Kendrick Lamar has finally fired back at Drake on his blistering new diss song “Euphoria” — and he pulls no punches.
Released by surprise on Tuesday (April 30), the fiery track finds the Compton rapper unloading on his longtime rival for several minutes after the Toronto native took shots at him on “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle.”
K. Dot begins: “Them super powers getting neutralized I can only watch in silence/ The famous actor we once knew is looking paranoid and now is spiraling.”
The Compton star refers to Drake as a “pathetic master manipulator” and raps: “Fabricate stories on the family front, ‘cus you heard Mr. Morale.”
He also takes a swipe at Drake being half-white, adding: “You’re not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hope of being accepted/ Tommy Hilfiger stood out but FUBU had never been your collection.”
Kendrick also noted that he makes music that electrifies them while Drizzy makes music that pacifies.
Before the beat kicks in, the former TDE star spits: “But don’t tell no lie about me, and I won’t tell truths about you.”
The “Money Trees” rapper also subversively mentions Drake by name, referring to the Draco gun as “Drake.” He raps: “I park his song/ The very first time I shot me a Drac the homie had told me to aim it this way/ I didn’t point down enough/ Today I show you I learned from those mistakes.”
He also references both Pharrell and Pusha T. He raps: “I don’t like you popping shit at Pharrell, for him I’ll inherit the beef/ Yeah fuck all that Pushin’ P, lemme see you Pusha T/ You better off spinning again on him before you think about pushing me/ He’s Terrence Thornton, I’m Terence Crawford, yeah I’m whooping feet.”
He also takes a swipe at 2Pac’s famous crown ring, which Drake purchased for more than $1 million at auction last year.
He raps: “Somebody had told me that you got a ring, on God, I’m ready to double the wage/ I’d rather do that than let a Canadian n-gga make ‘Pac turn in his grave.”
Kendrick brings the maligned Gunna into his diss, spitting: “We ain’t gotta get personal, this a friendly fade, you should keep it that way/ I know some shit about n-ggas that would make Gunna Wunna look like a saint/ This ain’t been about critics, not about gimmicks, not about who the greatest is/ Always been about love and hate, now lemme say I’m the biggest hater.”
Lamar continually ups the stakes, growing more venomous as the song progresses. He takes a shot at Drake’s ladies, rapping: “I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress/ I hate the way that you sneak diss, if I catch flight it’s gonna be direct/ We hate the bitches you fuck ’cause they confuse themselves with real women/ And notice I said ‘we,’ it’s not just me, I’m what the culture feeling.”
He later refers to Drake’s race again, asking: “How many more fairytale stories about your life ’til we had enough?/ How many more Black features ’til you finally feel that you Black enough/ I like Drake with the melodies, I don’t like Drake when he act tough/ You gon’ make a n-gga bring back Puff, let me see if Chubbs really crash something.”
K.Dot continues: “Yeah my first one like my last one, this a classic, you don’t have one/ Let your core audience stomach that, then tell ’em where you get the abs from.”
Later, he references his former label. He says: “Aye Top Dawg, who the fuck they think they playing with?/ Extortion my middle name, as soon as you jump off that plane, bitch/ I’m allergic to the lame shit, only you like being famous/ Yachty can’t give you no swag neither, I don’t give a fuck about who you hang with.”
Kendrick also alleges that Drizzy wanted to work together on a song. He raps: “Surprised you wanted that feature request, you know that we got some shit to address/ I even hate when you say the word ‘n-gga’… but that’s just me, I guess.”
The Compton native also brings Sexyy Red into the fold, rapping: “When I see you standing by Sexyy Red I believe you see two bad bitches/ I believe you don’t like women, that’s real competition, you might pop ass with ’em.”
K.Dot brings Drake’s paternal history into question, taking a shot at his relationship with his son, Adonis.
He raps: “Y’all thinking my life is rap? That’s ho shit, I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothing about that.”
Towards the end of the song, Lamar also takes a swipe at Drake’s rumored team of writers, also referencing Drizzy’s affiliation with Kill Bill.