Kendrick Lamar has finally fired back at Drake on his blistering new diss song “Euphoria” — and he pulls zero punches.
Released by surprise on Tuesday (April 30), the fiery track finds the Compton rapper unloading on his longtime rival for several minutes in response to Drizzy’s own diss records “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle.”
After opening with a sample of Teddy Pendergrass’ “You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration,” over which K. Dot refers to a “pathetic master manipulator” who is “paranoid,” “spiraling” and “fabricating stories on the family front,” the song kicks into life with a sudden beat switch.
From there, Kendrick throws jab after jab — and even a few haymakers — at the 6 God, using everything from his parenting skills, alleged use of ghostwriters and rumored plastic surgery to his appearance, tough guy persona and attitude towards women as ammo.
The Pulitzer Prize winner also accuses Drizzy of sending a cease and desist letter in attempt to have “Like That,” his chart-topping collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin that reignited their long-simmering feud, taken down.
Listen to the song below, and scroll further to read the (many) lyrics aimed at Drake.
• “I park his son, the very first time I shot me a Drac, the homie had told me to aim it this way/ I didn’t point down enough, today I’ll show you I learned from those mistakes/ Somebody had told me that you got a ring, on God, I’m ready to double the wage/ I’d rather do that than let a Canadian n-gga make ‘Pac turn in his grave.”
Context: Drake purchased a $1 million ring that belonged to 2Pac at auction last year.
• “Cole and Aubrey know I’m a selfish n-gga, the crown is heavy/ I pray they my real friends, if not I’m YNW Melly.”
Context: J. Cole and Drake toured together earlier this year and teamed up on “First Person Shooter.”
• “I don’t like you popping shit at Pharrell, for him I’ll inherit the beef/ Yeah fuck all that Pushin’ P, lemme see you Pusha T/ You better off spinning again on him ‘fore you think about pushing me/ He’s Terrence Thornton, I’m Terence Crawford, yeah I’m whooping feet.”
Context: Drake dissed both Pharrell and Pusha T on Travis Scott’s “Meltdown.” He also famously beefed with Pusha in 2018.
• “We ain’t gotta get personal, this a friendly fade, you should keep it that way/ I know some shit about n-ggas that would make Gunna Wunna look like a saint/ This ain’t been about critics, not about gimmicks, not about who the greatest is/ Always been about love and hate, now lemme say I’m the biggest hater.”
Context: Gunna has been accused of snitching on Young Thug for taking a plea deal in the YSL RICO case.
• “I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress/ I hate the way that you sneak diss, if I catch flight it’s gonna be direct/ We hate the bitches you fuck ’cause they confuse themselves with real women/ And notice I said ‘we,’ it’s not just me, I’m what the culture feeling.”
• “How many more fairytale stories about your life ’til we had enough?/ How many more Black features ’til you finally feel that you Black enough?/ I like Drake with the melodies, I don’t like Drake when he act tough/ You gon’ make a n-gga bring back Puff, let me see if Chubbs really crash something.”
Context: OVO Chubbs is Drake’s longtime bodyguard. He recently taunted Kendrick after he dissed Drake on “Like That.”
• “Yeah my first one like my last one, this a classic, you don’t have one/ Let your core audience stomach that, then tell ’em where you get the abs from.”
Context: Drake is rumored to have had plastic surgery on his stomach, which Rick Ross referenced on his recent diss song “Champagne Moments.”
• “Aye Top Dawg, who the fuck they think they playing with?/ Extortion my middle name, as soon as you jump off of that plane, bitch/ I’m allergic to the lame shit, only you like being famous/ Yachty can’t give you no swag neither, I don’t give a fuck about who you hang with.”
Context: Drake accused TDE founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith of extorting Kendrick on “Push Ups.”
• “Surprised you wanted that feature request, you know that we got some shit to address/ I even hate when you say the word ‘n-gga’… but that’s just me, I guess/ Some shit just cringeworthy, it ain’t even gotta be deep, I guess.”
• “Keep making me dance, waving my hand and it won’t be no threat/ I know they call you The Boy but where is the man ’cause I ain’t seen him yet/ Matter of fact, I ain’t even bleed him yet, can I bleed him? Bet.”
• “When I see you standing by Sexyy Red I believe you see two bad bitches/ I believe you don’t like women, it’s real competition, you might pop ass with ’em.”
Context: Drake has a close relationship with Sexyy Red, who he has even referred to as his “rightful wife.”
• “Let’s speak on percentage, show me your splits, I’ll make sure I double back with you/ You were signed to a n-gga that’s signed to a n-gga that said he was signed to that n-gga/ Try a cease and desist on the ‘Like That’ record? Hoe, what, you ain’t like that record? ‘Back to Back,’ I liked that record/ I’ma get back to that, for the record.”
Context: A nod to Pusha T’s “Exodus 23:1” where he mocked Drake’s Young Money deal: “Contract all fucked up/ I guess that means you all fucked up/ You signed to one n-gga that signed to another n-gga/ That’s signed to three n-ggas, now that’s bad luck.”
• “Why would I call around trying to get dirt on n-ggas, y’all thinking my life is rap?/ This hoe shit, I got a son to raise, but I can see you don’t know nothing about that.”
Context: The existence of Drake’s son Adonis was famously exposed by Pusha T on his 2018 diss track “The Story of Adidon.”
• “Ain’t 20 vs. 1, this 1 vs. 20 if I gotta smack n-ggas that write with you/ Yeah, bring ’em out too, I’ll clean ’em out too/ Tell Bean that he better stay right with you/ Am I battlin’ ghost or AI? N-gga feelin’ like Joel Austeen/ Funny, he was in a film called ‘AI’/ And my sixth sense telling me to off him.”
Context: A response to Drake’s line on “Push Ups” where he rapped: “What the fuck is this, a twenty v. one, n-gga?”
• “Yeah, OVO n-ggas is dick riders/ Tell ’em run to America to imitate heritage, they can’t imitate this violence/ What I learn, these n-ggas don’t like the West Coast/ And I’m fine with it, I push the line with it/ Pick a n-gga off one at a time with it/ We can be on a three hour time difference.”
• “Don’t speak on the family, crodie/ It can get deep in the family, crodie/ Talk about me and my family, crodie?/ Someone go bleed in your family, crodie.”
Context: A possible response to Drake seemingly referencing Kendrick’s wife Whitney Alford on “Push Ups.” It could also be a response to Drake’s claim that Top Dawg is extorting him.
• “Whoever that’s fuckin’ with him, fuck you n-ggas and fuck the industry too/ If you takin’ it there, I’m takin’ it further/ Psst, that’s somethin’ that you don’t wanna do… We don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more/ We don’t wanna hear you say ‘n-gga’ no more/ Stop.”
Context: The last few lines are rapped in the same cadence as Kanye West’s “Get ‘Em High” where he said: “We don’t wanna hear that weak shit no mo.'”
Was expecting more.. Just being honest this was kinda just blah. I dunno maybe thays just me.
He got his point across. Point blank period! 🔥
He got his point across. Point blank period! 🔥
Chopped drake up with this one, best diss so far out of all them. Cole had a decent one but know fire behind it.
Cole had the best bars on any of the songs. None of them sound good, which is supposed to be the objective of rap songs, or at least that’s what it used to be. Today, I don’t know. Seems like dickriders just cheer for who they like. When you see people saying I want to like something before even hearing it, it lets you know where we’re at with this shit now. This was fucking terrible just like the Drake song, and Cole’s was mid. First time I heard Hit Em Up or Ether, I didn’t go I want to like it. I fucking liked it. SMH. Mofos going looking up lyrics on Rap Genius to decipher diss songs. Like what the fuck?
Not a K. Dot fan in the least. Lol.
a lot of weak emo talk. dudes have zero flex on the mic. pathetic master manipulator? it’s like some bitch ghost wrote this
And he said that shit twice. When I was reading comments on it, I thought dude went off. Hel, the AI Kendrick intro diss sounded better than this shit. Hip hop is through for this generation. Somebody needs to do something about this shit.
LOL Is “manipulator” too big of a word for your ghetto ass?
He did his numbers
This shit ass
Go P POP with Drake
Drake is that you?
This generation is embarrassing. This is the dude these dummies have in the conversation with the Nases and Pacs? SMH. Better keep doing these fake beefs because if these clowns are the best hip hop has to offer in 2024, it’s over. As usual, Kendrick makes a terrible song. Black Eminem.
“Cole and Aubrey know I’m a selfish n-gga, the crown is heavy/ I pray they my real friends, if not I’m YNW Melly.”
Context was YNW Melly being on trial for a double homicide.
Cole and Aubrey know I’m a selfish n-gga, the crown is heavy/ I pray they my real friends, if not I’m YNW Melly.”
Context was YNW Melly being on trial for a double homicide.
Cole and Aubrey know I’m a selfish n-gga, the crown is heavy/ I pray they my real friends, if not I’m YNW Melly.”
Context was YNW Melly being on trial for a double homicide.
Kendrick lost his credibility given by drake once he collaborated with taylor swift, the ultimate pop sellout
Drake uses humor and talks about your girl, Kendrick switched multiple cadence and beats, J Cole been on his mental health shit so he apologized. Everyone is being who they’ve always been lol
Kendrick a fake gangster that lived in a suburban neighborhood and whose inspiration is taylor goddamm swift.
I was expecting way more than that. he basically just recycled ross’ race card. I know his d riding fans will overhype it though
Shit was fire…when Kendrick was talking about what he hate, he is simply remind us what DMX hate about drake, do your research before you criticize beef song.
Yeah, we know, it’s only been pointed out 50x in every comment section everywhere. Song sucks. Lyrics are fine. The voice is horrible, like chalk on a nail board. Idk what happened to kendrick over the years. It’s like he went through reverse puberty. The GAYification and feminization of hiphop will define this generation of hiphop.
you full of shit!
you full of shit
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I was hoping this would play more on the ‘he makes aggressive shopping music’ angle
Will the mega fruity Sc00by is a pathetic culture vulture and a super h0 m0.
Good joint!! Kendrick spitting also I’m feeling the production and the switch
All you need is in the pictures above in the thumbnail. Drake holds the mic like hes strokjng and about to slob a knob. Thats not how you hold a mic. Thats how you suck a fatcock. He gets mixed up. Like when he said hes a lesbian. Yeah. He is a lil bitch. But he forgot he sucks a mean one too.
Dont worry drake fans no one expects you to have the attention span or be able to understand the true destruction here.
Mixed feelings on this one. I don’t really class any of the “Big 3” as GOAT tier rappers. Kendrick for his part at least put out an actual diss track and he went for the jugular. But I thought his cadence and delivery was horrible and his voice was incredibly annoying. Can’t say I’ve really felt any of it. Ether, Takeover, Ripper Strikes Back, 2nd Round Knockout, Hit Em Up etc…. THOSE are diss tracks, when it makes you amped up. This is errr.
Agreed. It’s really the voice and delivery that make it terrible. Lyrics are solid. Kendrick voice has gotten unbearable over the past decade. 2009 to 2012 he sounded great. Now he sounds like a gay Trans dude pretending to have his first period after operation.
sigh
pac would have all these lames on the corner wearin a skirt
pac would have all these lames on the corner wearin a skirt
You mean like Pac did in that one video where he’s wearing a dress and a wig? Pac was extremely talented, but was a fake wannabe thug who CHOSE to become a thug as he got more famous.
This is how you make a battle track. Old school Hip Hop fans know this is what Hip Hop is supposed to be. He obliterated him with truths. People that don’t like his politics will dismiss this but it’s obviously dope.
Except hiphop is supposed to sound good as well. Sounding like a hormonal woman on the mic… gets bo more play from most, aside from d riders.
Can’t lie….. I’m pretty disappointed.
This shit sucked but we all know we gotta give the fake deep wokes space to breathe
Kendrick has good lyrics, but I can’t stomach his voice anymore. It’s so annoying. I lived his monotone sound from 2009 to 2012. It was super solid, west coast, and a perfect mix of old and new. Now he sounds like every other radio rapper, with good lyrics.
mofo you full of shit
I feel like J. Cole had the best diss song. But I expected more from all of them. Listen to something like Officer Down by Lloyd Banks and you feel like Lloyd Banks would easily bury all of them.
The lame aspect is that kendrick was waiting for a feature from a mumble rapper to express his long lived hatred/dislike of Drake. Then comes with a diss song of his own to say what anyone can say about someone they don’t like. All he’s simply said is he’s not a fan of the things he listed. The song has no grounds. The song and this whole beef proves nothing. U’r just not friends it’s not that u’r enemies.
Drake is done, people trahsin the song are dick riders.. Yall don’t know anything about hip-hop.. Please stfu and go to sleep. Drake a coward he way too emotional for the music..
Drake is done, people trahsin the song are dick riders.. Yall don’t know anything about hip-hop.. Please stfu and go to sleep. Drake a coward he way too emotional for the music..
Drake is done, people trahsin the song are dick riders.. Yall don’t know anything about hip-hop.. Please stfu and go to sleep. Drake a coward he way too emotional for the music..
If you a man and you feelin drake, you gay!