Though undeniably potent, a Drake/Future collab isn't a 100% natural fit on paper given their differing rapping styles. That said, they share a lavish and deeply enviable lifestyle, in which they routinely make it rain monsoons at Magic City, eat at 3-star Michelin restaurants, fly in private jets, and have sex with hordes of beautiful women. That common experience is at the core of what What a Time to Be Alive is all about.
With a special honorable mention shoutout to “Mutumbo with the bitches, you keep getting rejected," let's take a look at 10 of Drake and Future's best lifestyle lyrics from WATTBA.
Digital Dash
"I slide on your ass in the 7 deuce
Come back on your bitch in a six trey,
Chevy, Mercedes, I keep em coming.
"I boast up in a drop 6
Gotta Ghost Royce and I pop shit" - Future
Future's car collection is next level. Assuming his claims are true, he's rocking a BMW 7 series, a '63 Chevy Impala, a Mercedes, a BMW 6 series convertible, and a Rolls Royce Ghost. And that's not counting the Bentley and Rolls Royce Phantom he shouts out in "Jumpman": "I just had to buy another safe, Bentley Spurs and Phantoms, Jordan fadeaway."
("Digital Dash")
Diamonds Dancing
"Sipping on Dom Perignon for no reason
Popping tags, upper echelon for no reason" - Future
Future doesn't need a special occasion to bust out the Dom Perignon. Dom ≠ celebration. But at the same time, his entire life is one huge celebration.
("Diamonds Dancing")
Plastic Bag 1
"I be in the club with the bands
Like I got the keyboard and the drums with me" - Drake
When Champagne Papi starts playing the bands (an instrument/art form in its own right), it's gonna be loud.
("Plastic Bag")
Plastic Bag 2
"Throw enough money on a Monday than you make in a year
Oh yeah, order 60,000 ones
Told the owner 'bout to break the record" - Future
Future going for that Guinness World Record.
He says he frequents Magic City on Mondays ("Esco treat that shit like church on Sunday") -- in other words, if you are Future, the traditional 7-day week has no meaning, and time does not exist within the enchanted walls of Magic City.
("Plastic Bag")
I'm the Plug
"Steph Curry wrists, nigga, Oakland
Percies for the bitches, Bishop magic Don Juan
Standing ovation and an encore
And I keep the check, Nike concord" - Future
Future is adept at squeezing a bunch of seemingly unrelated references into the same metaphorical box. Nike X Concord jet. The power/stature of a Catholic bishop X the fanfare of Magic City X the suave panty-dropping ability of Don Juan.
("I'm the Plug")
Changing Locations
"60 naked bitches, no exaggeration,
We bought all the bottles, had to change locations
Smashing all the models, now we hit the waitresses
When you gettin' a lot of money you can never save it" - Future
Future is not far from the Qu'ranic afterlife paradise that promises 72 virgins.
("Changing Locations")
Jumpman 1
"Lobster and celine for all my babies that I miss
Chicken fingers, french fries for them hoes that wanna diss" - Drake
Drake ranks his harem of women into tiers, and even those on the lowest tier still get fed.
("Jumpman")
Jumpman 2
"Jumpman, Jumpman, Jumpman, fuck was you expecting?
Chi-town Chi-town Michael Jordan just said text me" - Drake
It appears that Drake has scored an open invitation to hang from the Jumpman himself.
("Jumpman")
30 for 30 1
"But niggas wanna talk high scores
PARTY just dipped off in a white Porsche
And I just came from dinner where I ate some well done seared scallops that were to die for” - Drake
Drake's high score in the game of life is off the charts, as is that of his OVO bro PARTYNEXTDOOR is eating too. Smooth piano and mesmerizing reversed vocals from Noah Shebib let us know that Drake is fully at peace with his situation.
("30 for 30 Freestyle")
30 for 30 2
"Flying over Chattanooga, out here trying to spread the movement
I just got me the Mercedes Pullman
You niggas never heard of it, you gotta hit up Google" - Drake
It's like all the top-security shit they tell the president when he gets elected -- there are exotic cars that you never knew existed until you're living the rockstar lifestyle.
("30 for 30 Freestyle")