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Summer Sixteen

By Drake · Targeting Meek Mill, Tory Lanez

Summer Sixteen is a diss track by Drake targeting Meek Mill and Tory Lanez. The track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter.

Released2016

Annotated2

ExplicitYes

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[Produced by Noah "40" Shebib, Boi-1da & Cubeatz]
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[Intro: Drake]
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Looking, looking, looking
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Looking, looking, looking
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Looking, looking
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Looking
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Looking
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[Chorus: Drake]
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Looking for revenge
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All summer sixteen
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All summer sixteen
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Playing dirty not clean
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Out in front of Four Seasons
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Looking like a damn football team
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All in the same thing
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All repping one thing
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Looking for revenge
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[Verse 1: Drake]
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To do what you couldn't do
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Tell Obama that my verses are just like the whips that he in
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They bulletproof
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Minus twenty we in Pitfield
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That Kai's kitchen in a Canada Goose
Multi-line diss block
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Famous as fuck but I’m still in the cut when they round up the troops
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I’m just a sicko, a real sicko when you get to know me, nigga
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I let the diss record drop, you was staying right below me, nigga
Block notePressures the target to answer
TargetMeek Mill
MeaningWhat it means: In “I let the diss record drop, you was staying right below me, nigga,” Drake treats Meek Mill's response, delay, or silence as part of the contest rather than a neutral choice. Why it was said: The track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter. By defining silence as concession, the line tries to control the timetable of the feud and force Meek Mill into replying on the artist's terms.
ContextThe track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter.
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We must have played it a hundred times, you was going to bed
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Why would I put on a vest? I expect you to aim for the head
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I coulda killed you the first time
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You don’t have to try and say it louder, nigga
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Trust, we heard you the first time
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It’s nothing personal I would have done it to anyone
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And I blame where I came from
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And I blame all my day ones
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You know Chubbs like Draymond
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You better off not saying nothing
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Them boys they a handful
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Then I hit ‘em with the Hotline
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Chris Breezy with the dance moves
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Mo-G with the dance moves
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Ave Boy with the dance moves
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Jimi Hendrix with the solo
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Those are strings that you can’t pull
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Yeah, and I could really dish it out
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Come and get it from the source
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Fuck with all the word of mouth
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Golden State running practice at my house
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Nigga, what am I about?
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You gon’ really feel it now
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I’m out here…
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[Chorus: Drake]
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Looking for revenge
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All summer sixteen
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All summer sixteen
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Playing dirty not clean
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Out in front of Four Seasons
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Looking like a damn football team
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All repping one thing
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Looking for revenge
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[Beat switch]
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[Verse 2: Drake]
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All you boys in the new Toronto want to be me a little
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All your exes know I like my O’s with a V in the middle
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You would love it if I went away or didn’t say nothing else
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How am I keeping it real by keeping this shit to myself?
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You was never gang, gang, gang, gang, you was never one of us
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Had us fooled for a minute there, now we done all grown up
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But I’m better off anyway, y’all never gon’ finish Drake
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Say you seeing ‘bout it when you see me man y’all never home anyway
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Thought of things that you shoulda said, said things that you shouldn’t say
Multi-line diss block
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We even gave y'all the whole money play and y'all broke to this day
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“Oh it’s your time now” yeah, that’s what everybody say
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I used to wanna be on Roc-A-Fella then I turned into Jay
Block noteTurns money and possessions into leverage
TargetMeek Mill
MeaningWhat it means: In “We even gave y'all the whole money play and y'all broke to this day,” Drake contrasts financial power or possessions with Meek Mill's alleged lack of money, access, or control. Why it was said: The track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter. The comparison converts status into material evidence and is meant to make Meek Mill's success claims look hollow beside something listeners can picture and measure.
ContextThe track belongs to Drake and Meek Mill's 2015 feud, triggered publicly by Meek Mill's allegation that Drake used a ghostwriter.
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Now I got a house in LA, now I got a bigger pool than Ye
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And look man, Ye’s pool is nice, mine's just bigger's what I’m saying
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I’m that nigga’s what I’m saying
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Getting things done around here
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How you let me run it down here?
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I’m not even from around here
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Six, six, six, six, six, soon as I’m back in the city they throw a parade
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I might get a key to the city and give it to Wayne
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Or give it to one of the young boys to carry the wave
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Yeah, so trust me, they’ll be out here…
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[Chorus: Drake]
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Looking for revenge
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All summer sixteen
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All summer sixteen
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Playing dirty not clean
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Out in front of Four Seasons
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Looking like a damn football team
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All repping one thing
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Looking for...
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[Outro: DJ Khaled]
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They don’t want us to have a bigger pool than Kanye