The rapper Drake paraphrases former First Lady Michelle Obama during a segment on his new collection of songs.
On the album “More Life” — he’s calling it a playlist — his mom reminds the rapper to avoid negativity on the track titled “Can’t Have Everything.”
“I am a bit concerned about this negative tone that I am hearing in your voice these days,” Drake’s mom says at the end of the song. “I can appreciate where your uncertainty stems from and you have reason to question your anxieties and how disillusioned you feel, as well as feeling skeptical about who you believe you can trust. But that attitude will just hold you back in this life, and you will continue to feel alienated. Give some thought to this because I’m confident in you and I know you can reach your desired destination and accomplish your goals much more quickly without this confrontation I’m hearing in your tone these days.”
“When others go low, we go high,” she ends.
Mrs. Obama famously said “when they go low, we go high,” during her emotional Democratic National Convention speech in July.
The phrase became a rallying cry for Democrats during the 2016 campaign.
