J. Cole has unexpectedly addressed the meat between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, in addition to his determination to bow out of it, on a brand new track referred to as “Port Antonio.”
Launched abruptly on Wednesday evening (October 9), the five-minute monitor finds the Dreamville rapper defending his determination to step again from his temporary battle with longtime buddy and occasional collaborator Kendrick.
“I pulled the plug as a result of I seen the place that was ’bout to go / They wished blood, they wished clicks to make they pockets develop / They see this hearth in my pen and suppose I’m dodgin’ smoke / I wouldn’t have misplaced a battle, dawg, I woulda misplaced a bro / I woulda gained a foe,” he raps.
Cole then references the salacious accusations made by each Drake and Kendrick on their respective diss songs: “Jermaine is not any king if which means I gotta dig up dust and pay the entire crew / Of algorithm bot n-ggas simply to sway the entire thing / On social media, competing to your favorable memes to be thought of greatest.”
He additionally means that each rappers went too far of their feud: “I perceive the thirst of being first that made ’em each swing / Defending legacies, so traces received crossed, maybe regrettably / My pals went to conflict, I walked away with all they blood on me.”
Cole later addresses his “First Particular person Shooter” collaborator immediately: “They are saying I’m pickin’ sides, aye, don’t you lie on me, my n-gga / To begin one other conflict / Aye, Drake, you’ll all the time be my n-gga / I ain’t ashamed to say you probably did lots for me, my n-gga / Fuck all of the narratives / Tapping again into your magic pen is what’s crucial.”
The North Carolina native closes out the track by making a wider plea to Hip Hop: “Reminding these of us why we do it / It’s not for beefing, it’s for talking our ideas / Pushing ourselves, reaching the charts / Reaching your minds, deep in your coronary heart / Screaming to search out feelings to the touch / Somethin’ inside to open you up / Assist you deal with the tough instances and shit / I’m sending love, ’trigger we ain’t promised shit.”
Away from the headline-grabbing bars about his “Large Three” contemporaries, “Port Antonio” samples Lonnie Liston Smith’s “A Backyard of Peace,” which rap heads will acknowledge from JAY-Z‘s “Useless Presidents,” in addition to Cleo Sol‘s “Know That You Are Liked,” which was additionally just lately sampled by Large Sean on “Boundaries.”
Drake Allegedly Had Doubts About Performing With J. Cole After Kendrick Lamar Diss
The track arrives nearly precisely a yr after J. Cole’s “First Particular person Shooter” collaboration with Drake ignited Hip Hop’s civil conflict.
After Kendrick Lamar fired again months later with a blistering verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” Cole engaged the Compton native by dropping the diss track “7 Minute Drill.”
Simply days after its launch, nevertheless, Cole controversially apologized to Kendrick onstage at his Dreamville Competition earlier than eradicating the monitor from streaming providers.
“That shit disrupts my fucking peace,” he stated partly. “That was the lamest, goofiest shit […] I pray that y’all forgive a n-gga for the misstep and I can get again to my true path.”
