Drake – Started From the Bottom

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High-angle over green artificial turf. Large painted logo: blue TORONTO over Parks, Forestry & Recreation with blue skyline icon (CN Tower shape).

Next: And it opens high over green artificial turf. A large painted logo reads TORONTO over Parks, Forestry and Recreation. Blue skyline icon with a CN Tower shape. About nine boys in matching bright red soccer kits run across the logo. a white soccer ball near center.

White pitch lines. Bright even light. Now indoor sports dome. Red-kit players versus black-kit players mid-match. White inflated dome walls. A soccer goal visible.

Bright interior. Here, snowy residential street. A white Bentley Continental convertible. B logo on the grille and hubcaps. Ontario-style plate visible. Drake stands in the driver’s seat area in an all-white hoodie and white pants.

Bare winter trees. Brick and wood suburban houses. Blowing snow. Now bright overcast white-on-white grade.

Lowish angle. same street and car. Drake mid-motion jumping or leaning from the white convertible. Snow spray and flakes. White tracksuit. Now Drake beside the white Bentley on the snowy street.

All-white hooded tracksuit. Hands gesturing toward camera. Bare trees and houses. Falling snow. retail aisle. Pharmacy look. Drake left foreground in a cream and navy color-block polo with red collar trim. Employee uniform. Short curly hair. Beard. Mouth mid-speech looking left. And the hook arrives early — “Started from the bottom now we’re here”

From here, behind him a bald man with a thick reddish beard and glasses adjusting his frames. Farther right a third bearded man in the same uniform with a white name-tag. Text illegible on the tag. White shelves packed with mouthwash-type bottles. Green and amber liquids. Meanwhile, Red and white shelf tags.

Bright fluorescent retail light. Now pharmacist behind the counter. Man with glasses and short brown hair. Light-blue button-down. Name tag. Next, Blue sign fragment with white lettering including partial PRESCRIPTION.

Here, Drake alone mid snowy street in the white tracksuit. White Bentley parked right-rear. Fine falling snow. Bare trees. Cool bright winter. close inside the store.

Male employee with a thick red-blonde beard, glasses, and a grey beanie. Uniform polo. Mouth wide open laughing or shouting. Another employee soft behind. Now the same bearded beanie employee looking upward smiling.

Other employee back-view showing the cream navy red uniform. Bright store. Here, female customer with long dark wavy hair. Bearded employee arm and head partial in the foreground gesturing. Store interior. bearded employee leaning toward the female customer.

Back of her head. Background man in a black jacket and black baseball cap near the exit. Now checkout counter block. Bearded clerk with glasses, grey beanie, red-trim polo talking across the counter to the woman with long dark hair. She wears a white ribbed low-cut long sleeve. Alternating close-ups of the clerk looking down and up and her face.

Concern then smile. Meanwhile, Drake in the same uniform later at the counter speaking to her. Back of her head. His close intent look. Blue checkout monitor shows 3. woman customer close-ups.

Under that hold the lyric is blunt: “Started from the bottom now my whole team fucking here”

Concerned then smiling toward Drake. Now bearded clerk near the checkout monitor. Blue screen shows 3. Looking aside. And the verse stays plain — “I done kept it real from the jump” So grocery aisle wide. Blue and white confetti and debris filling the air. Figures in the aisle mid celebration. Fluorescent store.

Flying paper chaos. dark club party interior. Woman in a black baseball cap foreground. Dim atmospheric lights. Now Drake center dancing under a large stone plaster archway.

Dark short-sleeve tee. Light-wash jeans. Gold chain. Knees bent. Arms out. Here, Crowd of men and women in dark clothes flanking.

Warm pendant lanterns in a peach-walled room beyond the arch. Vaulted ceiling. Moody warm grade. dark VIP-like space. Red curtains behind. Man foreground in a black tee with white print STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM. Group gathered. And the line cuts clean — “Living at my mama’s house we’d argue every month”

The picture shifts: four men lined against a dark wall. Drake second from left in a black tee, gold chain, and black baseball cap. Far-left and far-right men in black tees with arched white DREAM CREW lettering. Now dark crowded dance floor.

Shadowed close bodies. Low light. Here, night aerial high angle over an industrial urban area. Foreground illuminated billboard. Yellow gold sans-serif on black reads STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM. Small gold OVO owl logo bottom-right of the board.

Lattice tower. Spotlights. Streetlights. Low warehouses. Curved road with taillights. Next, wide night aerial city grid of lights.

CN Tower glowing landmark on the right side. Now woman face-down on a light tufted sofa. Maroon purple long-sleeve sweatshirt. Dark leggings. Soft interior. private-jet cockpit exterior at night.

Two pilots visible inside. City lights and the CN Tower through the windows behind. Next, close on the CN Tower top at night. Purple and white illumination. Blurred city lights far below. Now Drake seated in a private-jet cabin. Dark zip hoodie with a repeating white circular pattern over a dark tee. Clear short glass in his left hand. Right hand gesturing near his face. Eyes squinted mid-line. Cream leather seat. Oval window showing a night city light grid. Brass cup holders. Red PULL panel label above the window. And the flex lands — “Now I’m on the road, half a million for a show”

POV from a moving golf cart on a narrow tropical path. Lush green foliage and palms. Another golf cart ahead. Daylight. After that, Drake outdoors tropical.

White shirt with a colorful busy geometric pattern. Looking back over his shoulder to camera. Water coastline and palms behind. Bright sky. Now tropical villa block.

Drake profile close in a cream patterned geometric shirt. Yellow orange brown. Tropical foliage and a dark pitched roof behind. Now Side and back looking toward a stone villa with palms.

Heavy golden lens flare version. Wide open-air stone patio with brick floor. White-clothed tables and potted plants. Drake walking across. Meanwhile, Drake outside the stone villa in a navy black tracksuit jacket.

The track answers without a subtitle: “Nigga, I was trying to get it on my own”

Two large white pots with agave-style plants in the foreground. Late-day light. twilight wide. Silhouette figure from behind overlooking a calm bay lined with palms under a purple-hued sky. Now night villa bar table.

Drake among a group of men. Many liquor bottles on the table. Cognac-style bottles prominent. Warm practicals. night close. Drake in a grey hoodie holding a red cloth or bandana up over his eyes and face. Dark party figures soft behind. And the reminder hits — “I wear every single chain, even when I’m in the house”

A beat later, night. Drake black tee, gold chains, white headband with red green graphic tied on his forehead. Seated among women. Lounge vibe. Now night party under wooden rafters.

Crowd around drink tables. Warm lamps. low-angle close Drake rapping. White graphic tee and the same patterned headband. Hand adjusting the headband mid-motion. night pool.

Drake submerged chest-deep in a white tee. One hand holding the red cloth bandana high. Other arm raised. Dark water. Night lights. Now three men against a dark maroon-red backdrop. Center black tee with white HABIBIZ. Holding a hookah hose. Thick white smoke cloud across the face. Right black tee JACK JONES. Left a bearded man partially cropped. And the bridge stays blunt — “No new niggas, nigga we don’t feel that”

Two men profile on the same maroon backdrop. Left in a white tee and bright red baseball cap and gold chain. Right dark shirt smiling and gold chain. Facing each other. After that, crowded club under a stone arch.

Man with a reddish-brown beard and longish hair in a black hoodie looking toward camera. Crowd behind. Chandelier glow in the distance. Warm yellow-green tint. Now wide from behind.

Drake center arms slightly raised in an oversized black jersey-style shirt and jeans. Crowd lined both sides of the hall path. High arched ceilings. Warm golden light. Next, left white overlay reads DRAKE over STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM.

Meanwhile, the TORONTO Parks logo stays the open stamp. Blue letters on the painted turf block. Red kits running over it. White ball near the center line. the Bentley grille B and white leather interior in the snow.

All-white tracksuit against bare trees. Ontario plate on the bumper. Blowing flakes across the low angle. Now the pharmacy polo cream navy red trim.

Mouthwash greens and ambers on white shelves. PRESCRIPTION fragment on the blue counter sign. Grey beanie and red-blonde beard at checkout. Monitor showing 3. Meanwhile, confetti blue and white fills the aisle air.

Figures mid celebration under fluorescent strips. the archway dance with the peach room beyond. Pendant lanterns glowing warm. Gold chain on the dark tee. Light-wash jeans. Knees bent mid move.

Now DREAM CREW arched lettering on the black tees. STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM print on another black tee. Red curtains in the VIP dark. the night billboard yellow gold on black.

You can hear it sitting on the cut: “Working all night, traffic on the way home”

OVO owl small at the corner. CN Tower purple white above the city grid. the jet cabin cream seat and PULL label. Oval window city lights. Glass in hand. Pattern hoodie.

Now tropical path golf carts and palms. Patterned geometric shirt at the coast look-back. Stone patio white tables. Agave pots at the villa. Purple dusk bay silhouette. Here, night bottles on the bar table.

Red bandana over the eyes. Headband red green graphic. Pool chest-deep white tee. Meanwhile, HABIBIZ and JACK JONES on the maroon wall. Hookah smoke cloud. After that, the hall from behind. DRAKE STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM overlay left. Crowd parted down the warm golden aisle. The frame finds indoor dome match red versus black. Inflated white walls. Goal frame. Now snow street alone white tracksuit.

Bentley right-rear. Meanwhile, customer white ribbed sleeve at the counter. Clerk looking up then down. Drake intent close in uniform. dark cap woman in the club open.

Four-man wall line with Drake in the black cap. Shadow dance floor bodies. Now sofa face-down maroon sweatshirt. Cockpit pilots and CN Tower through glass. dusk silhouette at the bay.

Navy tracksuit at the agave pots. Wooden rafters party tables. Low-angle headband adjust. Next, Red white tee men smiling on maroon. Stone arch hoodie beard toward camera. From here, indoor dome match red versus black. Inflated white walls. Goal frame. Now snow street alone white tracksuit.

Bentley right-rear. customer white ribbed sleeve at the counter. Clerk looking up then down. Drake intent close in uniform. Next, dark cap woman in the club open.

Four-man wall line with Drake in the black cap. Shadow dance floor bodies. Now sofa face-down maroon sweatshirt. Cockpit pilots and CN Tower through glass. Here, dusk silhouette at the bay.

Navy tracksuit at the agave pots. Wooden rafters party tables. Low-angle headband adjust. After that, Red white tee men smiling on maroon. Stone arch hoodie beard toward camera. Next: indoor dome match red versus black. Inflated white walls. Goal frame. Now snow street alone white tracksuit.

Bentley right-rear. Meanwhile, customer white ribbed sleeve at the counter. Clerk looking up then down. Drake intent close in uniform. dark cap woman in the club open.

Four-man wall line with Drake in the black cap. Shadow dance floor bodies. Now sofa face-down maroon sweatshirt. Cockpit pilots and CN Tower through glass. Meanwhile, dusk silhouette at the bay.

Navy tracksuit at the agave pots. Wooden rafters party tables. Low-angle headband adjust. Next, Red white tee men smiling on maroon. Stone arch hoodie beard toward camera.

Now dome interior. Red versus black kits. Inflated white walls. Goal visible. Bright sports light. snow street Bentley Continental. B on grille and hubcaps. Ontario-style plate. Drake standing in the white hoodie and white pants. Bare trees. Suburban brick and wood. Blowing snow. White-on-white overcast. jump lean from the convertible. Snow spray. Beside the car gesturing to camera. Falling flakes. Now pharmacy aisle.

Cream navy polo red collar trim. Drake mid-speech left. Bald reddish beard glasses adjusting behind. Now Third uniform name-tag illegible. Mouthwash green and amber rows. Shelf tags red white. Fluorescent bright. Meanwhile, prescription counter. Light-blue button-down. Glasses. Name tag. Blue sign partial PRESCRIPTION. alone on the snow street again. Bentley right-rear. Fine snow. Cool bright winter. Now store close.

Red-blonde beard. Grey beanie. Glasses. Mouth wide laughing. Employee soft behind. Looking up smiling next.

From here, Uniform back view cream navy red. long dark wavy hair customer. Bearded arm gesturing foreground. Lean-in at her back. Black jacket black cap near exit. Next, checkout.

Red-trim polo clerk. White ribbed sleeve on her. Concern then smile on her face. Drake in uniform intent close. Monitor blue with 3. Now confetti aisle. Blue white paper filling air. Figures celebrating. Fluorescent chaos. dark club open. Black baseball cap woman foreground. Dim lights. Next, archway dance. Dark tee light jeans gold chain. Knees bent arms out. Crowd flanks dark clothes.

Peach room beyond. Pendant lanterns warm. Vaulted ceiling. Moody gold. Now red curtains VIP.

Black tee white STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM print. Group gathered. four-man wall. Drake black tee gold chain black cap. DREAM CREW arched white on the end tees. Next, shadowed dance floor bodies.

Low light. Now night billboard. STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM in yellow gold on black. OVO owl small corner. Lattice tower spotlights. Warehouses. Curved road taillights. city grid aerial. CN Tower glowing right. After that, sofa face-down. Maroon purple sweatshirt. Dark leggings. Soft room. Now jet cockpit night. Two pilots. CN Tower through glass. Close tower top purple white. City blur below. Meanwhile, cabin seat cream leather.

Pattern zip hoodie. Clear glass in hand. Gesture near face. Eyes squinted. Oval window light grid. Brass cup holders. Red PULL label. golf cart POV tropical path. Palms and lush green. Cart ahead. Daylight. Now look-back patterned colorful shirt. Coast water palms bright sky. Here, villa profile cream geometric yellow orange brown. Dark pitched roof. Foliage. Lens flare heavy. Stone patio brick floor.

White tables. Potted plants. Walking across. After that, navy black tracksuit at agave white pots.

Late day. Twilight bay silhouette palms purple sky. Now night bottles cognac-style on the bar table. Group of men. Warm practicals. grey hoodie red cloth over eyes.

Soft party behind. Black tee gold chains. White headband red green graphic. Women around. Lounge. rafters party drink tables warm lamps. Low-angle white graphic tee headband adjust. Pool chest-deep white tee. Red bandana high. Arm raised. Dark water night lights. Now maroon backdrop. HABIBIZ tee hookah smoke. JACK JONES tee right. Bearded crop left. red cap white tee gold chain facing smiling gold chain.

A beat later, stone arch crowd. Reddish beard black hoodie toward camera. Chandelier distance. Warm yellow green. Now from behind. Oversized black jersey jeans. Arms slightly raised. Crowd parted. High arches. Warm gold. Now DRAKE STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM overlay left. And the explaining line from cache — “We don’t like to do too much explaining”

What sticks when the credits end is the walk through Started From the Bottom — rooms, faces, props, and text the camera actually held.

Nobody needs a fake backstory glued on. The edit already argues in chronological order.

If one exact line rides the whole cut home, take this one: “Working all night, traffic on the way home”

Earlier the song already said the quiet part: “Started from the bottom now we’re here”

Replay it and the structure stays honest: enter, move, spend the runtime on what the lens can prove. Drake doesn’t lecture the plan. The pictures spend it.

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