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Burning Bridges

Burning Bridges is a diss track by Drake targeting A$AP Rocky and Rihanna. The track revisits broken alliances and rivalries surrounding Drake's recent disputes, with targets identified from direct lyrics and contemporary reporting.

Released2026
Annotated2
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Part I]

  2. 02

    [Intro]

    03

    Burning, burning

    04

    Burning bridges is okay

    05

    I'd rather take the long way

    06

    Ayy

  3. 07

    I'd rather take the long way

    08

    Yeah

    09

    Yeah

  4. 10

    [Verse]

    Multi-line diss block
    11

    I swear I could cry when I see your face

    12

    I'm way too in love just to let you walk away

    13

    I know it's your dream to start a family in LA

    14

    They love me too much here, I cannot relocate

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetA$AP Rocky

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I know it's your dream to start a family in LA,” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with A$AP Rocky, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The track revisits broken alliances and rivalries surrounding Drake's recent disputes, with targets identified from direct lyrics and contemporary reporting. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for A$AP Rocky and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThe track revisits broken alliances and rivalries surrounding Drake's recent disputes, with targets identified from direct lyrics and contemporary reporting.

  5. 15

    I just can't move away

    16

    I can't leave my brothers in them trenches, gotta lead the way, yeah

    17

    I cannot relocate

    18

    Just even the thought to turn my back on them is not okay

  6. 19

    I cannot relocate

    20

    We just gotta post up here, I promise things will be okay

    21

    'Cause I love you, bae

    22

    Damn, but they love me too much here, I cannot—

  7. 23

    [Part II]

  8. 24

    [Intro]

    25

    Yeah, damn

  9. 26

    [Chorus]

    27

    I put you niggas through the wringer, yeah

    28

    You gettin' bodied by a singin' nigga, yeah

    29

    I'm with Noel like I'm Kris Kringle, yeah

    30

    Your baby mama ain't even post your single, damn

  10. 31

    Where she at? Yeah, where she at?

    32

    Your baby mama ain't even post your single, yeah

    33

    I'm off a Quay, it make my body tingle (Yeah)

  11. 34

    [Verse]

    Multi-line diss block
    35

    Look in the mirror, see where talkin' get you, yeah

    36

    You should be swimmin' with the fuckin' fishes

    37

    But I still got love for your missus and her sister

    38

    So I told Capo we can't burn them bridges, yeah

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetA$AP Rocky

    MeaningWhat it means: In “But I still got love for your missus and her sister,” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with A$AP Rocky, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The track revisits broken alliances and rivalries surrounding Drake's recent disputes, with targets identified from direct lyrics and contemporary reporting. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for A$AP Rocky and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThe track revisits broken alliances and rivalries surrounding Drake's recent disputes, with targets identified from direct lyrics and contemporary reporting.

  12. 39

    You saw my brother, you was tryna fix it

    40

    Now you drop your album and you back dissin', yeah

    41

    We G-block babies, we are not musicians

    42

    My niggas didn't have a pot to piss in

  13. 43

    Now they drop the top so much, they got a drop addiction

    44

    Capo got so many watches, he might clock a nigga

    45

    Capo got so many watches, he need supervision

    46

    Why you walkin' 'round the facts like you're superstitious?

  14. 47

    Damn, damn, damn

  15. 48

    [Chorus]

    49

    I put you niggas through the wringer, yeah

    50

    You gettin' bodied by a singin' nigga, yeah

    51

    I'm with Noel like I'm Kris Kringle, yeah

    52

    Your baby mama ain't even post your single, damn

  16. 53

    Where she at? Yeah, where she at?

    54

    Your baby mama ain't even post your single, yeah

    55

    I'm off a Quay, it make my body tingle

  17. 56

    [Bridge]

    57

    Tables turn, tables turn, bridges burn, bridges burn

    58

    Lord, forgive me (Lord, forgive me), it's my turn

    59

    Tables turn, tables turn, bridges burn, bridges burn

    60

    Lord, forgive me (Lord, forgive me)

  18. 61

    [Chorus]

    62

    Yeah, your baby mama ain't even post your single, damn

    63

    Where she at? Yeah, where she at?

    64

    Your baby mama ain't even post your single, yeah

    65

    I'm off a Quay, it make my body tingle