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Used to be just one call away
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Lately, you're out of state
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Know I could be okay, that's okay (yeah)
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You say it's not love, baby, which emotion is this?
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We got so much motion, I'm takin' shit for motion sickness
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Askin' what we are 'cause we never laid out no conditions
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We're both insecure, we both start to grow suspicious
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"MIA" is a double meaning:
Miami / the airport lifestyle
"Missing in action," meaning unavailable or disappearing
The Bahamas + Miami references also fit Drake's real-life luxury-travel circle and yacht culture.
Miami / the airport lifestyle
"Missing in action," meaning unavailable or disappearing
The Bahamas + Miami references also fit Drake's real-life luxury-travel circle and yacht culture.
You keep goin' away, Bahamas, MIA
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Somebody's birthday and the trips keep gettin' longer
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(Longer, longer)
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(And the trips keep gettin' longer, longer, longer)
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Yeah
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Direct confrontation - stepping up boldly to speak from the heart.
I'm comin' your way, I'm right in your face with somethin' to say
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The WNBA serves as an extended metaphor for the woman's lifestyle throughout the song. Drake uses the athletic world to describe someone who is competitive, constantly traveling, and operating at a high level.
I know that you ball, I know that you play like girls in the WNBA (I'm just playin')
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Girl, we never gon' fade, I know how it be when you be in LA
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Or go MIA or hit JFK, stressin' you out, should give you a raise
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When it don't go your way, just hop on a plane and come to your bae
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I'll cover you up and cover your stay
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And split the filet and chardonnay, okay
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Home or away, this shit ain't a game
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Let's dip overseas, I'll take you to Spain
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You dip out the league, I'll make you the main
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Ayy, how do you manage to Cartier Crash
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But stay in your lane?
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You're one of a kind, I cannot explain ya
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You're pressure and pain
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Retire your number, go out with a bang, damn
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What she gon' do for a ring? Damn
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Same thing I do for the gang, damn
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That's a real long list of things
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Ayy, ayy, ayy
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You keep goin' away, Bahamas, MIA
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Made those plans today and the trips keep gettin' longer, longer
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(Longer)
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(And the trips keep gettin' longer, longer, longer)
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Don't know what to say, extendin' your stay
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Feels so far away, the trips keep gettin'
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(Longer, longer, longer)
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(And the trips keep gettin' longer)
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Drake and his lover are growing distant emotionally and also in an sense of communication as the outro contrasts the intro starting with his lover being responsive and "one call away"
As the song progresses her responses/visits are taking longer potentially referencing ghosting culture.
As the song progresses her responses/visits are taking longer potentially referencing ghosting culture.
Trips keep gettin' longer, longer, longer, longer
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And the trips keep gettin' longer, longer, longer
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