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6:16 in LA

By Kendrick Lamar · Targeting Drake

6:16 in LA is a diss track by Kendrick Lamar targeting Drake. The track is part of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's 2024 exchange, a rapid sequence of response records that followed Kendrick's verse on “Like That.”

Released2024

Annotated3

ExplicitYes

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Lyrics & breakdown

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[Intro]
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Uh (Uh)
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Uh (Uh)
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Uh, yeah (Uh)
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It's survival, survival
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I think somebody lying
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Smell somebody lying
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I don't see no fire
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[Verse 1]
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Off-white Sunseeker at the marina
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Fuck a Phantom, I like to buy yachts when I get the fever
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Wine cooler spill on my white t-shirt, the sightseer
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Trifecta, money, morals, and culture, that's my leisure
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My visa, passport tatted, I show up in Ibiza
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Lucalis dwellings in Brooklyn just to book me some pizza
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Who could reach us? Only God could teleport this type of freedom
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God, ah, my confession is yours
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But, who am I if I don't go to war?
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There's opportunity when livin' with loss
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I discover myself when I fall short
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Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize
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Me jumpin' planets immortalized, I correspond
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Three angels watchin' me all the time
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Put my children to sleep with a prayer, then close my eyes
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Definition of peace
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Tell me who gon' stop me? I come from love
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Estelle cover my heart, then open me up
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Remember when picked up a pen, lyrics that I can trust
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Timid soul, stare in the mirror, askin' where I was from often
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I know this type of power is gon' cost
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But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star
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The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art
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But the industry's cooked as I pick the carcass apart
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[Verse 2]
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Yeah, somebody's lyin', I can see the vibes on Ak'
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Even he lookin' compromised, let's peel the layers back
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Ain't no brownie points for beating your chest, harassin' Ant
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Fuckin' with good people make good people go to bat
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Conspiracies about Cash, dog? That's not even the leak
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Find the jewels like Kash Doll, I just need you to think
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Are you finally ready to play have-you-ever? Let's see
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Have you ever thought that OVO is workin' for me?
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Fake bully, I hate bullies, you must be a terrible person
Multi-line diss block
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Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it
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Can't Toosie Slide up outta this one, it's just gon' resurface
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Every dog gotta have its day, now live in your purpose
Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated
TargetDrake
MeaningWhat it means: In “Fake bully, I hate bullies, you must be a terrible person,” Kendrick Lamar says Drake's public story or image is false rather than a reliable account of who the target is. Why it was said: The track is part of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's 2024 exchange, a rapid sequence of response records that followed Kendrick's verse on “Like That.” Once the persona is presented as invented, the boasts and accusations built on it become easier for listeners to dismiss.
ContextThe track is part of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's 2024 exchange, a rapid sequence of response records that followed Kendrick's verse on “Like That.”
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It was fun until you started to put money in the streets
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Then lost money 'cause they came back with no receipts
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I'm sorry that I live a boring life, I love peace
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But war-ready if the world is ready to see you bleed
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The Elohim, KTW, know you can't sleep, these images trouble you
Multi-line diss block
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Know the wires in your circle should puzzle you
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If you were street-smart, then you woulda caught that your entourage is only to hustle you
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A hundred niggas that you got on salary
Block noteQuestions the target's judgment
TargetDrake
MeaningWhat it means: In “If you were street-smart, then you woulda caught that your entourage is only to hustle you,” Kendrick Lamar characterizes Drake as unintelligent, careless, or unable to understand the situation being addressed. Why it was said: The track is part of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's 2024 exchange, a rapid sequence of response records that followed Kendrick's verse on “Like That.” The insult makes the target's decisions part of the evidence: a poor response can be framed not as strategy, but as proof that Drake never understood the contest.
ContextThe track is part of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's 2024 exchange, a rapid sequence of response records that followed Kendrick's verse on “Like That.”
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And twenty of 'em want you as a casualty
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And one of them is actually next to you
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And two of them is practically tired of your lifestyle
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Just don't got the audacity to tell you
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But let me tell you some game 'cause I can see you, my lil' homie
Multi-line diss block
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You playin' dirty with propaganda, it blow up on ya
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You're playin' nerdy with Zack Bia and Twitter bots
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But your reality can't hide behind Wi-Fi
Block noteCalls the target's toughness an act
TargetDrake
MeaningWhat it means: In “But your reality can't hide behind Wi-Fi,” Kendrick Lamar portrays Drake as frightened or unwilling to stand behind the aggression shown in public. Why it was said: The track is part of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's 2024 exchange, a rapid sequence of response records that followed Kendrick's verse on “Like That.” A diss threat depends on the audience believing the speaker will confront the opponent; calling Drake afraid is designed to empty that threat of force.
ContextThe track is part of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's 2024 exchange, a rapid sequence of response records that followed Kendrick's verse on “Like That.”
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Your lil' memes is losin' steam, they figured you out
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The forced opinions is not convincin', y'all need a new route
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It's time that you look around on who's around you
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Before you figure that you're not alone, ask: "What Mike would do?"