Hive Open Mic Week 271//More Than a Freestyle: My Truth on Nokia By Drake

Hello beautiful people, this is hive open mic weekend 271. I'm Favour Agina just trying out this contest for the first time and I'm doing what I can do best 😁

There’s something about certain beats that speak to your soul before you even drop a word. Nokia by Drake does exactly that and there is no way I can ignore that. It hit me like an old message I didn’t know I needed something raw, familiar, and honest. The first time I heard it, I wasn’t just listening. I was remembering. I was feeling. And then, I was freestyling.

My freestyle over Nokia wasn’t just about bars, it was about breathing. It felt like letting go of years I’ve carried on my back: stories I’ve never told, scars that still sting, and wins that the world overlooked. That beat? It sounded like it was born in a basement full of dreams and dead batteries. No gloss. Just hunger. Just soul. And that’s exactly where I met it with my truth.

From the jump, that haunting sample felt like an echo from the past because we hear the sound from the instrument but I heard something more deeper than that, I heard a sound like a broken voicemail that still mattered. It brought me back to simpler, harder times. Before all the filters and timelines. Back when it was Nokia phones, mixtape ambition, and sharing texts with your friends just to send a messages. The Nokia era wasn’t about flash it was about survival. And that’s what this freestyle is built on.

I didn’t come with fantasy. I came with facts. I came with that weight I carry when people underestimate me, and that fire I use to prove them wrong without saying a word. This wasn’t a rap, it was therapy. I let the beat guide me. No pen, no polish. Just passion, ambition and love. Every bar I spit carries pieces of pavement I’ve walked, every pause echoes the pressure I’ve faced. You can hear the battles I had to overcome and still facing more with God's help in it.

One line that stuck with me the most was:
"I'm not stressing about that vibes I got God with me and His protecting me, everything I do is legitimately I don't care about the haters come near me I hit the flow so good men I'm in control."
That’s not a punchline. That’s my life. I remember borrowing phones, timing voice notes between call drops, and making moves with nothing but a prayer and persistence. No shortcuts. Just sweat. While others were showing off, I was showing up quietly, consistently.

And while the world scrolled past, there was one girl who just made my life more blessed when she came through. She saw me really saw me. Not just the version chasing goals, but the one behind the scenes, battling doubt. She’s not just beautiful, she’s my fire to make sure I achieve much bigger than I have ever done. In the middle of our storms, we calmed each other. In my freestyle I said:
“In everything I do, I do it for you forward girl, get you whatcha you need you don't need to worry let they whole damn talk you ain't in none of them world, I'm just hitting like I got it in flow I'm so high in this world I can not fold, I wanna hold it down for you anyhow you want it.”
She doesn’t even realize how much brighter our world could be if she gave me that chance, that space. She’s not a muse, she’s a movement. If she ever opens that door, I’ll paint her days in color and rewrite her nights with care. She deserves more than the average and I’m ready to give her everything real.

This one’s also for the doubters the ones who told me I couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t. The ones who threw shade when I was trying to find the sun. I see them now. Watching quietly. Plot twist I never needed validation. But now they’re forced to watch the rise they thought would never come well if they had the chance to watch this video I'm pretty sure they wouldn't believe that I'm the one making things happen through God's grace.
It’s not about revenge. It’s about growth. I was grinding when it was just me and the mirror. Now, the mirror reflects more than a dreamer it shows a doer. I’m not where I want to be yet, but I’m so far from where I started. And that’s the win.

What makes this freestyle different? It’s not chasing likes it’s chasing legacy. It’s for the late bloomers, the quiet hustlers, the real ones still out here planting seeds. It’s for anyone who’s ever felt left behind, overlooked, or misunderstood. I talked about real losses, silent cries, fake love, and still finding the strength to show up. Because showing up? That’s power.

I took inspiration from the old Drake that vulnerable, hungry storyteller who made journey in life sound like poetic. But this time, I didn’t just copy the movements, I went through it. I didn’t rehearse. I released. There’s a big difference. This freestyle is raw. It’s mine. It’s me.

So yeah, I freestyled over Nokia. And it wasn’t just rap. It was release. It was part of my life and more to come. It was heart.
For the girl who might think I'm not serious when it comes to her in my life and so much more letting her know what she means to me.
For the people who doubted and now checking me out with different ways stay tuned like it’s a show.
And for the future I’m building every single day bar by bar, breath by breath, beat by beat. I'm not gonna stop till I see the bigger picture of everything, one love to everyone in this amazing community 🚀❤️