Peak
40
Weeks
13
Score
885
Chart Year
2015
Drake kicks thing off on this track with a braggadocio verse, which finds him referencing the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), a US federal law that focuses on racketeering and punishes acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. Drake worries that with his flashy lifestyle, the federal authorities might indict him under the RICO Act. Meek Mill spits the second verse in which he explains that he tries to keep himself in check since with his criminal record he thinks the authorities are still tracking him. Meek and Drake previously teamed up on "Amen" the lead single from the Philadelphia rapper's debut album, Dreams & Nightmares. According to Meek Mill, Drake doesn't write his own raps. He tweeted: "He ain't even write that verse on my album and if I woulda knew I woulda took it off my album..... I don't trick my fans! Lol." So how did Meek Mill find this out? He said: "When [Drake] said the dream girl s--t on 'R.I.C.O.' I thought he was coming at me. lol Then young bull played me the verse in his voice before my album came out. I was mad as s--t! Lol" 'Young bull' is Philly slang for a younger male. The alleged ghostwriter is rumored to be one Quentin Miller, an Atlanta rapper who has received writing credits on several Drake songs including "6 Man," "Now & Forever," and "You & The 6." The song was produced by Vinylz, Allen Ritter and Cubeatz. Ritter recalled to Genius: "Vinylz and CuBeatz made the beat. So I heard the beat already with Drake on it. Vinylz sent it to me and said, 'You need to add a little breakdown.' What I added was supposed to be for a chorus, but they used it as an outro. Once I sent that, I heard Meek Mill on it when it came out. I'm not even sure whose song it was first. But I heard Drake on it first. This happened probably the end of 2014, early 2015."
Yeah, views, views, views Yeah, yeah, alright Old ways, new women, gotta keep a balance The girl of your dreams to me is probably not a challenge I've been counted out so many times, I couldn't count it Funny how now my accountant is havin' trouble tryna count it To the people that think that I owe you shit Payback's a bitch and you know that shit Y'all niggas gettin' too old for this Please don't think nobody notices I've been up for way too many days Y'all sleep enough for me anyway Y'all don't be doin' shit anyway Y'all are not true to this anyway OVO, East End, Reps Up, we might just get hit with the R.I.C.O Everyone home for the summer, so let's not do nothing illegal I go make fifty million and I give some millions to my people They gon' go Tony Montana and cop them some Shaq at the free throws But they're from the 'Way fam, there's not much to say fam They told me to tell you, you mans are some wastemans And stay in your place fam My dad is from Memphis, and I am the king I should probably just move into Graceland Madonna's a ting I know and I'm the king of pop I'm building Never-Never Land How he hate me when I never met the man? Woo We might just get hit with the R.I.C.O Meek Milly 'Cause we in the field with them birds like we play for the Eagles I'm on probation so let me not talk what's illegal (switch it up) Today I woke up with my dream girl, she rich as a Beatle For my teachers that said I won't make it here I spend a day what you make a year I had to drop this to make it clear That I got it locked like Jamaican hair All theses choppers poppin', niggas wildin', violence Why we even gotta take it here? Why we even gotta play these games? Run up on me, catch a facial there It's the Chasers, what you thought? I come through my block like I'm Rico Poppin' a wheelie, no squealie, can't talk to the cops, that's illegal I was like more a Rich Porter, no double-crossing on my peoples I take an M to the table and split it with my niggas equal I'm back on that hood shit, yeah, that wish you would shit I'm talking that cross you, that fade you fourth quarter Like Jordan, we back on that bullshit We came up from nothing We started on list's most wanted but now it's the Forbes list We really was doing shit I can hear echoes from feds on this beat from informants I think they recording Shh-shh-shh, listen, you hear that? We might just get hit with the R.I.C.O We might just get hit with the R.I.C.O
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 18, 2015 | 57 | 69 |
| 2 | Jul 25, 2015 | 43 | 83 |
| 3 | Aug 1, 2015 | 45 | 81 |
| 4 | Aug 8, 2015 | 46 | 80 |
| 5 | Aug 15, 2015 | 40 | 86 |
| 6 | Aug 22, 2015 | 57 | 69 |
| 7 | Aug 29, 2015 | 68 | 58 |
| 8 | Sep 5, 2015 | 80 | 46 |
| 9 | Sep 12, 2015 | 79 | 47 |
| 10 | Sep 19, 2015 | 87 | 39 |
| 11 | Sep 26, 2015 | 88 | 38 |
| 12 | Oct 3, 2015 | 84 | 42 |
| 13 | Oct 10, 2015 | 100 | 26 |