Kendrick Lamar Finally Releases Drake Diss Track ‘Euphoria’
Kendrick Lamar has finally responded to Drake’s diss tracks with “Euphoria.” In the beginning of the song in a hushed tone, Kendrick brings up Drake’s acting past and seemingly knocks all of the trolling he has been doing in the past week as having some kind of episode: “Them super powers getting neutralized I can only watch in silence/ The famous actor we once knew is looking paranoid and now is spiraling.”
“Know you a master manipulator and habitual liar, too/But don’t tell no lie ’bout me, and I won’t tell truths ’bout you,” Kendrick continues debunking past statements Drake has made about him in this feud.
He also mentions Drake’s past feud with Pusha T and how Pharrell got caught in the crossfire on “Meltdown” with Travis Scott. Drake has had a longstanding beef with Pusha T since 2018 and fans were surprised when he came for Williams: “I melt down the chains that I bought from yo boss/ Give a f— about all of that heritage s—/ Since V not around, the members done hung up the Louis/ They not even wearing that s—,” alluding to Williams’ chains that Drake is seen wearing in the music video for “Jumbotron S— Poppin”
“I don’t like you popping s— at Pharrell, for him I’ll inherit the beef/ Yeah f— 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,” Kendrick raps in defense of Williams.
Kendrick Brings Up Fatherhood, J. Cole, & More Drake Diss Track ‘Euphoria’
Kendrick brings up Gunna who has been accused of being a “rat” in the Young Thug case and warns that he has information on Drake as well: “We ain’t gotta get personal, this a friendly fade, you should keep it that way/ I know some s— about n—– 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.”
One of the more petty bits in Kendrick’s diss is him telling Drake he just hates everything about him including the women he dates: “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 f— ’cause they confuse themselves with real women/ And notice I said ‘we,’ it’s not just me, I’m what the culture feeling.”
Drake’s fatherhood has been used in diss tracks before and most notably when Pusha T outed him having a son on “The Story of Adion” so Kendrick also made sure to call him out on that as well: “Y’all thinking my life is rap? That’s h- s—, I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothing about that.”
On Drake’s “Taylor Made Freestyle” that was aimed at Kendrick, he uses an AI version of late Tupac Shakur. While Kendrick doesn’t mention the exact way in which the Canadian rapper used Tupac in this feud, Kendrick gets his point across that Tupac would be disappointed.
“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—- make ‘Pac turn in his grave,” Kendrick raps referring to the million dollar ring Drake purchased from Tupac’s estate last year.
It’s not a surprise that Kendrick managed to slip J. Cole into the diss as his line on “First Person Shooter” referring to K. Dot, himself, and Drake was unknowingly the start of a rap civil war. “Cole and Aubrey know I’m a selfish guy, the crown is heavy/ I pray they my real friends, if not, I’m YNW Melly,” Kendrick raps referring to the “big three” statement but also YNW Melly is on trial currently for allegedly killing two of his close friends.
Kendrick also exposes Drake for asking to work together: “Surprised you wanted that feature request, you know that we got some s— to address/ I even hate when you say the word ‘n—-… but that’s just me, I guess.”
The Compton native also addresses Drake’s Blackness as the rapper is biracial which is something that Rick Ross repeatedly brought up on his diss track to Drake “Champagne Moments” by mocking him and calling him “white boy.”
“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—- bring back Puff, let me see if Chubbs really crash something,” Kendrick raps.
While Cole was the one who brought up Kendrick’s discography on “7 Minute Drill” which he later apologized for and removed from streaming services, he made sure to tell Drake that his discography is overhyped by his fanbase and also gave one more jab at the rumor Drizzy got cosmetic surgery: “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.”
In Kendrick’s last few lines he propels himself to the top and dismisses the other artists such as Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, Future, Metro Boomin, and The Weeknd who have gotten themselves into the mix: “Ain’t 20 v. 1 it’s 1 v. 20 if I gotta smack n—– that write with ya” he raps and lastly warning Drake, “We don’t wanna hear you say n—- no more.”
Listen To “Euphoria” below:
