Keep the Family Close

As the album opener for Views, this track is widely read as Drake setting the emotional thesis for the record: a meditation on betrayal, guarded loyalty, and the loneliness that arrives with success. Built over the album's signature 40-produced atmosphere of slow synths and patient drums, it reads as Drake addressing people who drifted from his inner circle once his stature changed. The title itself functions as a mission statement that recurs across his catalog — the people you keep close are the ones who matter, and everyone else becomes a cautionary tale.