Since Way Back
Featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR
Since Way Back features frequent OVO collaborator PARTYNEXTDOOR and is produced by G. Ry and PARTYNEXTDOOR with additional production from 40, M3rge, and TOPFLR. Per the liner notes it samples R. Kelly's 'Clipped Wings.' It is widely read as a brooding R&B cut about long-standing relationships, loyalty, and shared history, the dark, atmospheric production and traded vocals framing connections that endure or fray over time. It reads as Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR — longtime OVO labelmates — examining who has been there since the beginning, a recurring Drake preoccupation with loyalty's timeline. It functions as one of the project's late-stretch emotional cuts, deepening More Life's introspective close.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Since Way Back" and More Life. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Rolling Stone: The Rolling Stone Interview — Drake (2018)Rolling Stone · 2018-02-19 — Rolling Stone interview anchoring the More Life / God's Plan period.
- Pitchfork: Drake Announces Boy Meets World TourPitchfork · 2016-09-19 — Announcement and routing details for the 2017 More Life-era Boy Meets World international arena run.
- Wikipedia: More LifeWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary reference for More Life per-track production credits, songwriters, sample credits (liner-notes-adapted), playlist concept, release context, critical reception (Metacritic 79), and commercial/streaming performance.
