DISSNATION
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Red Button

By Drake · Targeting Kanye West

Red Button is a diss track by Drake targeting Kanye West. The record belongs to Drake's long-running conflict with Pusha T and Kanye West, which became direct in the 2018 exchange between “Infrared,” “Duppy Freestyle,” and “The Story of Adidon.”

Released2023
Annotated1
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

Demo lines only. Select a line number to copy a stable deep link.

  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    Check, yes

    03

    One, one-one, one

    04

    Ayy, yeah

    05

    Look

  2. 06

    [Verse]

    07

    The most decorated, competition decimated

    08

    My drive is dedicated, your drive is designated

    09

    Niggas got you to the spot and then you separated

    10

    Reasons for it speculated, we know how it escalated

  3. 11

    Rarely celebrated, grade eleven educated

    12

    Radio is king again, Billboard got me regulated

    13

    Wanna makе it fair for you, numbers that I generatеd

    14

    Do right and kill everything, people knew that death awaited

  4. 15

    Taylor Swift the only nigga that I ever rated

    16

    Only one could make me drop the album just a little later

    17

    Rest of y'all, I treat you like you never made it

    18

    Leave your label devastated

  5. 19

    Even when you pad the stats, period, I never hated

    20

    Even when you stab me in the back, the vest is metal-plated

    21

    Tryna see a B inside my circle like I'm gettin' graded

    22

    Man, all this luggage in the lobby like I'm gettin' traded

  6. 23

    Every time you need me for a boost, I never hesitated

    Multi-line diss block
    24

    Every time that Yeezy called a truce, he had my head inflated

    25

    Thinkin' we gon' finally peace it up and get to levitatin'

    26

    Realize that everything premeditated

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetKanye West

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Every time that Yeezy called a truce, he had my head inflated,” Drake addresses Kanye West directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The record belongs to Drake's long-running conflict with Pusha T and Kanye West, which became direct in the 2018 exchange between “Infrared,” “Duppy Freestyle,” and “The Story of Adidon.” Naming or plainly addressing Kanye West removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe record belongs to Drake's long-running conflict with Pusha T and Kanye West, which became direct in the 2018 exchange between “Infrared,” “Duppy Freestyle,” and “The Story of Adidon.”

  7. 27

    Everyone was good with me, then everyone expression faded

    28

    Tickin' time bomb and they beggin' me to detonate it

    29

    If I press this red button, dog, everybody Heaven Gated

    30

    Press this red button, dog, and everything forever changes

  8. 31

    Word to M-Dolla, she the only one could maybe save it

    32

    Should've hit you first, but, sis, you know about the shit I've taken

    33

    Niggas think it's sweet, but I am not a diabetic patient

    34

    No

  9. 35

    I will start blackin' over here like it's segregation

    36

    I will fuckin' double-cross you niggas like it's meditation

    37

    I'll give you a hard pill to swallow, this your medication

    38

    I will fuckin' pop up on your ass like a revelation

  10. 39

    I could tell you better than I show you, this a demonstration

    40

    I will fuckin' leave you in the dirt like some vegetation

    41

    Chemicals is mixin' in my brain and killin' hesitation

    42

    I will fuckin' force a few shots like a vaccination

  11. 43

    Niggas fuckin' call me up to cap, this not a graduation

    44

    I will fuckin' put your ass on pause like I'm Pastor Mason

    45

    I will set alarms off and cause a whole evacuation

    46

    I'll fuckin'—, I'll fuckin'—

  12. 47

    I'll get to you ten years from now like procrastination

    48

    I'll fuckin' find out wherever y'all are celebratin'

    49

    Pull up, park my Phantom on the curb like I'm Larry David

    50

    And then we'll see who's really crazy

  13. 51

    [Outro]

    52

    Yeah

    53

    Grrah