Furthest Thing – English Lyrics

• By: Drake
• Album: Nothing Was The Same

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'Furthest Thing' to master the nuances of modern North American urban slang and the art of self-reflective storytelling. This song is special for its mid-track transition, offering learners a chance to experience two distinct rhythmic flows and sophisticated vocabulary regarding ambition and personal growth.

[English]

Somewhere between psychotic and iconic

Somewhere between I want it and I got it

Somewhere between I'm sober and I'm lifted

Somewhere between a mistress and commitment

But I stay down, girl, I always stay down

Get down, never lay down

Promise to break everybody off before I break down

Everyone just wait now

So much on my plate now

People I believed in, they don't even show their face now

What they got to say now?

Nothing they can say now

Nothing really changed, but still they look at me a way now

What more can I say now?

What more can I say now?

You might feel like nothing was the same

I still been drinking on the low

Mobbing on the low

Fucking on the low

Smoking on the low

I still been plotting on the low

Scheming on the low

The furthest thing from perfect like everyone I know

I just been drinking on the low

Mobbing on the low

Fucking on the low

Smoking on the low

I just been plotting on the low

Scheming on the low

The furthest thing from perfect, like everyone I know

And I hate that you don't think that I belong to ya

Just too busy running shit to run home to you

You know that paper my passion

Bittersweet celebrations, I know I can't change what happened

I can't help it, I can't help it

I was young and I was selfish

I made every woman feel like she was mine and no one else's

Now you hate me, stop pretending

Stop that fronting, I can't take it

Girl, don't treat me like a stranger

Girl, you know I seen ya naked

Girl, you know that I remember, don't be a pretender

Getting high at the condo, that's when it all comes together

You know I stay reminiscing and make-up sex is tradition

But you've been missing girl, and you might feel like nothing was the same

I still been drinking on the low

Mobbing on the low

Fucking on the low

Smoking on the low

I still been plotting on the low

Scheming on the low

The furthest thing from perfect, like everyone I know

I just been drinking on the low

Mobbing on the low

Fucking on the low

Smoking on the low

I just been plotting on the low

Scheming on the low

The furthest thing from perfect, like everyone I know

...

Drinking, smoking, fucking, plotting, scheming

Plotting, scheming, getting money

Drinking, smoking, fucking, plotting, scheming

Plotting, scheming, getting money

Uh

This the life for me

My mama told me this was right for me

I got 'em worried like make sure you save a slice for me

I should have spoons serve you up with a fork and knife for me

The actions make us doubt you

Your lack of effort got me rapping different

This the shit I wanna go out to

Play this shit at my funeral if they catch me slipping

Naked women swimming that's just how I'm living

Donate a million to some children that's just how I'm feeling

A nigga filling up arenas, who the fuck can see us?

I had to Derrick Rose the knee up 'fore I got the re-up

Yours truly, the boy

I just build and build more, y'all niggas build and destroy

Y'all niggas party too much man, I just chill and record

No filler, you feel it now if you ain't feel it before

Yes Lord

This the shit I wanna go out to

Yeah, yeah

This the shit I wanna go out to

...

Drinking, smoking, fucking, plotting, scheming

Plotting, scheming, getting money

Drinking

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
psychotic /saɪˈkɒtɪk/ C1	adjective - relating to a severe mental disorder; insane
iconic /aɪˈkɒnɪk/ B2	adjective - widely recognized and symbolic
sober /ˈsoʊbər/ B2	adjective - not under the influence of alcohol or drugs; serious
lifted /ˈlɪftɪd/ B2	adjective - raised; feeling high (often from drugs)
mistress /ˈmɪstrəs/ C1	noun - a woman who has an ongoing sexual relationship with a married man
commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/ B2	noun - a pledge or promise to do something; dedication
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	verb - to assure someone that something will happen
believed /bɪˈliːvd/ B1	verb (past) - thought to be true; had confidence in
changed /tʃeɪndʒd/ B1	verb (past) - made different; altered
drinking /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/ B1	verb (gerund) - the act of consuming liquids, especially alcoholic drinks
smoking /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ B1	verb (gerund) - the act of inhaling tobacco smoke
plotting /ˈplɒtɪŋ/ C1	verb (gerund) - making secret plans, especially harmful ones
scheming /ˈskiːmɪŋ/ C1	verb (gerund) - making secret or underhanded plans
furthest /ˈfɜːrθɪst/ C1	adjective (superlative) - the most distant
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B2	adjective - without flaws; completely correct
bittersweet /ˈbɪtərˌswit/ C1	adjective - having both pleasant and painful qualities
tradition /trəˈdɪʃən/ B2	noun - a belief or custom passed down through generations
selfish /ˈselfɪʃ/ B2	adjective - concerned chiefly with one's own advantage, often at the expense of others
pretender /prɪˈtɛndər/ C1	noun - a person who claims or pretends to be something they are not