DISSNATION
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Two Birds, One Stone

By Drake · Targeting Kid Cudi, Meek Mill, Pusha T

Two Birds, One Stone is a diss track by Drake targeting Meek Mill, Pusha T and Kid Cudi. Drake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill.

Released2016
Annotated1
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    Yeah, more, yeah

  2. 03

    [Verse]

    04

    More time with family and friends, more life

    05

    More time to get it right

    06

    It's only me, but I'm seeing four shadows in the light

    07

    My demons visit me every night

  3. 08

    To the most high, I'm forever indebted

    09

    I know I gotta pay somethin', I know that day's comin'

    10

    I put it all in the music

    11

    Because if I don't say it here, then I won't say nothin'

  4. 12

    Could feel my hand getting tired from holding the grudges

    13

    Two birds, one stone, my aim is amazin'

    14

    I need to start losing my shit on you niggas that's hatin'

    15

    Too reserved, like I called ahead for me and my lady

  5. 16

    Free C5, how the fuck we got the boss waiting?

    17

    Ever since the blue basement, I found God and I lost patience

    18

    Between rocks and hard places of all places

    19

    Spotted everywhere, like Dalmatian

  6. 20

    Cops snoop around now, 'cause all of my dogs famous

    21

    Please welcome the October fall baby

    22

    Vaughan Road Academy, star player—my mind's not all there

    23

    Used to carry a lot of dead weight like a pallbearer

  7. 24

    People too scared to tell the truth, so it's all dares

    25

    Count it, it's all there, and we all square

    26

    Quick money, I'm in and out

    27

    My dad used to use a soap bar 'til it's thinnin' out

  8. 28

    But, shit, look at Dennis now, all Stacy Adams and linen'd out

    29

    More blessings for Sandi and him, more life

    30

    My parents never got it right

    31

    But God bless 'em both, I think we all alike

  9. 32

    We all wide awake late at night, thinking on what to change

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    If we do get to do it twice in another life

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    Scared to go to sleep now

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    'Cause being awake is what all my dreams were like

  10. 36

    Back when the bar that I had set for myself was out of sight

    37

    Tell me how I went and did chin-ups on this shit when I can't see it

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    Pin-ups of Meagan Good and Pam Grier

    39

    Soul sisters inspired my old scriptures

  11. 40

    Now that feeling's gone like them old pictures

    41

    Mixin' liquor got us both twisted, words get so vicious

    42

    You just stare at me while you roll Swishers

    43

    Girl, I love you, but I don't miss ya

  12. 44

    And no matter what year it is, I'm a 06er

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    Go figure, cold nigga, stay in school, man

    46

    Fuck the rap game, it's all lies and it's all filthy

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    Two percent of us rich and the rest of these niggas all milk it

  13. 48

    Got two of my niggas off with a "not guilty"

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    Gave back to the city and never said it if I didn't live it

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    But still, they try and tell you I'm not the realest

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    Like I'm some privileged kid that never sat through a prison visit

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    Or like it was just handed to me tied with a ribbon

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    I never worked to get it

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    But really it's you with all the drug dealer stories

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    That's gotta stop, though

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    You made a couple chops and now you think you Chapo

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    If you ask me though, you ain't lining the trunk with kilos

    58

    You bagging weed watching Pacino with all your niggas

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    Like, "This what we need to be on," but you never went live

  16. 60

    You middle-man in this shit, boy, you was never them guys

    Multi-line diss block
    61

    I can tell, 'cause I look most of you dead in your eyes

    62

    And you'll be tryna sell that story for the rest of your lives

    63

    Can't show us where the cash is, me, I don't judge

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetMeek Mill

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I can tell, 'cause I look most of you dead in your eyes,” Drake converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Meek Mill. Why it was said: Drake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Meek Mill as unable to return for another round.

    ContextDrake addresses several contemporaries through direct and subliminal references during the period following his conflict with Meek Mill.

  17. 64

    I'm just going off what the math is, numbers inflated

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    They all look at me, like, "What have you done for me lately?"

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    "I like your older shit but wasn't in love with the latest."

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    Aw, baby, stop debatin', I'm just a creative

  18. 68

    My numbers out of this world

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    No wonder they got me feeling so alienated

    70

    You were the man on the moon

    71

    Now you just go through your phases

  19. 72

    Life of the angry and famous

    73

    Rap like I know I'm the greatest then give you tropical flavors

    74

    Still never been on hiatus

    75

    You stay xann'd and perk'd up

  20. 76

    So when reality set in, you don't gotta face it

    77

    I'm down 200 in Vegas but winning life on a daily basis

    78

    It seems like nobody wants to stay in my good graces

    79

    I'm like a real estate agent, putting you all in your places

  21. 80

    Look what happens soon as you talk to me crazy

    81

    Is you crazy?