Drake sings in the song: “My dad got cancer right now, we battlin’ stages. Trust me when I say there’s plenty things I’d rather be facing (For real)/And this time, ask me to dig deeper, I’ll gladly explain it.”
Drake – real name Aubrey Graham – also spoke about his parents, including his 66-year-old mum, Sandi Graham, later on in the tune.
The rapper-and-singer continued: “I know for sure that my parents, they look at me and see an overcomer/I’m looking back at them and these days, I see an older couple.”
Drake also used the song to admit to his worries about ageing.
He continued: “I’m ‘bout to turn forty, dog, I’m battlin’ ageing. I’m battlin’ the fact that the album ain’t even drop and already they a**** complainin’/F*** it, I’ll battle the label/F*** it, I’ll battle the majors.
“I’ll battle the stations ‘til my a** is back in rotation/Shout out to the real fans that knew what I had in the basement/Shout out to the fake fans, I thought we had an arrangement.”
Drake’s team put a huge ice block tower – estimated to be around 4.5m-high, 6m-long, and 4.5m-wide – in a carpark in downtown Toronto, Canada, and he told fans the release date of Iceman was inside.
The promo stunt – in addition to a social media announcement – came after the One Dance hitmaker admitted he was tired of the standard album rollout process and needed a “challenge”, during an interview with Complex Music.
