What they viewing as bragging is the way that I maintain
The shit I write while staring out the window of a plane
Is the single-handed reason I remain me

from Drake – The Calm Lyrics on Rap Genius

Drake finds rapping therapeutic; he raps to escape the anxiety of success, but rapping makes him more successful, which makes him more anxious… (vicious cycle)

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