Drake

One Dance

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[Intro: Kyla + Wizkid]
Baby I like your style

[Verse 1: Drake]
Grips on your waist
Front way, back way
You know that I don't play
Streets not safe
But I never run away
Even when I'm away
Oti, oti, there's never much love when we go OT
I pray to make it back in one piece
I pray, I pray

[Hook: Drake]
That's why I need a one dance
Got a Hennessy in my hand
One more time 'fore I go
Higher powers taking a hold on me
I need a one dance
Got a Hennessy in my hand
One more time 'fore I go
Higher powers taking a hold on me

[Bridge: Kyla + Wizkid]
Baby I like your style

[Verse 2: Drake]
Strength and guidance
All that I'm wishing for my friends
Nobody makes it from my ends
I had to bust up the silence
You know you gotta stick by me
Soon as you see the text, reply me
I don't wanna spend time fighting
We've got no time

[Break: Wizkid]
Got a pretty girl and she love me long time
Wine it, wine it, very long time
Oh yeah, very long time
Back up, back up, back up and wine it
Back up, back up and wine it, girl
Back up, back up, back up and wine it
Oh yeah, very long time
Back, up, back up and wine it, girl

[Bridge: Kyla + Wizkid]
Tell me
I need to know, where do you wanna go?
Cause if you're down, I'll take it slow
Make you lose control
Where, where, where
Where, where, where, where
Oh yeah, very long time
Where, where, where
Back, up, back up and wine it, girl
Where, where, where, where
Cause if you're down
Back up, back up and
Cause if you're down
Back up, back up and
Cause if you're down
Back up, back up and

Lyrics © Ultra Tunes, Bmg Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc, Sentric Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Writer

Aubrey Drake Graham, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, Paul Anthony Jefferies, Noah Shebib, Kyla Smith, Errol Reid, Luke Reid, Corey Bruce Johnson

Duration

2:53

Producer

Nineteen85, Wizkid, Kyla

Release date

Apr 05, 2016

Sentiment

Positive

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mellow_harsher On Apr 21, 2016

[Intro: Kyla + Wizkid]
Baby I like your style

[Bridge: Kyla + Wizkid]
Baby I like your style

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by lorenzowill

9y ago

The song is about dancing and drinking before going away. Going away could be leaving the club (where the last drink and dance take place) or even losing grip (because of alcohol).

Drake sings OT, this could mean several things:

Out of town
Overtime
Allright (see Urban Dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ot )
'no' in Yoruba, a language spoken in Nigeria, where Wizkid is from Source (Dutch) http://www.3fm.nl/nieuws/detail/365187/Wat-betekent-OT-in-het-nummer-van-Drake%3F

I think the song can be interpreted two ways:

Alcohol taking over. Addiction, losing control. 'I have powers taking ahold on me' could mean that alcohol is taking over, taking control of him. Hennessy is cognac. 'I pray to make it back in one piece' shows that he is destroying himself with alcohol.
Having one more dance before leaving the club with a girl. The girl sort of got him under her spell.

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