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Renegade Freestyle

By Machine Gun Kelly · Targeting Jack Harlow

Renegade Freestyle is a diss track by Machine Gun Kelly targeting Jack Harlow. MGK released this freestyle after Jack Harlow called himself the best white rapper after Eminem. MGK treats that ranking as an erasure of his rap career and answers Harlow directly, while also accusing him of borrowing Drake's cadence; the exchange remained competitive rather than developing into a sustained personal feud.

Released2023
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    Alright, we're live in the homie's backyard

    03

    And, today, it's just me in the cypher

    04

    Yeah

    05

    Can you turn me up?

  2. 06

    Yo, ayo

  3. 07

    [Verse]

    08

    Sit back and watch me do this, correct all the stupids who tried to put me in a box, I had to solve like Rubik's

    09

    With no blueprints, just music, nothing they say about me on computers compares to a dad who was abusive

    10

    I go to war with these stars, no George Lucas, make a call and here's Johnny, keep me shining like I'm Stanley Kubrick

    11

    That line went over your head like the Airbender's tattoo is, next linе that goes into my nose might make mе overdo it

  4. 12

    I spent so much of my personal savings on Columbian pure cocaine, I should speak Spanish like I'm Kali Uchis

    13

    So fuckin' sick, I can piss mucus, I'm the shit when I sit, stand, talk, walk, rap, sing, my mouth's sewage

    14

    Holy shit, someone chew this, the truth is my closest tried to cross me like Judas but can't cross me like I'm Jewish

    15

    Their crosshair's a little shaky, they missed me by two inch, I'm cross-legged in my sanctuary like a Buddhist

  5. 16

    I'm cross-eyed from this weed I'm smoking that's coloured bluish, this gun is my son, I'm the father of Draco like Lucius

    17

    Make sure there's no confusions, I'm a great white, I can eat these barracudas

    18

    See who I am? You're stupid, it's nice to meet you

    19

    I just put this hole in the ground for you like a soccer cleat shoe

  6. 20

    I see why they call you Jackman, you jacked man's whole swag, give Drake his flow back, man

    Multi-line diss block
    21

    I eat rappers like Pac-Man, must I regurgitate and show you who's in my stomach from the last dance?

    22

    I battle-rapped, no Instagrams or yellin' at the cam', damn, y'all made me the villain when, all along, I've been Batman

    23

    I off-road in this Can-Am, desert sand on this shirt from Barney's, and I'm stoned like Bam Bam

    Block noteSays Jack stole a man and Drake's flow

    TargetJack Harlow

    MeaningWhat it means: MGK breaks ‘Jackman’ into ‘jacked man’ and accuses Harlow of copying Drake's cadence before saying he consumes rappers as easily as Pac-Man eats dots. Why it was said: Harlow's claim to be the second-best white rapper placed him above MGK; MGK responds by arguing that the style being ranked is borrowed and therefore cannot justify that placement.

    Wordplay‘Jackman’ becomes ‘jacked man's,’ while Pac-Man supplies the eating image and echoes the rap name ‘Pac.’

    ContextMGK released this freestyle after Jack Harlow called himself the best white rapper after Eminem. MGK treats that ranking as an erasure of his rap career and answers Harlow directly, while also accusing him of borrowing Drake's cadence; the exchange remained competitive rather than developing into a sustained personal feud.

  7. 24

    Eyes red like Carti, I'm a curse like 'Goddamn', I'm a nightmare like Freddy, in your dreams like the Sandman

    Multi-line diss block
    25

    Don't go to sleep, you won't wake up from that, fetal position, in front of me at my feet like a welcome mat

    26

    I hold these grudges, I don't welcome back, fuck subliminal nudgers, I throw these punches, and I rap

    27

    I love you, look at all you little Dillon Brooks', I don't give a fuck if I'm older, I'm colder, you poked the bear in the woods

    Block noteRejects age as proof that the challenger can win

    TargetJack Harlow

    MeaningWhat it means: MGK dismisses indirect online shots, calls younger detractors Dillon Brooks and says they have poked a bear who is older but colder. Why it was said: Harlow's ranking turned the contest into a generational list. MGK answers that youth does not equal danger, comparing provocateurs to an athlete known for talking at veteran LeBron James.

    Wordplay‘Poked the bear’ makes the familiar warning literal inside the woods image; Dillon Brooks sets up the LeBron continuation.

    ContextMGK released this freestyle after Jack Harlow called himself the best white rapper after Eminem. MGK treats that ranking as an erasure of his rap career and answers Harlow directly, while also accusing him of borrowing Drake's cadence; the exchange remained competitive rather than developing into a sustained personal feud.

  8. 28

    Came back like LeBron and drop forty on you, like I should, the only thing I ever wished is that y'all fuckin' would

    Multi-line diss block
    Block noteFinishes with LeBron's forty-point answer

    TargetJack Harlow

    MeaningWhat it means: MGK says he returned like LeBron James and dropped forty on the challenger, presenting the freestyle as the wished-for response to anyone testing him. Why it was said: The basketball line completes the Dillon Brooks comparison: just as LeBron answered provocation with performance, MGK wants the verse—not an Instagram argument—to settle Harlow's ranking.

    ContextMGK released this freestyle after Jack Harlow called himself the best white rapper after Eminem. MGK treats that ranking as an erasure of his rap career and answers Harlow directly, while also accusing him of borrowing Drake's cadence; the exchange remained competitive rather than developing into a sustained personal feud.

  9. 29

    [Outro]

    30

    Haha