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Family Matters

By Drake · Targeting A$AP Rocky, Future, Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross, The Weeknd

Family Matters is a diss track by Drake targeting Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, The Weeknd, Future and Metro Boomin. 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

Annotated16

ExplicitYes

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Lyrics & breakdown

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[Part I]
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[Intro: Drake & Sandra Graham]
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Maybe in this song, you shouldn't start by saying
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Nigga, I said it, I know that you mad
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I've emptied the clip over friendlier jabs
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You mentioned my seed, now deal with his dad
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I gotta go bad, I gotta go bad
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[Chorus]
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Mm, mm, yeah
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Drop, drop, drop, drop
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Drop a fifty bag for the mob in the spot
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Drop a fifty bag, 29 for the thot
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Uh, I was really, really tryna keep it PG
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I was really, really tryna keep it PG
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If you had a set, they'd give your ass a DP
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But you civilian gang, in real life, you PC
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[Verse]
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You know who really bang a set? My nigga YG
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You know who really bang a set? My nigga Chuck T
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You know who even bang a set out there is CB
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And, nigga, Cole losin' sleep on this, it ain't me
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You better have some paperwork or that shit fake tea
Multi-line diss block
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Can't bе rappin' 'bout no rattin' that we can't read
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I mean it's truе a nigga slimed me for my AP
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Just like how Metro nigga slimed him for his main squeeze
Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated
TargetMetro Boomin
MeaningWhat it means: In “You better have some paperwork or that shit fake tea,” Drake says Metro Boomin'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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Out here beggin' for attention, nigga, say please
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Always rappin' like you 'bout to get the slaves freed
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You just actin' like an activist, it's make-believe
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Don't even go back to your hood and plant no money trees
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Say you hate the girls I fuck, but what you really mean?
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I been with Black and white and everything that's in between
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You the Black messiah wifin' up a mixed queen
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And hit vanilla cream to help out with your self-esteem
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On some Bobby shit, I wanna know what Whitney need
Multi-line diss block
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All that puppy love was over in y'all late teens
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Why you never hold your son and tell him, "Say cheese"?
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We could've left the kids out of this, don't blame me
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Why you never hold your son and tell him, "Say cheese"?,” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Kendrick Lamar, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Kendrick Lamar and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
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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You a dog and you know it, you just play sweet
Multi-line diss block
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Your baby mama captions always screamin', "Save me"
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You did her dirty all your life, you tryna make peace
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I heard that one of 'em little kids might be Dave Free
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Your baby mama captions always screamin', "Save me",” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Kendrick Lamar, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Kendrick Lamar and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
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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Don't make it Dave Free's
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'Cause if your GM is your BM secret BD
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Then this is all makin' plenty fuckin' sense to me
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Ayy, let that shorty breathe
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Shake that ass, bitch, hands on your knees
Multi-line diss block
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Hands on your knees, hands on your knees
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Shake that ass for Drake, now shake that ass for free
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Yeah, yeah
Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Shake that ass, bitch, hands on your knees,” Drake addresses Kendrick Lamar directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. 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.” Naming or plainly addressing Kendrick Lamar removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.
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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Well, not that kind of free, I'm talkin' 'bout my nigga Dave
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Your man a lil' K, we call that shit a mini Drac'
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He always said I overlooked him, I was starin' straight
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These bars go over Kenny head no matter what I say
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I know you like to keep it short, so let me paraphrase
Multi-line diss block
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Knew it was smoke when Abel hit us with the serenade
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Nigga said, "Uh, uh"
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Almost started reachin' for my waist
Block noteTurns the target into a visual punchline
TargetThe Weeknd
MeaningWhat it means: In “I know you like to keep it short, so let me paraphrase,” Drake reduces The Weeknd to an exaggerated physical caricature instead of engaging the target's preferred public image. 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 visual insult is easy for an audience to remember and repeat; the goal is to make ridicule of The Weeknd travel beyond the song itself.
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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[Chorus]
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Drop, drop, drop, drop
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Drop a fifty bag for the mob in the spot
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Drop a fifty bag, 29 for the thot
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Uh, I was really, really tryna keep it—
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[Part II]
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[Intro]
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Yeah
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Let me stop playin' around, let me take this shit serious, like
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Niggas is a joke, I take it serious, though
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Yeah, look
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[Verse]
Multi-line diss block
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If Drake shooters doing TikToks, nigga
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Realest shooter in your gang, that's P's brother, y'all ain't getting shit shot, nigga
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Can't listen to the stick talk in falsetto, save it for a hip-hop nigga
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You don't even be at home, dog, you a souvenir-out-the-gift-shop nigga
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Realest shooter in your gang, that's P's brother, y'all ain't getting shit shot, nigga,” Drake converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Kendrick Lamar. 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 violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Kendrick Lamar as unable to return for another round.
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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Still mad about that one ho, we ain't even fuck, I just lip-locked with her
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I get active when it's war time, I ain't even really let my dick drop, nigga
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What the fuck I heard Rick drop, nigga? Talkin' somethin' 'bout a nose job, nigga
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Ozempic got a side effect of jealousy and doctor never told y'all niggas
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Put a nigga in the bars, let a nigga rot, kind of like your old job, nigga
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House sittin' on some land, but it's out where no one even really know y'all niggas
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Bitches gotta drive two hours 'fore you pay 'em just to give a blowjob, nigga
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Must've snorted up a snowball
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'Cause my last record deal was four hundred M's, these days, that's a low ball, nigga
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Ayy
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Who's next on the list?
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Which one of my so-called niggas
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Which one of my so-called niggas
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Which one of my so-called niggas need a shell from the clip?
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Always knew I had to smoke y'all niggas
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good kid, m.A.A.d city van, we'll pop the latch and let the door slide
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Tears runnin' down my cheek, laughin' at you pussies dyin', it's a war cry
Multi-line diss block
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Weeknd music gettin' played in all the spots where boys got a little more pride
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That's why all your friends dippin' to Atlanta, payin' just to find a tour guide
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Abel, run your fuckin' bread, need to buy some more chains for some more guys
Block noteClaims geographic legitimacy
TargetThe Weeknd
MeaningWhat it means: In “That's why all your friends dippin' to Atlanta, payin' just to find a tour guide,” Drake uses place and local affiliation to decide who can credibly represent the scene challenged in the song. 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 feud is presented as larger than two individuals, so the line asks listeners to treat The Weeknd as an outsider or a poor representative of the claimed community.
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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Let me find another street nigga I can take to the game courtside
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Let me get a used Ferrari for a rapper, take the nigga on a horse ride
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Anything to take the spotlight off the fact the boss is a drugged-out lil' punk sissy from the Northside
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Rakim talkin' shit again
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Gassed 'cause you hit my BM first, nigga, do the math, who I was hittin' then?
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I ain't even know you rapped still 'cause they only talkin' 'bout your 'fit again
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Probably gotta have a kid again 'fore you think of droppin' any shit again
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Even when you do drop, they gon' say you should've modeled 'cause it's mid again
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Smokin' Fenty 'bout it, should've put you on the first one, tryna get it in
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Ask Fring if this a good idea the next time you cuddled in that bed again
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She'll even tell you leave the boy alone 'fore you get your head split again
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Pluto shit make me sick to my stomach, we ain't never really been through it
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Leland Wayne, he a fuckin' lame, so I know he had to be an influence
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These niggas had a plan and they finally found a way to rope you into it
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Two separate albums dissin', I just did a Kim to it, nigga, skim through it
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Me and Savage had the hoes drippin' wet at shows, almost had to swim to it
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K-Dot shit is only hittin' hard when Baby Keem put his pen to it
Multi-line diss block
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Ross callin' me the white boy and the shit kind of got a ring to it
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'Cause all these rappers wavin' white flags while the whole fuckin' club sing to it
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Murder scene on your man tonight, then come to the vigil with the candlelight
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Murder scene on your man tonight, then come to the vigil with the candlelight,” Drake converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Kendrick Lamar. 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 violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Kendrick Lamar as unable to return for another round.
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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Body after fuckin' body and you know Rick readin' my Miranda rights
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I'm goin' on vacation now, hope next time y'all plan it right
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'Cause you gotta pay for sayin' my name, guess now niggas understand the price
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Nigga, what? (6ix)
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[Part III]
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[Verse]
Multi-line diss block
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Ayy
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Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go hand him a Grammy right now
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Where is your uncle at? 'Cause I wanna talk to the man of the house
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West Coast niggas do fades, right? Come get this ass whoopin', I'm handin' 'em out
Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go hand him a Grammy right now,” Drake addresses Kendrick Lamar directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. 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.” Naming or plainly addressing Kendrick Lamar removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.
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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You wanna take up for Pharrell? Then come get his legacy out of my house
Multi-line diss block
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A cease and desist is for hoes, can't listen to lies that come out of your mouth
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You called the Tupac estate and begged 'em to sue me and get that shit down
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I'm losin' perspective on beef, Boi-1da send beat and I'll kill you for fun
Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “A cease and desist is for hoes, can't listen to lies that come out of your mouth,” Drake says Kendrick Lamar'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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Your daddy got robbed by Top, you Stunna and Wayne, like father, like son
Multi-line diss block
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Anthony set up the plays, Kojo be chargin' you double for nothin'
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They shook about what I'ma say, but textin' your phone like, "We already won"
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You tell me what I shouldn't say, but fuck it, my nigga, it's already done
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Your daddy got robbed by Top, you Stunna and Wayne, like father, like son,” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Kendrick Lamar, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Kendrick Lamar and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
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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We already know it's a twenty-v-one, we already know why you went number one
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It's clearly because of The Boy, the honorable thing is to give me the loot
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You right about "Fuck the big three," it's only Big D, and there's video proof
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Our sons should go play at the park, two lightskin kids, that shit would be cute
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Unless you don't want to be seen with anyone that isn't Blacker than you
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We get it, we got it
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The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
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We get that you like to put gin in your juice
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We get that you think that you Bishop in Juice
Multi-line diss block
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When you put your hands on your girl, is it self-defense 'cause she bigger than you?
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Your back is up against the curb, you diggin' for dirt, should be diggin' for proof
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Why did you move to New York? Is it 'cause you livin' that bachelor life?
Block noteUses a relationship to provoke the target
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “When you put your hands on your girl, is it self-defense 'cause she bigger than you?,” Drake uses a romantic or sexual relationship to embarrass Kendrick Lamar and challenge the target's control over a private narrative. 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 reference is designed to provoke an emotional response and make the dispute publicly humiliating, where silence can be portrayed as acceptance.
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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Proposed in 2015, but don't wanna make her your actual wife
Multi-line diss block
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I'm guessin' this wedding ain't happenin', right?
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'Cause we know the girls that you actually like
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Your darkest secrets are comin' to light
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “Proposed in 2015, but don't wanna make her your actual wife,” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Kendrick Lamar, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Kendrick Lamar and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
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's all on your face like what happened to Mike
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Oh shit, it's all makin' sense, maybe I'm Prince and you actually Mike
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Michael was prayin' his features would change so people believe that he's actually white
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Top would make you do features for change, get on pop records and rap for the whites
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And wait, you say your brother Jermaine, but you wanted him to stay out of the light
Multi-line diss block
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Oh shit, just follow me, right? 'Cause nothin' you sayin' could bother me, right?
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I get off the plane and nothing has changed, I head to Delilah with all of my ice
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Head to Delilah with all of my ice, head to Delilah with all of my ice
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “And wait, you say your brother Jermaine, but you wanted him to stay out of the light,” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Kendrick Lamar, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Kendrick Lamar and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
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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This shit gotta be over by now for anyone out here that's calling it, right?
Multi-line diss block
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You're dead
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You're dead, you're dead
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There's nowhere to hide, there's nowhere to hide, you know what I mean
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “You're dead,” Drake converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Kendrick Lamar. 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 violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Kendrick Lamar as unable to return for another round.
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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They hired a crisis management team to clean up the fact that you beat on your queen
Multi-line diss block
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The picture you painted ain't what it seem, you're dead
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetKendrick Lamar
MeaningWhat it means: In “The picture you painted ain't what it seem, you're dead,” Drake converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Kendrick Lamar. 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 violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Kendrick Lamar as unable to return for another round.
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.”