I mean, doesn’t she miss me? Does she even think about me anymore? I haven’t seen or heard from her since the night of her birthday, and she wouldn’t even look at me … Could she be really over it? I’d probably have to do more than call her if I wanted to find out, so I will definitely get on that, pronto, but, first things first, I should probably clean up my place, do some laundry and put away my clothes from the other night. The pile on the floor has been calling my name for days, which probably means it's time to pick them up …

TO BE CONTINUED …

**A #DrizzyDrake #Throwback Bonus**

DRAKE - CITY IS MINE