Drake is back and, as usual, some fans think he’s looking to stir up some drama. Today, the rapper shared his latest single, “Search & Rescue”— which originally debuted on his Sound 42 radio station—and the song’s cover art is a cozy shot of Drizzy with his mentor-turned-rival Kanye West’s ex wife Kim Kardashian. To stoke the fire even further, the track itself features a sample of Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner discussing Kim’s divorce from Ye during an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Naturally, all of that helped quickly catapult the track to the top of the Genius Top Songs chart.
Produced by BNYX®, Sad Pony, Wesley Curtis, 40, and BEAUTIFULMVN, “Search & Rescue” could also just be Drake having some harmless fun. He doesn’t really take any explicit shots at Kanye in the lyrics, and Drake’s dad, Dennis Graham, even promised in an Instagram comment that the song isn’t meant to be a diss at all. The lyrics back up that claim, too—the song is mostly just about Drake’s desire to settle down.
On the hook, Drizzy doesn’t just want any woman to settle down with, though. It’s not that she needs to be as successful as him or anything, but she does need to love him—not his money. Unfortunately, those aren’t the kind of people he meets at his usual hangouts.
I need someone to be patient with me
Someone to get money with, not take it from me, look
They don’t even need to be as famous as me
I don’t think I’ll meet ‘em at the places I be (I-I-I)
Drake is more than ready to ditch his current bachelor lifestyle for true love on the post-chorus.
Come and rescue me (Woah)
Take me out the club (What?), take me out the trap (I-I-I)
Take me off the market, take me off the map
I’m tryna hit the group chat and tell ‘em it’s a—
During an interlude, Kim Kardashian recites some wise words she read online about the importance of happiness to her mom Kris (whose dialogue is in italics) in the wake of her divorce from Kanye West.
I didn’t come this far, just to come this far and not be happy
Okay, that’s fair
Remember that
You didn’t come this far, just to come this far
Yep, I saw it on the internet
On the first verse, Drake owns up to the role he may have played in his unlucky love life thus far. He’s kind of lost when it comes to communicating his affections.
Don’t know how to express my love
That’s why I American Expre-e-e-e-e-ss my love for you
I need you, yeah, I really do, tell me what to do (Okay)
On the second verse, Drake has some tips for for potential love interests on how to keep his attention.
Don’t hit me up and “WYD” me baby, nah
Send a boy a P-I-C or “See me, baby”, damn
Okay, now we talkin’, yeah, okay, now we talkin’, yeah
You can read all the lyrics to “Search & Rescue” on Genius now.
