In the Bible
Featuring Lil Durk, Giveon
"In the Bible" is one of Certified Lover Boy's most clearly collaborative cuts, featuring Lil Durk and the R&B singer Giveon, its title invoking scripture to frame loyalty and judgment in near-moral, absolute terms. Production is credited to Noah "40" Shebib, Leon Thomas III, Eli Brown and Austin Powerz, keeping the track in the album's polished, late-night register while Giveon's lower-register vocal and Durk's verse broaden its texture. The song is widely read as Drake measuring relationships and allegiances against an idealized standard, weighing devotion against the suspicion that recurs across the album. Rather than delivering a tight narrative, it layers moods and guest perspectives, functioning as a textural multi-artist piece within the long tracklist and using religious imagery as a rhetorical frame for talking about trust and worth rather than for genuine spiritual inquiry.
Sources & verification
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- Pitchfork: Kanye West 'Donda' album reviewPitchfork · 2021-09-09 — Dated album review covering Donda's release-week proximity to Certified Lover Boy.
- Pitchfork: Drake 'Certified Lover Boy' album reviewPitchfork · 2021-09-07 — Dated album review covering Certified Lover Boy and the Donda release-week framing.
- The New York Times: Drake's Certified Lover BoyThe New York Times · 2021-09-03 — NYT Joe Coscarelli CLB feature.
- Wikipedia: Certified Lover BoyWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary reference for CLB release, rollout, billboard campaign, Damien Hirst artwork controversy, full track listing, sample/producer credits, critical reception (Metacritic 60), commercial performance (613,000 first-week units; tenth #1; nine top-ten singles), Grammy withdrawal and certifications.
- Pitchfork: Certified Lover Boy Unseats Donda, Debuts at No. 1 With Biggest Week of 2021Pitchfork · 2021-09-12 — Chart-context source for CLB's 613,000-unit debut overtaking Kanye West's Donda (309,000) atop the Billboard 200, the biggest US week of 2021 at the time.
