Pimp flows and screw flows, my shit is sounding like grey tapes
Let me go on and hit that cup, one time 'fore a nigga hit that road
These days keep going by too fast so give me anything to make shit go slow

from Drake (Ft. Rick Ross) – Free Spirit Lyrics on Rap Genius

This section serves as a tribute to deceased Texas rap figures. Chad “Pimp C” Butler was a member of the legendary Texas rap group UGK. The group’s remaining member, Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, has taken to championing Drake

Robert “DJ Screw” Davis, Jr. was another seminal Texas rap figure, associated with the Houston scene. The DJ’s claim to fame was making mixtapes where he slowed down the music, using a technique that would come to bear his name. Screw made almost 250 mixtapes before his 2000 passing, and some of the earlier ones were referred to as grey tapes because they were recorded on a Maxell tape similar to the one shown below:

The “chopped and screwed” sound, and most of the Houston rap scene, would come to be associated with purple drank, a drink containing codeine and promethazine, whose woozy buzz perfectly matched the slowed-down feel of Screw’s tapes. The final two lines mention the drank and its buzz as a means Drake has taken to slow down his fast-paced life.

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