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Every Car Reference From Drake's "Nothing Was the Same"

It's true, he no longer drives an Acura.

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Driving into the city this morning at 7 a.m., we have to think that we were one of, if not THE first people in Manhattan to be blasting the new Drake album Nothing Was the Same from the whip, just hours after it had leaked the previous night. It was a gloomy start to the day, considering the weather was already drizzly and overcast, and Drake's music has darker, sad, and serious tones to it.

The good part was that we have had the chance to listen to the album on premium sounds multiple times through and were able to catch every single reference to cars and driving that Drake slipped in there. He's not a the name-dropper like some rappers are, but there are more than a few car lyrics. Check 'em all out.

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"And my uncle callin' me like, 'Where ya at?/I gave you the keys, told ya bring it right back"

Song: "Started From the Bottom"

We bet his uncle wouldn't have given him the keys to his car had he known he was just going to be out ghost-riding the whip all evening.

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"This ain't the son you raised who used to take the Acura/5 a.m. going to shoot Degrassi up on Morningside/For all the stunting, I'll forever be immortalized"

Song: "Worst Behaviour"

It's impossible to forget that Degrassi was Drake's first big gig, and now everybody knows that one of his first cars was an old Acura, a TSX to be specific.

"Thinking 'bout Texas back when Porsche used to work at Treasures/Or further back then that, before I had the Houston leverage"

Song: "From Time"

Okay, so maybe this isn't referencing the car, but we just want to know how such a classy, sporty car brand became synonymous with being a legit stripper name. What's up with that?

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"She just wanna run over my feelings/Like she drinkin' and drivin' in an 18 wheeler"

Song: "Connect"

I think it's pretty irrelevant whether or not she's been drinking or driving, getting run over by a semi isn't going to go well either way. Those feelings must be destroyed.

"Won't knock on your door/My uncle say, 'You drive my whip like it's yours'/I got the pedal to the floor/I'm on my motherfuckin' way swangin'"

Song: "Connect"

Yo, uncle, chill, you let him take the car now get off his back. He's tryin' to spit game to the hunnies.

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"I hate stoppin' for gas this late/'Cause there's niggas creepin and not like how we're creepin'/Summer is comin' know you could feel it/Twenty on pump whatever I ain't got enough to fill it"

Song: "Connect"

The fact that you're admitting that you're afraid to stop at a gas station late isn't going to help that whole "soft" image, man.

"Hate when they get too attached to me/I got to get on the bus and get back on the road/Get what I can out the country/And then I just get on the jet and go back to the cold/Can't even drive with the top off/Been workin' so hard on the album I missed the whole summer"

Song: "The Language"

Bus to the jet to the car to the jet to the bus to the jet to the car, okay, okay, okay. We get it, you're constantly traveling. Where's the boat, though?

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"Down payment on the Jaguar, your roommate got credit/12 months on the lease, that's a come up, baby don't you ever forget it"

Song: "305 to My City"

It's not too often you hear a Jaguar reference these days, but we're glad he went this way. Jag has some serious stake in the future with the F-Type and the new SUV.

"Fuck it, I don't even tint it, they should know who's in it"

Song: "Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2"

Drake's never been one to hide behind anything.

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"I had Benzes 'fore you had braces/The all-black Maybach but I'm not a racist" - Jay Z

Song: "Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2"

Nobody deducted that you were a racist from your choice in cars, Jay, but okay, thanks for the heads up.

"Uh, last night was mad trill/I'm fresh out of Advil, Jesus, grab the wheel" - Jay Z

Song: "Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2"

We've all been in this situation, grogily driving home, pounding headache, stomach doing flips, and nothing makes that worse than driving a car.

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"And I just spent four Ferraris all on a brand new Bugatti/And did that shit cause it's something to do"

Song: "Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2"

That's always out argument against spending more than $1M on one car. You could buy SO many other cars and have so many other toys for the same amount. And in Drake's case, why isn't he going all out and getting a new one? If it's that little of a deal, why not go for gold? Just sayin'.

"Girl you know we got thangs to do/So get your ass in that car and come thru"

Song: "Come Thru"

Can't you go have somebody pick her up Drake? It's the least you could do.

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"Just bought a shirt that cost a Mercedes-Benz car note" - 2 Chainz

Song: "All Me"

We'd rather have the car, but to each his own. Chainz can buy both anyway.

"Not complicated, it's simple, I got sexy ladies, a whole Benz full" - Big Sean

Song: "All Me"

You gotta love when rappers talk about how many sexy girls they have and then talk about their girlfriends on the same song, or in this case, the same verse. You keep it classy, Sean.

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