DISSNATION
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Back To Back

By Drake · Targeting Meek Mill

Back To Back is a diss track by Drake targeting Meek Mill. The track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter.

Released2015
Annotated1
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    Oh man

    03

    Oh man, oh man

    04

    Not again

  2. 05

    [Verse 1]

    06

    Yeah

    07

    I learned the game from William Wesley, you can never check me

    08

    Back to back for the niggas that didn't get the message

    09

    Back to back, like I'm on the cover of Lethal Weapon

  3. 10

    Back to back, like I'm Jordan '96, '97

    11

    Woah—very important and very pretentious

    12

    When I look back, I might be mad that I gave this attention

    13

    Yeah, but it's weighin' heavy on my conscience

  4. 14

    Yeah, and fuck, you left The Boy no options

    15

    I wanna see my niggas go insane

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    You gon' make me step out of my fuckin' frame

    17

    You gon' make me buy bottles for Charlamagne

  5. 18

    You gon' make me go out of my fuckin' way

    19

    I waited four days, nigga, where y'all at?

    20

    I drove here in the Wraith, playin' AR-AB

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    I'm not sure what it was that really made y'all mad

  6. 22

    But I guess this is what I gotta do to make y'all rap

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    I mean woah, can't fool the city, man, they know what's up

    24

    Second floor at Tootsies, gettin' shoulder rubs

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    This for y'all that think that I don't write enough

  7. 26

    They just mad 'cause I got the Midas touch

    Multi-line diss block
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    You love her, then you gotta give the world to her

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    Is that a world tour or your girl's tour?

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    I know that you gotta be a thug for her

    Block noteUses a relationship to provoke the target

    TargetMeek Mill

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Is that a world tour or your girl's tour?,” Drake uses a romantic or sexual relationship to embarrass Meek Mill and challenge the target's control over a private narrative. Why it was said: The track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter. The reference is designed to provoke an emotional response and make the dispute publicly humiliating, where silence can be portrayed as acceptance.

    ContextThe track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter.

  8. 30

    This ain't what she meant when she told you to open up more

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    Yeah, trigger fingers turn to Twitter fingers

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    Yeah, you gettin' bodied by a singin' nigga

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    I'm not the type of nigga that'll type to niggas

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    And shout to all my boss bitches wifin' niggas

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    Make sure you hit him with the prenup

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    Then tell that man to ease up

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    I did another one, I did another one

  10. 38

    You still ain't did shit about the other one

  11. 39

    [Chorus]

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    I got the drink in me, going back to back

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    Yeah, going back to back

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    I got the drink in me, going back to back

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    Yeah, I'm going back to back

  12. 44

    [Verse 2]

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    I don't wanna hear about this ever again

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    Not even when she tell him that they better as friends

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    Not even when you saying, "Drizzy, tell 'em again!"

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    I been puttin' on a show, it was a sell-out event

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    Oh, you need better seatin'

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    I didn't wanna do it, gave me every reason

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    The point I'm tryin' to make is I don't ever need 'em

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    Seen what you'd do for fame, what would you do for freedom?

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    Please, check 'em for a wire or a earpiece

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    Please, please do not let these niggas near me

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    Please, think before you come for the great one

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    Please, who's a real nigga and who ain't one?

  15. 57

    Please, somebody stop me

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    I'm talkin' boasy and gwanin wassy

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    I got the fest in five days and it's my shit

    60

    Soon as a nigga hit the stage, they gon'

  16. 61

    [Chorus]

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    They gon' ask if I can play this shit back to back

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    Yeah, they want it back to back

    64

    They gon' ask if I can play this shit back to back

    65

    I took a break from Views, now it's back to that, nigga (Six)