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Drake allegedly goes after his "enemies" in his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, released Friday (February 14).
The Toronto rapper addressed his ongoing beef with both Kendrick Lamar and Joe Budden in the record, taking shots at their careers and creative choices, per HIPHOPDX. In the opening bars of "Gimme A Hug," Drake calls out his haters, and praises himself for "filling up the itinerary ’til I’m six feet in a cemetery."
"Drake elimination, fake intimidation / Take a minute, take a deep breath, have a little bit of patience / ‘Drizzy, you amazing, you the inspiration / You set the bar for the next generation."
The second-half of the song references "twerking with a dictionary," a supposed diss on K-Dot's cover art for "Euphoria." The "Nonstop" standout continues, targeting "rap beef" as a whole.
"They be dropping s***, but we be dropping harder s*** / F*** a rap beef, I’m tryna get the party lit / Tryna get the party lit for the b****** / Them Nike tights is hugging on that a** like they missed it.”
HIPHOPDX also zoomed in on a line in the song where Drake takes aim at Budden.
"Melyssa Ford, you a legend from the 6, hate to see you with a d***-sucker."
The rapper spared no hearts in the creation of the record, refusing to mend his relationship with Young Thug, who reached out to him last October after he was released from jail.
"@Drake @1future @MetroBoomin we all bruddas. Music aint the same without us collabin," Thug posted on X, to which Drake replied via $ome $exy $ongs 4 U:
"Broski just hit me, said, ‘Put all the beef on the side,’ I can’t / Mm-hmm, I’m heated now, yeah / N***** want meet up, talk about s***, I’m vegan now / Evil eyes were staring at me and I see it now."
For more on Drake and Kendrick's ongoing feud, read: Kendrick Lamar Says He Treated Rap Battle With Drake 'As A Sport'.
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