 Boyd has said he detects a virginal quality in his lyrics and music, and notes that he never knew of him behaving in a sexual way with anyone, male or female.Kirby described Drake's lyrics as a "series of extremely vivid, complete observations, almost like a series of epigrammatic proverbs", though he doubts that Drake saw himself as "any sort of poet".Instead, Kirby believes that Drake's lyrics were crafted to "complement and compound a mood that the melody dictates in the first place".