DISSNATION
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Fear Of Heights

By Drake · Targeting A$AP Rocky, Rihanna

Fear Of Heights is a diss track by Drake targeting Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. Drake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill.

Released2023
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Part I]

  2. 02

    [Verse]

    03

    Ayy, ayy, look

    04

    Why they make it sound like I'm still hung up on you?

    05

    That could never be

    06

    Gyal can't run me

  3. 07

    Better him than me

    08

    Better it's not me

    09

    I'm anti, I'm anti

    10

    Yeah, and the sex was average with you

  4. 11

    Yeah, I'm anti 'cause I had it with you

    Multi-line diss block
    12

    Okay, I'm auntie like your daddy's sister

    13

    Auntie like a family picture

    14

    And I had way badder bitches than you, TBH

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetRihanna

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Okay, I'm auntie like your daddy's sister,” Drake brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Rihanna, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: Drake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Rihanna and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextDrake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill.

  5. 15

    Yeah, that man, he still with you, he can't leave you

    16

    Y'all go on vacation, I bet it's Antigua

  6. 17

    [Interlude]

    18

    Let me stop

    19

    You know what? Fuck it, let me go

  7. 20

    [Part II]

  8. 21

    [Chorus]

    22

    What? Ayy, what? Ayy, what? Ayy

    23

    Girl, you make me wanna cuff you like the law, huh

    24

    Girl, you makе me wanna work you like the job, ayy

    25

    I know you a cat, but can your pussy do thе dog?

  9. 26

    [Verse]

    27

    Let's go pound for pound, I'm in Europe

    28

    Chrome Heart Culli', I had to import it

    29

    Got in my feelings, I had to record it

    30

    I never met a bitch that wasn't for it

  10. 31

    Don't pay for pussy, I tip for the service

    32

    Let's keep it frank, I just got dessert

    33

    I'm in the G-Wagon Maybach

    34

    Just like some currency, baby, they had to convert it

  11. 35

    I heard your bank account is on stuck

    Multi-line diss block
    36

    How can you keep it a buck if you ain't got no bucks?

    37

    How can you keep it a hundred if you ain't got hundreds around 'cause you stackin' 'em up?

    38

    You niggas some pussy, for real

    Block noteTurns money and possessions into leverage

    TargetRihanna

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I heard your bank account is on stuck,” Drake contrasts financial power or possessions with Rihanna's alleged lack of money, access, or control. Why it was said: Drake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill. The comparison converts status into material evidence and is meant to make Rihanna's success claims look hollow beside something listeners can picture and measure.

    ContextDrake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill.

  12. 39

    You niggas some sissy, for real

    40

    Virginia, I pull up and chill

    41

    You know you can't come where I stay

    42

    'Fore you get caught on a date

  13. 43

    'Fore you get put on a plate, ah

    44

    'Fore you get slid on like skates

    45

    'Fore I get turned up like bass

    46

    I know that look on they face

  14. 47

    Don't tell me you're scared of Lil' Drake

    Multi-line diss block
    48

    Don't tell me you're scared of Lil' Aubrey

    49

    My niggas is crazy, Wallahi

    50

    Don't even know how we escape

    Block noteCalls the target's toughness an act

    TargetRihanna

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Don't tell me you're scared of Lil' Drake,” Drake portrays Rihanna as frightened or unwilling to stand behind the aggression shown in public. Why it was said: Drake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill. A diss threat depends on the audience believing the speaker will confront the opponent; calling Rihanna afraid is designed to empty that threat of force.

    ContextDrake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill.

  15. 51

    The chain on her neck is a A

    52

    And she got a lot that she need

    53

    So she gotta drop to her knees

    54

    Then she can go shoppin' for free

  16. 55

    I got up with a opp at the mall

    56

    That nigga was coppin' a plea

    57

    Out the country, I link with OZ

    58

    Spendin' money ain't foreign to me

  17. 59

    You don't do that shit more than me

    60

    You don't do this shit more than me

    61

    He might take you on trips and he might have some hits

    62

    But, baby, not more than me

  18. 63

    He might be at the trap and order some ones

    64

    But ain't throwin' more than me

  19. 65

    [Chorus]

    66

    What? Ayy, what? Ayy, what? Ayy

    67

    Girl, you make me wanna cuff you like the law, huh

    68

    Girl, you make me wanna work you like the job, ayy

    69

    I know you a cat, but can your pussy do the dog?