Peak
53
Weeks
20
Score
1,155
Chart Year
2015
The Ancient Greek aphorism "know thyself" is one of the Delphic maxims and has been attributed to a number of ancient Greek sages, including Pythagoras and Socrates. Plato employed the term extensively by having the character of Socrates say "know thyself" to motivate his dialogues. The phrase "Know Yourself" first appeared on a Drake cut at the end of Nothing Was the Same's "From Time." Over time the rapper has made the maxim a recurring theme in songs such as "0 to 100," where he transforms it into a command: "Know yourself, know your worth, nigga!" Now it gets its own song. Drake raps here about "Runnin' through the 6 with my woes." According to the Toronto MC, "woes" stands for "working on excellence." The song has become an anthem for Drake's home city of Toronto with fans chanting about "running through the 6" with their woes. (The '6' is a reference to Toronto's area codes, 416 and 647, which is often used by Drake in his songs.) Drake told Fader: "I always used to be so envious, man, that Wiz Khalifa had that song 'Black and Yellow,' and it was just a song about Pittsburgh. Like, the world was singing a song about Pittsburgh! And I was just so baffled, as a songwriter, at how you stumbled upon a hit record about Pittsburgh. Like, your city must be elated! They must be so proud. And I told myself, over the duration of my career, I would definitely have a song that strictly belonged to Toronto but that the world embraced. So, 'Know Yourself' was a big thing off my checklist."
Hol', hol' it youte, hol' it, hol' it hol' it, hol' it, hol' it No sleepin' in the streets! (Yeah mon, mi tiyad mon) Shaky warrior Yeah, this that Oliver, 40, Niko shit man 15 Fort York shit, y'know? Boi-1da, what's poppin'? Yeah, yeah Runnin' through the 6 with my woes Countin' money you know how it goes Pray the real live forever man Pray the fakes get exposed I want that Ferrari then I swerve I want that Bugatti just to hurt I ain't rockin' my jewelry that's on purpose Niggas want my spot and don't deserve it I don't like how serious they take themselves I've always been me I guess I know myself Shakiness man I don't have no time for that My city too turnt up I'll take the fine for that This been where you find me at That's been where you find me at I know a nigga named Johnny Bling He put me on to the finer things Had a job sellin' Girbraud jeans I had a yellow TechnoMarine Then Kanye dropped, it was polos and backpacks, damn That was when Ethan was pushin' a Subaru hatchback Man I'm talkin' way before hashtags I was runnin' through the 6 with my woes Yeah I was runnin' through the 6 with my woes You know how that shit go You know how that shit go You know how that shit go Runnin' through the 6 with my woes You know how that shit go You know how that shit go You know how that shit go Don't fuck with them niggas they too irrational, whoa This is that nasty flow Top boy in this shit, I'm so international Reps up in here got P Reign and Chubby and TJ and Winnie and whoa Yeah, and you know how that shit go I might declare it a holiday as soon as Baka get back on the road Yeah but you know how that shit go They so irrational, they don't wanna patch it up They wanna mash it up, whoa My nigga Jibba he whip it, I ride in the passenger I'm way up, I stay up, I'm two up, I'm three up I had to get back to you, whoa I'm turnin' into a nigga that thinks about money and women Like twenty-four seven, that's where my life took me That's just how shit happened to go And you know Runnin' through the 6 with my With my I was runnin' through the 6 with my woes And you know how that shit go You know how that shit go You know how that shit go Runnin' through the 6 with my woes You know how that shit go You know how that shit go You know how that shit go Runnin' through the 6 with my woes You know how that shit go Shell out, all if yuh eye nuh big Always haffi look out, yuh no know if yuh head book out Dun know, a de Unruly boss, dis man No bomboclat, otha And if a boy nuh like OVO or Chromatic Yuh can jus suck yuh mada With no apology, if you nuh like we, we nuh like you neither youte Your girl a say we cute, if you diss you will get execute That's the truth, OVO Unruly With my woes
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 7, 2015 | 70 | 56 |
| 2 | Mar 14, 2015 | 75 | 51 |
| 3 | Mar 21, 2015 | 65 | 61 |
| 4 | Mar 28, 2015 | 66 | 60 |
| 5 | Apr 4, 2015 | 57 | 69 |
| 6 | Apr 11, 2015 | 57 | 69 |
| 7 | Apr 18, 2015 | 59 | 67 |
| 8 | Apr 25, 2015 | 53 | 73 |
| 9 | May 2, 2015 | 57 | 69 |
| 10 | May 9, 2015 | 61 | 65 |
| 11 | May 16, 2015 | 62 | 64 |
| 12 | May 23, 2015 | 68 | 58 |
| 13 | May 30, 2015 | 75 | 51 |
| 14 | Jun 6, 2015 | 79 | 47 |
| 15 | Jun 13, 2015 | 82 | 44 |
| 16 | Jun 20, 2015 | 80 | 46 |
| 17 | Jun 27, 2015 | 80 | 46 |
| 18 | Jul 4, 2015 | 86 | 40 |
| 19 | Jul 11, 2015 | 87 | 39 |
| 20 | Jul 18, 2015 | 94 | 32 |