Drake Takes Aim At Kanye West On ‘8AM In Charlotte’
Drake dropped a surprise song called “8 AM In Charlotte” with apparent shots at Kanye West. The new track was released on Instagram overnight on Thursday (October 5) with a video featuring his son. Drake raps confidently over a soulful beat from Conductor Williams, known for working with Westside Gunn’s Griselda collective. Drake name-drops various artists in the song, including 21 Savage, Central Cee, DJ Screw, Adele, Shania Twain, and Michael Jackson. He even compares himself to Michael Jackson by saying, “I feel like if Mike switched out the glove for the pen.”
But it’s who he doesn’t name that has appears to subliminally diss Kanye in his third and final verse.
“You n-ggas obsessed with me and it’s not on no hetero vibe/ Handle beef so quiet you think that I’m letting it slide/ Next thing you know we tip-toeing past enemy lines/ Diss me so long ago we making your memories fly/ Conspiracy theories start floating around like the Kennedy guy/ I’ll probably hold a grudge against you guys ’til I’m 75,” he raps.
“Aye, n-ggas lying for a living, I couldn’t relate/ We all gotta lay in the bed we make, but that couldn’t be Drake/ You forced a lot of fake love when real ones stood in your face/ That’s why you got deserted by your n-ggas like pudding and cake/ I got you on camera bowing down but the footage is safe/ Thank God, another USB to put in the safe.”
He then closes out the song by declaring: “Not saying I’m the best at what I do/ I’m just saying that it’s me versus whoever wanna lose
Peep the new song below (WARNING Explicit Lyrics)
Photo Credit REUTERS/Steve Marcus
