You Could Do Better Lyrics
after Aubrey Graham
I’d bet on the point guard’s cornea
that, from the private cockpit of
some dimly-lit panopticon,
we can see the ways in which
our subtle declarations can
bust up a nightclub. But this is
about dissonance—this is the
self-inflicted isolation that
accompanies an hour-
long break beat—
this is the appropriated
aphorism we’re committed
to drop-topping—
this a slow-jammed
sort of sincerity that we only
emit when inebriated.
But now is not the time
to recommit to Judaic
rituals. We are at a
stage where we can
pretend our
automobiles are
planetariums.
We are at a point
where we have to start
displaying our table
manners with new-found
bravado. We are
at a place where
we will love and
will we emote and
we will YOLO crewneck
through the most
lukewarm neuroses.
I’d bet on the point guard’s cornea
that, from the private cockpit of
some dimly-lit panopticon,
we can see the ways in which
our subtle declarations can
bust up a nightclub. But this is
about dissonance—this is the
self-inflicted isolation that
accompanies an hour-
long break beat—
this is the appropriated
aphorism we’re committed
to drop-topping—
this a slow-jammed
sort of sincerity that we only
emit when inebriated.
But now is not the time
to recommit to Judaic
rituals. We are at a
stage where we can
pretend our
automobiles are
planetariums.
We are at a point
where we have to start
displaying our table
manners with new-found
bravado. We are
at a place where
we will love and
will we emote and
we will YOLO crewneck
through the most
lukewarm neuroses.
About
Genius Annotation
An ekphrasis of Take Care, Drake’s second studio album. I tried to recreate the album’s atmospheric minimalism by pairing a lyrical rhythm with abstract desolate themes. Or something. I don’t know, go ask your thesis advisor, you fucking lame.
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