Kendrick Lamar Drops Euphoria, Drake Diss

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Kendrick Lamar's first full diss track towards Drake that released 17 days after Pushups first leaked and 11 days after Taylor Made Freestyle. This track has 3 different beat switches which is a nod to his verse on Like That.
In the first verse he is setting up the stage for the rap battle to come, calling him out for blatant flaws which would be further explored in this and future tracks. There was a call back to The Heart Part 4, when that song first released there were predictions who some of the bars were about but due to
this it seems clear it was about Drake.
"Don't tell a lie on me
I won’t tell the truth 'bout you" - The Heart Part 4
"But don't tell no lie about me and I won't tell truths 'bout you" - Euphoria
In the second verse he calls him out for disrespecting 2Pac on Taylor Made Freestyle, and said he would be the 2Pac's ring back from Drake for double what he paid for. This once again shows the deep respect Kendrick has for 2Pac. He talks about how Drake is insecure about not being perceived as "black enough". Kendrick also just says how he despises everything about him in a one of the more popular lines from the beef.
"I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress"
In the third verse, Kendrick says that Drake was asking to do a feature with him despite them being on bad terms for most likely over a decade, there were some speculations that he might've been asking him to do a feature on First Person Shooter since J. Cole talks about the big three there. In response to Drake saying how bad his contract is on Pushups, Kendrick responds with "show me your splits, I'll make sure I double back with ya", saying that he has a far better deal than Drake. He accused him of sending a cease and desist on Like That. Talks about how he is a terrible father who doesn't raise his son at all or at least properly which was a topic first introduced by Story of Adidon. Lastly, he says to not respond to this record because he will come back far harder.
The next song in this beef was from Kendrick again with it being 6:16 in LA.
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