If you ever wanted to own some handwritten lyrics from your favorite artist, here is your chance. Prior to his meteoric rise into a global superstar, Drake quietly released his debut mixtape, Room For Improvement, while still starring on Degrassi in 2006. Nate D. Sanders Auctions is now in possession of handwritten lyrics to several songs from the mixtape.
Lyrics are penned throughout the 68-page blue notebook which turned into finished mixtape tracks such as the Voyce-assisted “Special,” “Do Me So Good,” “Try Harder,” “City Is Mine,” “Do What You Do,” “A Scorpio’s Mind,” and ‘'Bad Meaning Good."
Alongside the lyrics, The Toronto native wrote out a career checklist of goals he’d like to achieve at some point later in life:
You Need: The Greatest Song Ever…Maxwell or D'Angelo Feature, André 3000 Produced Track, Indie Arie Feature, Usher Feature, Voyce Feature.
Luckily for Drake, he got to check a bunch of those off his bucket list when collaborating with André 3000 on “The Real Her” and Voyce also later vocalized on “Views” and “Keep the Family Close.”
Other miscellaneous tracks that didn’t make Room For Improvement are also included in the notebook like “Friday,” “Stay Up Late,” “Grind Freestyle,” “Military Brat Freestyle,” “Held Down,” “What I Keep Inside,” “Less of a Man,” “High School,” and “Light That Fire.”
Nickelus F is an artist that worked with Drake early in his career and even admitted to penning his verse on “I’m Goin In” to Complex back in 2010. Once he got wind of the auction’s intentions, Nickelus voiced his displeasure with having some of the songs included.
Bidding for the notebook starts at $8,000 with the auction ending on June 28. Read all the lyrics to Room For Improvement on Genius.
