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Drake's Song 'Started From The Bottom'
Finally, in the song “Started From The Bottom” his whole theme for the song is how he “started from the bottom” and overcame all his obstacles and all his losses and still somehow made it to the top of the rap game. This song was on Drake’s album, Nothing Was The Same released in 2013. By this time Drake was a dominated force in the rap game, featuring on many artist tracks, and having many artists featured on his. On this album in particular, it went platinum in less than two months. Drake has a pattern of not only talking about different losses he’s experienced in his life, but also losses other people have taken or will take, and showing that through life “you win some, and you lose some” but you can always use the loss to your benefit,

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