“Flight’s Booked” tells the story of a long-distance relationship. It wouldn’t be a Drake album without a sample to underscore a song, so he chose a snippet from the 2002 song “Getting Late” by Floetry. The pitched-down sample sings, “Getting late / Why you gotta be / Beside me / Watching, needing, wanting me / I’m afraid, don’t be.” So right away, Drake is in his feels.
Then, the thumping beat comes in and introduces Drake’s first verse. Slowly, Drake croons to an unknown woman named Lila. “I know it’s getting late / And I’m struggling to let go / Although there’s distance between us / There’s no place I’d rather be.” Here, Drake is singing about a woman he either feels physically far away from and/or is being emotionally distant (which Complex previously noted is a Drake standard). Considering that Drake is often traveling and performing around the world, it would be difficult to maintain a relationship with that schedule.
“Owe you some hospitality,” he continues. “Promise I just need some more time / If you can bear with me.” When you look at the song’s title, “Flight’s Booked,” you can assume that he bought a flight for this mystery woman (or the other way around) to visit him. In this verse, Drake is saying that even though he’s busy now, he can “promise” his long-distance lady that the flight is booked and they can be together in the future.
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