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The Story of Adidon

The Story of Adidon is a diss track by Pusha T targeting Drake. 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.”

Released2018
Annotated4
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    Easy money

    03

    It's about to be a surgical summer

    04

    Chop the tops off the coupes

    05

    The cuatrociento' ochenta y ocho

  2. 06

    The Spider joint

    07

    And you know we gotta cut the heads off these snakes, right?

    08

    Watch the body drop

  3. 09

    [Verse]

    10

    Drug dealin' aside, ghostwritin' aside

    11

    Let's have a heart-to-heart about your pride

    12

    Even though you're multi, I see that your soul don't look alive

    13

    The M's count different when Baby divides the pie, wait

  4. 14

    Let's examine why

    Multi-line diss block
    15

    Your music for the past few years been angry and full of lies

    16

    I'll start it at the home front, "I'm On One"

    17

    Dennis Graham stay off the 'Gram, bitch, I'm on one

    Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated

    TargetDrake

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Your music for the past few years been angry and full of lies,” Pusha T says Drake's public story or image is false rather than a reliable account of who the target is. 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.” Once the persona is presented as invented, the boasts and accusations built on it become easier for listeners to dismiss.

    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.”

  5. 18

    You mention wedding ring like it's a bad thing

    Multi-line diss block
    19

    Your father walked away at five, hell of a dad thing

    20

    Marriage is somethin' that Sandi never had, Drake

    21

    How you a winner but she keep comin' in last place?

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetDrake

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Your father walked away at five, hell of a dad thing,” Pusha T brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Drake, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Drake and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    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.”

  6. 22

    Monkey-suit Dennis, you parade him

    23

    A Steve Harvey-suit nigga made him

    24

    Confused, always felt you weren't Black enough

    25

    Afraid to grow it 'cause your 'fro wouldn't nap enough

  7. 26

    Since you name-dropped my fiancée

    Multi-line diss block
    27

    Let 'em know who you chose as your Beyoncé

    28

    Sophie knows better as your baby mother

    29

    Cleaned her up for IG, but the stench is on her

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetDrake

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Sophie knows better as your baby mother,” Pusha T brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Drake, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Drake and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    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.”

  8. 30

    A baby's involved, it's deeper than rap

    31

    We talkin' character, let me keep with the facts

    32

    You are hiding a child, let that boy come home

    33

    Deadbeat mothafucka playin' border patrol, ooh

  9. 34

    Adonis is your son

    Multi-line diss block
    35

    And he deserves more than an Adidas press run, that's real

    36

    Love that baby, respect that girl

    37

    Forget she's a pornstar, let her be your world, yuugh!

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetDrake

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Adonis is your son,” Pusha T brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Drake, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. 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.” Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Drake and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    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.”

  10. 38

    How dare you put Ye in my verses?

    39

    I'm selfish, I want all of the curses

    40

    I'm pre-bookin' the churches, me versus three hearses

    41

    If we all go to Hell, it'll be worth it

  11. 42

    Already aligned with the greats, and on that same note

    43

    The only ones I chase are two ghosts

    44

    Still givin' you classics, that's the only thing that dates me

    45

    OVO 40, hunched over like he 80, tick, tick, tick

  12. 46

    How much time he got? That man is sick, sick, sick

    47

    I got the devil flow, nigga, six-six-six

    48

    Surgical summer with it, snip, snip, snip

    49

    And you don't really want it with him

  13. 50

    [Outro]

    51

    Surgical Summer, Volume 1

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    We gon' take this slow

    53

    We just gon' peel it back layer-by-layer

    54

    Yeah, DAYTONA

  14. 55

    Album of the motherfuckin' year

    56

    And you talkin' 'bout you upset

    57

    Hahahahaha

    58

    Well, I wanna see what it's like when you get angry, okay?

  15. 59

    You show me that

    60

    Push