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Make Them Pay

Make Them Pay is a diss track by Drake targeting Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Pusha T and Pharrell Williams. 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

    [Intro]

    02

    Free

    03

    Free (Yeah)

    04

    Free

  2. 05

    [Refrain]

    06

    I just wanna be free

    07

    I just wanna be free

    08

    Free

    09

    Free

  3. 10

    I just wanna be free

  4. 11

    [Verse]

    12

    Yeah, look

    13

    Albany Marina, they done served us a hundred subpoenas

    14

    I done got my shit inside arenas like Gilbert Arenas

    15

    I remember lobster ravioli up at Serafina

  5. 16

    I was in a dream hotel before I was in the Loop like a carabiner, yeah

    17

    And shout to all the sweet tings from Wilhelmina

    18

    Who tell me at the white party, "Drake, I love the album, man, well, I mean, you're kinda gеnius"

    19

    And like Dipset, they rеally mean it, yeah

  6. 20

    I need compliments 'cause lately, it's just falling-outs and disagreements, industry is really evil

    21

    And I faced the way they paint me, but it hurts just like the Philly Eagles

    22

    LA love the sound, I could play a show for a million people

    23

    Don't be surprised, you see the whole YM in CA just like The Village People

  7. 24

    These niggas measurin' they dick size in millimeters

    25

    I rack up a tab in Chanel 'cause I do buy everything like I'm Middle Eastern

    26

    But I realize it's gotta get a little deeper

    27

    Other than me talking 'bout the way I'm flippin' dough like Little Caesars

  8. 28

    I'm tryna catch one of you boys stargazin' in the field like little leaguers, yeah

    29

    And ain't no passes for you Crip walkin', all of that diss talkin', kiddo, beat it

    30

    I'm supposed to be my brother's keeper, so don't make us hit another buzzer beater

    31

    And don't be suddenly eager to hit me up and have no discussions either

  9. 32

    Now you gotta plan a meeting with me just like the Russian leader and shake my fuckin' hand in front of other people

    33

    Yeah, fuck the chatter

    34

    Since 2009, as I climb the ladder

    35

    They envy me like Nevada, but it never mattered

  10. 36

    My niggas run a phone soon as you check into prison

    37

    Your niggas run and talk to Hov for a second opinion

    38

    Me, I stood ten T's and accepted the mission

    39

    'Cause I'd much rather death than submission

  11. 40

    How can you press the ignition and let some memories of the past affect your decision?

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    I love you 'cause of the history, but if we bein' real, I could never forgive you

    42

    And you never called me back, but destiny's written, for real

    43

    Fuck a big three anyway, there was too many chefs in the kitchen, it was a mess to begin with, yeah

  12. 44

    And now they got a new GOAT and we gotta test the position

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    Damn, who is this guy for real? I guess a magician

    46

    Hundred million streams vanished, no one got questions for niggas

    47

    Well, maybe I'm best as the villain

  13. 48

    'Cause I got real numbers on niggas who say they got billions

    49

    I got all the chains that they ever repped in Virginia

    50

    I got niggas' prized possessions, I get possessive on niggas

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    I am pressin' everything, I'll get impressive on niggas

  14. 52

    I got problems with people who I would've never dreamed

    Multi-line diss block
    53

    And that's draggin' people in who don't wanna get in between

    54

    Dog, I was aidin' Ross with streams before Adin Ross had ever streamed

    55

    And, Khaled, you know what I mean

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetDJ Khaled

    MeaningWhat it means: In “And, Khaled, you know what I mean,” Drake addresses DJ Khaled directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. 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. Naming or plainly addressing DJ Khaled removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

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

  15. 56

    The beef was fully live, you went halal and got on your deen

    Multi-line diss block
    57

    And your people are still waitin' for a free Palestine

    58

    But apparently everything isn't black and white and red and green, damn

    59

    I'm seein' everyone's true colors, for real, I'm sensin' a theme

    Block noteForces the dispute into a direct contest

    TargetDJ Khaled

    MeaningWhat it means: In “The beef was fully live, you went halal and got on your deen,” Drake addresses DJ Khaled as an opponent who must prove the claims being made rather than rely on reputation. 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. The challenge narrows the argument to performance under pressure, where refusing or failing to answer can itself be presented as a loss for DJ Khaled.

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

  16. 60

    I'm greater than everybody like some shredded cheese

    61

    I was in Hazelton at the One before I was in the Loop like a set of keys

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    Shout out to Cherokee D and Skyy Black

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    'Cause they was at my birthday when I was searchin' big-booty ebonies, jeez

  17. 64

    Now the penthouse in Bahamas is right next to Jordan like I'm Lebanese

    65

    And apparently niggas' souls is for sale like the seven seas

    66

    I gave you everything you ever need

    67

    But let me find out that Amex the only ones that credit me for makin' y'all everything you could never be

  18. 68

    My sixth sense is kickin' in 'cause all I hear is people that are dead to me

    69

    And that's why I'm turnin' on my read receipts

    70

    To let you know that everything that's said to me will forever be stored in my memory

    71

    I'm better off independent, they should let him leave, yeah

  19. 72

    [Refrain]

    73

    'Cause I just wanna be free

    74

    Free, free, free

    75

    Free

    76

    I just wanna be free, free, free

  20. 77

    [Outro]

    78

    Free, free