{"id":580,"date":"2015-04-21T10:52:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/?p=580"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:59:33","slug":"what-does-big-sean-drake-and-kanye-west-view-as-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/what-does-big-sean-drake-and-kanye-west-view-as-blessings","title":{"rendered":"What does Big Sean, Drake and Kanye West View as &#8220;Blessings&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/song\/big-sean-blessings-featuring-drake-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Blessings<\/strong><\/a><strong>&#8221;\u00a0is <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/big-sean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Big Sean<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2019s most recent single and features verses from <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/drake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Drake<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/kanye-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Kanye West<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Considering the song features three of the biggest Stars\u00a0in popular rap right now, the track is appropriately titled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-592\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/big-sean-blessings-featuring-drake-750x353.jpg\" alt=\"Big Sean and Drake looking way up because they feel blessed\" class=\"wp-image-592\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Big Sean and Drake looking way up because they feel blessed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyrically, the song humbly focuses on the blessings the three artists have found in their careers and the hard work that they have put into them-well, that\u2019s what Big Sean and Drake\u2019s verses are about anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Kanye\u2019s is less humble; though, when you melt down and re-forge the national conception of pop music, you have earned the right to be a little gauche now and again (or always).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Sean - Blessings ft. Drake, Kanye West\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M6t47RI4bns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Sean<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean\u2019s verse reflects on many aspects of his career, employing the metaphor of the blessing all the while. He <q>treats the beat like it\u2019s a reverend<\/q>, confiding in it and using it to broadcast his <q>confessions<\/q>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In a way, this makes him, as he mentions in the final line of his verse, <q>a prophet<\/q>. He even alludes to Heaven when he mentions that the <q>p*$$y the tightest \/ the drinks the coldest<\/q>, which I think might be a direct allusion to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Book_of_Revelation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Book of Revelations<\/a> but I am not sure so don&#8217;t quote me on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake&#8217;s verse highlights similar things, such as&nbsp;making&nbsp;money and living the the finest lifestyle, though he seems to be less interested in fame (<q>I could give two f***s \u2018bout where the Grammys go<\/q> and <q>I think I\u2019m famous enough, I don\u2019t need any more press<\/q>) and more interested in getting paid. I don&#8217;t mean to sound crass! He does good things with the money, like soothing his mother\u2019s worried heart and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/song\/drake-furthest-thing-lyrics#thought-1244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">donate to children<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kanye West<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanye\u2026*sigh* oh, gentle, magical Kanye. Perhaps most importantly, Kanye\u2019s verse has the SECOND allusion to sending pictures of his p**** to the nameless faceless people of his career, which I think is a huge step (<q>Tryna see titties, tryna show d*ck<\/q>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kanye West - Runaway (Video Version) ft. Pusha T\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bm5iA4Zupek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest, there isn&#8217;t much more going on in this verse other than a brief breakdown of when and where he is calling from (it\u2019s his home gym), and his interest in building a Montessori school for his daughter, North. Not sure this is wordplay or irony, I think he just wants a progressive and independent education for his daughter, that\u2019s all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A quick recap of Kanye&#8217;s verse:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>sends pictures of his p**** to women, <\/li><li>has a home gym (including a pool)<\/li><li>wants to build a school in which to alternatively educate his daughter. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><q>I\u2019m way up, I feel blessed<\/q>\u00a0is right! That&#8217;s so enviable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Blessings&#8221;\u00a0is Big Sean\u2019s most recent single and features verses from Drake and Kanye West. Considering the song features three of the biggest Stars\u00a0in popular rap right now, the track is appropriately titled. Lyrically, the song humbly focuses on the blessings the three artists have found in their careers and the&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/what-does-big-sean-drake-and-kanye-west-view-as-blessings\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,95,92,93,94,82],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-song-analysis","tag-big-sean","tag-blessed","tag-blessings","tag-drake","tag-heaven","tag-kanye-west"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}