"The Motto" is a song by Canadian recording artist Drake. The song features Lil Wayne and is a digital iTunes Store bonus track from Drake's second studio album, Take Care. "The Motto" premiered on Los Angeles' Power 106 on October 31, 2011. Drake released the song on his OVO blog a day later. It was first played on rhythmic top 40 radio stations on November 29, 2011 as the album's fourth single. The song has a connection to the Hispanic/Latino band Aventura.
The track was a commercial success in the US, having sold over 3 million copies there. It peaked atop both the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and US Rap Songs charts, and was ranked 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart. "The Motto" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 55th Grammy Awards. The song is one of the few songs to rank within the top 20 in the year-end chart, but to never crack the top ten, due to peaking at number 14. A music video was released on YouTube on February 10, 2012 and features cameos from E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. as well. It directed by Lamar Taylor and Hyghly Alleyne.
part of my fresh, boy
looks like i'm your best threat
two sides chicks, i don't think they really met yet.
super flight, call me west jet
they tried to put they fingers on my stease like a Tech Deck
fresher than some blow j
try to beat me, no way!
i take your shawty ole
she love me like Chipotle
in a mini van, doing doughnuts with my homies
and i'm driving with no hands, call me R.O.S.C.O.E.
and i don't even got my license
catch your ladies number, then I dash, call me hyphen
all these other cats, are about to have mid life crisis you gon' have to
give respect or see your career just sacrifice
uh mars clique, we'll be riding with the setting
and that's my girl throw it up, like it's rice at a wedding
now you did seen fake cartoony little buggers
wrong message for the haters, Mars Music, mother sucker!
chorus:
tell him that is over, cracking arizona,
live like there is no tomorrow when you know it's just a motto.
and i bout it every day, every day, every day
yeah, i'm living like a baller
i ain't even gettin paid.
every day, every day, yeah i'm bout it every day
can't see cause my fans are in the way real chinky wassup
i'm a freaking chick, you ain't gotta do it
my rhyme bookers real equal to a kama sutra
i'm a bully ya'll are stupid im so kam balluted
haters really weird, don't worry, dude we be bumping through it
all broke everything, lyrics all are deadly and
you could play this dude for the loss of your girl's wedding ring
you know i went nuts, so for now i'm back to throw some D on it, like
i just brought cadillac.
i got the fire from my job flow!
living off salsa and nachos doin the mambo
i will not die like a motha f-in cockroach
god flow hoppin like i eat out from a tadpole
i can't afford to lose, so now i got these girls lined up like i'm a new
air jordan shoe
know to make girls backdrop like a photo shoot
she says she doesn't know she should do me,
i say YOLO dude,
now you could be a groupie, you only live once, that's the way that
drake and i ride
except for the kitty you got down there
i'm about to kill it, and i hope that they got nine lives
i said you stupid dude...
killing at every song, my mojo and resistance can never get along
i'm going full throttle Being Russell Under No Obstuction that's my
freaking motto, BRUNO Being Russell Under No Obstruction, that's
my freaking motto, BRUNO
Being Russell Under No Obstruction that's my freaking motto!
BRUNO!
chorus:
tell him that is over, cracking arizona,
live like there is no tomorrow when you know it's just a motto.
and i bout it every day, every day, every day
yeah, i'm living like a baller
i ain't even get 'em paid.
every day, every day, yeah i'm bout it every day