The Language

"The Language" is Nothing Was the Same's most extroverted, aggressive moment, a hook-light track devoted almost entirely to bars. Over a hard, knocking beat, Drake raps with sneering confidence about money, status and rivals, a deliberate break from the album's many interior passages. It is widely read as the record's release of pressure - proof that Drake could still make a cold, quotable street record in the middle of his most emotionally refined album. The song became one of the project's most frequently quoted tracks, prized for its quotable lines and its swagger. Within the album's architecture it functions much like "HYFR" did on Take Care: an injection of aggression that keeps the introspection from becoming the only mode the record knows.