Journal 5 from Cole

To me music and poetry is an escape from the real world. There's music for every type of mood depending on what you feel that day. Music can bring people together, it can help people bond with one another. It touches peoples lives in so many different ways. An artist that really impacted me was Drake. He just tells it how it is an listening to him helps me kinda relax and forget what was going on prior to that. I can relate to him because I tell it how it is also, I don't try to "beat around the bush" as they say, I tell it how it really is. A good example of that is from one of his newer songs God's Plan, "She say do you love me, I tell her only partly, I only love my bed and my mamma I'm sorry." This line made me laugh but it also made me realize, you shouldn't love someone more than your bed or mom and that'll always be true to me.

Drake has impacted my life and I'm sure he's impacted many others. I have much respect for him and his music and I appreciate the opportunity to grow up listening to him.