Joe Budden Uses Drake’s Medicine Against Him On “Wake”

    Drake may be too big to respond to Joe Budden and his incessant dissing but you had best believe this is a calculated war for Mouse.

    After last week’s “Making a Murderer (Pt. 1)” didn’t get a rise out of anyone in the OVO camp (at least publicly), Budden returns with “Wake,” a more targeted hollow tip that brings to light many of Drake’s alleged shine-stealing tactics to keep himself in the spotlight and those around him in the shadows.

    The record’s cover art utilizes that infamous Rougned Odor to Jose Bautista cold clock and given the lyrical anecdotes included in the song, it was a suitable choice for a photo-op.

    Remember Drake’s appearance in Fetty Wap’s “My Way (Remix)” video? Of course you don’t. It never happened. Joe brings it up. The Weeknd and ILoveMakkonen have since branched out on their own after coming up underneath the 6ix god. Joe brings that up too. Even Courtney from Hooters on Peachtree gets thrown into the equation. Joe (and araabMUZIK once again) used the Petty Crocker recipes to cook up this slander stew.

    To top it all off, Joe intentionally released the track at 2:31 AM — the exact time Drake was born. This takes subliminal trolling to a whole ‘nother level.

    Only two questions will remain: 1) Will Drake respond and 2) will Joe ever stop either way?

    Listen to “Wake” down below and determine your own conclusions for now.

    The lyrics courtesy of Genius can also be found below. (Joey has already verified them and everything. Hell, he probably pre-submitted them.) Let the record show that there is no mention of Hollow Da Don, either.

    [Intro: Kenny Powers]
    New Joe Budden!
    Good afternoon everyone. I’m Kenny Powers. If you’re here and you’re someone Shane cared about, or someone Shane loved. Or maybe you’re just somebody who has no business being here at all who’s just here because you think it’s gonna make you more popular. You know, Shane and I used to fuck around big time. We fuckin’ partied hard. We’d ride our vehicles around. Slay ass

    [Verse 1]
    My condolences, my condolences
    Whole family in mourning send my condolences
    My condolences, crazy I just spoke to him

    Courtney dropping drinks all in Hooters
    She losin’ focus shit

    Don’t send a text, I don’t care y’all mad
    Shit, I waited 5 days nigga where y’all at?

    For real, I’m calling Stunna
    Cause all Summer 16, ain’t heard a hot 16 ’bout all Summer
    Awareness is high, say attention I’m seeking
    Since I’m reaching, it’s offensive they’re convinced I’m a demon
    Such a thin disagreement, son my kin for a reason
    Killing you is expected of me, I don’t win an achievement
    Somebody pinch me I’m dreaming, take this mental reprieving
    Since I know the nigga, I know this ain’t the man that I’m seein’
    I heard it straight from the ‘Bama’s mouth, he won’t pull a hammer out
    Wasn’t you at Hov’s show scared to pull the camera out?
    I’m seeing habits switch, magic tricks
    You froggy behind that Apple fix
    The passiveness in your manor I might react to it
    Automatic shit

    Ratchet kids at your crib that can’t even spell Calabasas bitch
    So I take all the guns, load half the clips
    I just notice you run, we mention half of Clipse

    I’ll save that for another time I’ll get back to it
    I’m kinda shocked to look at what we’ve advanced to
    Knew it’d get you dismantled, knew the issues I ran through
    Sick of the scandal, or maybe I just misunderstand you
    I kept it a buck, thought that, that was shit you could handle
    You said that you wondered if anything you doin’ was brand new, right?
    I got him, no one help, father punch below the belt
    Introspection means dig deep, let’s look below the wealth
    I wanna know myself

    How you tell bitches know they self
    When you don’t even know yourself?
    You wouldn’t know yourself

    Say he Canadian, maybe Asian, Croatian
    Be sounding like his Jamaican friends, depend on what state he in
    I think you rap good, but you a movie star
    So that owl’s appropriate, we don’t know who you are

    Where did the boy’s brain change? Was it the club scene?
    Now you sound like you use people and love things
    But later for how you use people and love things
    The entendres that upswing when I call you drug king
    That record contract, leaves a lot to exam
    Never dealt drugs in his life, but sold a lotta gram
    That’s too much baking soda, good thing my break is over
    They thinking cause my paper lower, this for Rage to blow up
    Or maybe they just woke up
    You leverage your celeb, taking waves over
    That’s territorial takeover
    Maybe he thinks nobody notices
    Gucci wasn’t home two seconds before you rode his dick
    Bodied Versace flows, copy, that he stole
    Ay dios mio, sorry Migos, adios amigo
    Was that your plot all along?

    Why you ain’t do that vid with Fetty but you hopped on the song?
    No really, we want a Party album
    But you keep stealing all of Party’s album
    To go and put it on your party album

    It’s plenty reason to slay you
    Kept going up Tuesday’s and now The Weeknd just hates you
    Are you lifeless? Sound like a zombie on the track
    Remember “Started From the Bottom,” it was Zombie on the Track
    Know who else started from the bottom? Zombie on the Track
    How come after that joint I don’t see Zombie on a track?

    I’m from Jersey, so Zombie I got your back
    Be alarmed the real is finally back
    Get your guard up now, hope your heart up now
    Battery in him, let’s see if he get charged up now
    I’m wake
    I’m wake
    We at the wake

    [Outro: Kenny Powers]
    Who’s Goose and who’s Tom Cruise?
    Well now that Shane is dead I guess we know who is Goose. Shane is Goose. Cause in that motion picture, Goose dies, so Shane is dead so he would be Goose

    110 thoughts on “Joe Budden Uses Drake’s Medicine Against Him On “Wake”

    1. Drake sitting in the studio with writers block !!!!!!!!! Joey got these Drake stands in they feelings …. Emo cats ….

    2. Drake had the best diss ever, Back to Back!!!!!!!!!!! He wont respond to budden, dude isn’t even on the 6 gods level.

      1. Back to back is not in top 25 diss records of all time, yall drake fans crazy!!! Same rules apply to 6 fraud he gotta answer or he taking an L!!! Plain and simple!! He taking an L to joe budden of all people!!! He need to just declare himself a pop star and stop calling himself a rapper, he dont write his bars therefore he is like bryan McKnight, or any other R&B singer who has a production team and a bunch of writers!! No shade just facts, he not no spitter!!!

      2. Joe Budden’s not on Drake’s level but Meek Mill was? Makes sense, Joe is on a higher level than those two.

      3. Fake drake didn’t write back to back dumb fuck quintin Miller did. Shit was garbage, fake drake can’t even write his own diss songs. Bitch made pop princess. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK #THE 6FRAUD WITH VIEWS FROM A BITCH

    3. This bi polar has been has reached way to far all concerned about possible subliminals on 4pm in Calabasas .. Drake will respond at some point and all of you will say the same shit wow he went hard just like Back to Back period end of story.

    4. The truth is: Drake wont respond this, and with all given respect – Budden will look like a crybaby who plays video game and doesnt recognize pad is not plugin in.

    5. Just like riding a bike you never forget Joe can flow FUCK ALL YA’ll that dont think so! Drake will never rap that good goyou have to be atotal idiot to think otherwise

    6. a few months from now people will be saying “remember the time desperate drake haters thought budden was going to “ether” drake and end his career?” to which drake fans will respond “who is budden?”

    7. Back to back was a commercial piece of CRAP, tired of you Drake riders staying on for an extended stay. This is up there with one of the best disses I heard in hiphop history with this “Wake”. He touched on some real events – like how OVO signs and mask artist in the background for Drakes fame. This is rap here in this battle, and its valid enough to say that Drake would be smart to just give this up. Joe is a lyricist and you have to match that with some hardcore battle rappers to snare at him. Meek only allowed Drake to take the mic but that was the worst battle ever…..not even enjoyable – I’m from Philly, no one wanted to hear no BS from Meek….and he fed into Drakes style of warfare and lost by a popularity contest. Drake made about 1 good reference, and it was about Nikki. This is another level, Joey pushed every question into every line and I know Drake has that embedded into his brain. Those were some hard hitting shots…..the PartyNextDoor copying reference, Zombie (NJ stand up), Mack (not mentioned but true)….all who OVO signs and back pages them until Drake gets his usage. Great wordplay with “Wake”, all you riders of Drake have to agree, this was major!! If not, you don’t know rap, missed the Big vs Pac, Jay vs Nas, and Beanie vs Kiss days…..Joe budden just gave you a little taste. Can Drake come back?

    8. Noah 40 Shitbib is probably rubbin Drakes back right now and telling him “everything will be ok Aubrey”

    9. Joe just gonna keep droppin bombs on that pussy fraud he gonna have to reply eventually. Drake we know you know Joe ethered your frail Canadian bacon ass STOP FRONTIN TRICK!

    10. Listen man, I do not like Drake. At. All. I’ve looked forward to the day somebody would embarrass the corny nigga and put him in his place. This is not it. When it’s a better dis when we’re READING the lyrics, than listening to you spit them..it’s a fail. Delivery matters. The shit does not SOUND good. When you read it,it’s like “Oh he said some shit!” But the delivery, choice of beat, and overall sound is trash.

      1. It sounded a little Eminem’ish, or is that the other way around….#SignedToSlaughterHouseFor-A-REASON
        Anyways, I heard every line clearly bro, didn’t need the lyrics – but I can see what your saying….for some they need that “setup” feel to catch a punchline, well I got scars from that one and no need of lyrics. #GOOSEBUMBS

    11. Today is officially Joey day! People forgot what real DISS RECORDS sound like. Back 2 Back??? lol These 2 records just made Hip Hop Fun to listen to again. This is what’s missing from Hip Hop… Competition!!!!! Anyone saying this wack, you really are a Drake stan. It’s okay to like something else.

    12. you Drake haters make me laugh. So angry that the 6 God is killing the game right now. breaking chart records all over the place. Budden is a has been who never got the fame Drizzy has and is now trying to get his name back by going after him. pathetic beyond words. Call me when somebody on Drake’s level comes for him

      1. No one cares about who the bigger artist is or who breaking records or not. You must be young because you don’t know Hip Hop. Just like B Ball if Simmons come in and Cross Lebron, then it is what it is. Who cares who the bigger name, you just got chin checked. You new school people are pathetic. Oh…. he sold more, so he is better and don’t need to respond. Sounds like you should be listening to Pop music!

      2. No one cares about who the bigger artist is or who breaking records or not. You must be young because you don’t know Hip Hop. Just like B Ball if Simmons come in and Cross Lebron, then it is what it is. Who cares who the bigger name, you just got chin checked. You new school people are pathetic. Oh…. he sold more, so he is better and don’t need to respond. Sounds like you should be listening to Pop music!

    13. Drake dont stand a chance against Joe. Anybody with any knowledge of hip hop can see that. All can stans can say is Joe is irrelavant well he aint now huh? Or Joe a nobody, naw Drake a nobody. No one in the industry respects dude on a lyrical level he only gets accolades on sales thats it. DRAKE IS A FRAUD. Dont be mad. The truth hurts and your favorite rapper just got bodied by an irrelavant nobody! Have a nice day : )

    14. Drake dont stand a chance against Joe. Anybody with any knowledge of hip hop can see that. All Drake stans can say is Joe is irrelavant well he aint now huh? Or Joe a nobody, naw Drake a nobody. No one in the industry respects dude on a lyrical level he only gets accolades on sales thats it. DRAKE IS A FRAUD. Dont be mad. The truth hurts and your favorite rapper just got bodied by an irrelavant nobody! Have a nice day : )

    15. If your a Drake fan, find the highest building in your city, go to the roof and jump off that shit! Please.

    16. Drake so hot right now he would be dumb responding to Joe. Besides we all know Joey jst needs some attention.

      1. Yeah we know we know but with these bars one has to wonder can Drake keep up or even out rap Joe. We all know Drake can out song him lol Plus Views sold millions and the album is trash. Who cares about numbers..

      2. he cant outsong him either…since alot of his songs are made by others… the structure and the concepts in Drake’s songs are not his

    17. to Ben Knowin

      Pretty much everyone in the industry respects Drake for what he does, so there’s the first lie right there. Second Drake is the top artist in music right now, far from a nobody. Lie number 2. I think it’s cute you think your opinion means anything or carries any weight with reality. But obviously your jealousy over the fact Drizzy is the king is affecting your common sense. Have a nice day 🙂

      1. Hey whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night bro, underneath the Drake poster thats hanging over your bed hahaha

    18. Ayyyyye……Trust me when i tell you , im from the south…honestly i have no dog in this fight…But Buddens is bodying dude….almost decapitated his carcass in the middle of Broadway

    19. Listen kids,this is nothing to lose sleep over.If Drake responds good,if he doesnt good.You cant go round replying to every diss track if you at the top else evry idiot looking for shine comes after you.

      1. Ay, if you look at Ordinary Love Shit 1=4 you know Buddens can beat a horse straight to death. I’m ready to hear the next 3 right now lol.

    20. Joe Buddens is the biggest lame to enter the game. He never backs up anything says with his lonely tactics. He’s a wack piece of crap and the only thing he’s firing is masturbation into the toilet. After this run, he’s won’t be in the game anymore.

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      1. Go to Church nigga and stay there…this here is a murder…Drake got murdered…the scene is gruesome, satanic

    21. Me included I know he can’t out rap Jumpoff but I still thought he’d respond… Joey too tough tho this ain’t meek bro!!

    22. Me included I know he can’t out rap Jumpoff but I still thought he’d respond… Joey too tough tho this ain’t meek bro!!

      1. Drake the softest has never killed anyone, acting though he ain’t though. Only reason other rappers f with him, because he’s on some pop wave and they all want money , when the popularity decreases, people around him disappear.

      2. Drizzy got murked twice..he’ll try some gimmicky stuff but it won’t work…joe applying the pressure

      1. lol…with a name like Brent, how cute….lol mama’s boy….Prep-e in tha house…that should be ur rap name Prep-E

      2. lol…with a name like Brent, how cute….lol mama’s boy….Prep-e in tha house…that should be ur rap name Prep-E

    23. I love diss tracks, love them, and this one is pretty good. It ain’t Hit Em Up or Ether, or even a Takeover for that matter, but it reminds me of Canibus going at LL, great bars but no chance of taking down a king. I can’t stand Drake, but that dude is on top right now, I think not responding doesn’t do shit to his career and responding and losing maybe loses him ten fans. He’s gonna sell albums regardless. So he should respond. Soon.

    24. Joe budden has done it again I waited 5 days nigga where y’all at drakes bitch…. Jersey!!??

    25. I lost my anal virginity to Drake’s hotline bling. More like hotline O-ring. I shave my testies like his Caesar haircut. My boyfriend loves it. Us dudes from Toronto bang each other and think of Drake’s sexy music. He is the new Village People/Milli Vanilli. The prostate is the new clitoris. Thanks Drake. I have come to understand my body. Go Raptors.

    26. Sucking another man’s penis isn’t quite the same without “one dance” playing in the back round. I love a nice hot load down my throat while listening to Drake. All of us Toronto boys wear turtle necks so our throats don’t get cold when there is a dikk sucking contest. Rainbow power! Go Raptors! Maple syrup makes the best man on man lube when going “back to back”. Eh?

    27. Jesus guys. Stop gay bashing OK. Not cool. If it wasn’t for Drake’s music I wouldn’t have come out of the closet. Thanks to his inspiration I finally give head like a real Toronto fake black man. I can fit the big D in my ass now, before it was just fingers. I love a hotload bling down my throat right before me and my boyfriend go Back to back. The turtleneck is the most I derated tool for relaxing your throat muscles to get a Toronto Raptors center sized baby arm dick down your throat. Thanks Drake.

    28. Drake better just keep quiet and act like he hasn’t heard this shit. LOL. Still bait. Making a murder II is just waiting for Aubrey’s fake ass to reply. Joey hit him with the weaker shit first to see if he would come back, then this. The fire is in the chamber waiting. Drake looking like Wile E. Coyote standing under a falling Boulder with an open umbrella right about now. LOL. I’m living it. Where are all the Drake homo dikk riders at?

      1. You act like you know he hit him with weak shit. You don’t know shit, you fucking clown. Both disses were weak sauce…admit it, I don’t care what he has in the pocket…if you want to diss, go for the throat…

    29. This is terrible. I am so embarassed for Joe Budden. I actually kind of respected him up to 1 month ago but this guy is just a weird lost man. He is obviously a huge Drake fan. You can tell by his attention to detail. But he is now morphed into a deranged stalker stan constructing strange heart-broken love poems to Drake. Drake should be very afraid but not becuase of these bars (they are the dictionary definition of “wack”) but because this could be the weirdo schizophrenic that shoots him over his neurotic obsession. Drake will not respond to this nonsense. Why would he? it would be corny as hell. Any of you Drake-hating-nerds who are supporting this need to really check yourself. This aint like when Jay-Z went at Nas or Mobb-Deep went at Pac. This is like when Mark Chapman obsessed over John Lennon. Its getting frigthening for Joe. He needs a therapist and medication. Drake said it best: “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time”

      1. @ AMC. Please…Drake is a great MC. Betting you dont even know how to listen to bars. Great MCs have quotables plus they are lyrical. Joe’s only quotable is “Pump it Up”. And Jay murdered him on his own beat. Irony of the day: Even ur main man schizo Budden admits Drake is a great MC! He is a Drake stan!!!! So let me get this straight, Krs-One battles Marley Marl to protect the true historic legacy of the birthplace of hiphop. Eminem goes hard after The Source cuz Benzino tried to paint him as an irrevelant racist who wouldnt have made it if he was black. Nas goes hard at Jay-Z cuz Jay-Z claimed he is a lame MC who had a one relevant album. 2Pac goes hard on Biggie cuz he thinks he got set up, shot and robbed by Biggie. Budden goes hard at Drake. Why? Cuz he thinks a couple of bars that aint even about him are about him. Yall fools think this is hiphop? This aint hiphop. This is a delusional guy no cares about trying to revive a dying career by manufacturing his own beef. Its pathetic. He needs to see a psychiatrist.

      2. The shit you saying don’t make no sense!! Bro you making shit up!!! I don’t care 6 fraud gotta answer or he taking an L, SAME RULES APPLY!!!! Cant wait to see what yall drake fans do when he stop calling himself a rapper and go pop!!! Yall gone loose it!!!

      3. @yoz to yoz What you pawns don’t realize is that Drake is industry made. He has an entire team to help him make music. He is NOT an MC. An MC does not have anyone writing rhymes for them. He has an entire machine behind him that is doing such a wonderful job that you do not realize you are being forced to like him. The only delusional ones are you guys who keep stating Joe is not worth responding to when your ‘god’ Drake even called Budden one of the greats! So lets be serious rap is about bars. Yes Joe has said that about Drake being an MC but who wrote those songs that made him and others thing he was great. That is the biggest issue. How do you know what a Drake sound really is. He flip flops his style constantly to morph into the person making the music for him. Drake will stay on top and Joe wont be able to stop that because you guys, his fans, have no reasoning. You guys defend him like if he was your pops. He is a pop star and that machine that is backing him will keep him on top. He is making a lot of important people tons of money. But an MC he is not!

      4. This is by far the dumbest shit I have ever heard. Now you are psychologically evaluating someone. When Jay Z went at Nas, Nas was at home taking care of his sick dying mother. Jay Z saw a weakness and pounced. There is no exact time to go at someone. Drake has the entire machine behind him that makes a ton of money off of him so they keep him on top while bringing others down. To artist who care about money going at him is not a good idea because that machine can black ball them. That being said, Drake is not an MC. An MC can care less who comes at them. If it has substance and skill you have to come back. I am glad that someone is finally exposing him.

    30. i’m a joe budden fan, but cmon, this is boring..let it go..drake shouldn’t even respond, what does he have to gain? hes already the top best rapper in the game…

      1. I agree, him baiting him can be a bit corny but if Drake is who you say he is then he should just get back to him. Even Hov responded to rappers who weren’t worthy (lil niggaz from Harlem World, Jayo Felony, Joe Budden etc) Drake is not bigger than the rap game and this is the part of it. You can’t have your fans win battles for you, That’s not what the best rapper does.

      2. I agree with gaining nothing but I do not agree with him being the best rapper in the game. He is a pop star more than anything else.

    31. I like Joe but i’m almost like what’s the point. These Drake stans are so biased that they can even bring themselves to admit how hot these tracks are. The fact is that Drake came out with a weak diss against Meek Mill, then he had Back 2 Back which was decent but because Meek’s shit was so weak it felt harder than it was. Back 2 Back wasn’t Hit em up, Ether, Takeover, No Vaseline, Dr Day…the list goes on, but when you hear these people talk you would think that Drake was known for putting careers on hold with his rhymes. Drake is actually doing the smart thing, not responding and letting his fans make excuses because he know lyrically he can’t fuck with Joe Budden.

      1. Not even close, you reaching bro!! Back 2 Back was a good song but not even to be mentioned alongside great diss records, come on, the bridge is over, jack the ripper, lets go, and them are all old school joints!! FOH!!!

      2. Fake drake didn’t write back to back dumb fuck quintin Miller did. Garbage disposal song. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK #THE 6FRAUD WITH VIEWS FROM A BITCH

      3. back 2 back was bigger then any diss track ever released, drake bodied meek milly….6 god stand up!

    32. “Get your guard up now, hope your heart up now… Battery in him, let’s see if he get charged up now!”

      “So I take all the guns, load half the clips… I just notice you run, we mention half of Clipse”

      “Maybe he thinks nobody notices… Gucci wasn’t home 2 seconds before you rode his dick”

      “No really, we want a Party album… But you keep stealing all of Party’s album to go and put it on your party album”

      “It’s plenty reason to slay you… Kept goin up Tuesday’s and now The Weeknd just hates you”

      “Bodied Versace flows, copy, that he stole… Ay dios mio, sorry Migos, adios amigo”

      “For real, I’m calling Stunna… Cause all Summer 16, ain’t heard a hot 16 ’bout all Summer // Awareness is high, say attention I’m seeking… Since I’m reachin, it’s offensive they’re convinced I’m a demon… Such a thin disagreement, son my kin for a reason… Killing you is expected, I don’t win an achievement”

    33. Man f*ck all that noise, I”m trying to get on this Audio Trip 2 project from Nino Bless! I heard the shit is supposed to b bananas!

    34. Same rules apply to drake!!! Yall sucka ass drake fans roasted meek for not responding, now yall letting 6 fraud off the hook!!!! NOPE!!!! Same rules apply he gotta answer or he automatically gets an L…. to joe budden of all people. FOH!!!!

    35. The reason drake don’t spit no more is because he wasn’t writing that shit!!! Since meek exposed him that part of his arsenal has been rendered useless!!! He need to just go pop and stop calling himself a rapper!! Seriously!! This is only going to get worse!! HE GETTING EXPOSED YALL!!!!

    36. If you dont recognize this as a good diss and that it deserves a response you dont understand the culture……Period

    37. Why is Joe Budden even dissing Drake? I mean, he had to reach super X-Files hard to find the “subliminal” disses aimed at him. We knew why Meek was angry with Drake but this seems like a stretch.

      1. Drake doesn’t write his rhymes. He lip syncs over his own vocals on stage and has other people handle his beef. He also talks white whenever he isn’t rhyming or being interviewed. Drake has been begging for it for a while. Someone had to.

    38. When did Baseball become more hip hop than basketball? At least them niggas punch each other, it seemed the only things them niggas do in the NBA is punch each other in the nuts and then do no thing about it. How you going to let a man punch you in nuts and not have anyone retaliate? Fuckin new steph curry NBA.

    39. Much better than Making a Murderer. But Drake is not responding. I don’t even think he should since this is a made up beef.

    40. Hahahahhaha!! Drake got MURDERED on this track! He can act all arrogant and not respond saying its beneath him to pay Quentin Miller to write another battle rap for him. Problem is, all of the industry dudes know what’s up. Everyone he dikk rides, Kanye, Em, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Weezy, Niki… They know he got bodied and didn’t do shit because he can’t hang. That Pusha T comment is hilarious. Drake ain’t fucking with Pusha T AT ALL. Win/win for Joe.

    41. week diss. so hypocritical of joe to say drake is too arrogant and wants to him to be humble…what a joke lol joe is the most arrogant rappers thinking he is a top five lyricist or something lol…dude only got signed to shady cuz slaughterhouse was a package deal, its well known he is lyrically the weakest in that group

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