At one point, Kendrick asks, “Have you ever thought that OVO was working for me?” before expressing hatred for “bullies” and asserting that Drake “must be a terrible person,” like so:
Have you ever thought that OVO was working for me?
Fake bully I hate bullies
You must be a terrible person
Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it
Can’t Toosie Slide up outta this one
It’s just gon’ resurface
Kendrick circles back to Drake’s inner circle later on, alleging that a fifth of the people on his payroll want Drake “as a casualty.” Kendrick further alleges that “one of them is actually next to you,” though it’s not immediately clear who, exactly, he’s referencing here.
Akademiks, a consistent presence in the great rap war of 2024 who recently argued that Drake had the upper hand post-“euphoria,” catches a stray, with Kendrick positing that the streamer and recent Mar-a-Lago guest has been “looking compromised” as of late.
The 6 God’s For All the Dogs again gets a nod too (“Every dog gotta have his day, now live in your purpose”), as does Kendrick’s self-admitted “boring life” in pursuit of peace. That peace, however, can be put on pause “if the world is ready to see you bleed.”
When wheeling “6:16 in LA” out to the public on Friday, Kendrick paired the track with an image of a glove, signaling, of course, that the gloves are off in his back-and-forth against Drake. But there’s more to this choice of image than just that, as the glove in question prominently features the Maybach logo, not to mention it could most certainly be another Michael Jackson reference. On “Like That,” Kendrick reminded Drake that “Prince outlived Mike Jack.”
The title, in keeping with Drake’s timestamp series, pretty closely aligns with what time the song first hit IG on Friday. However, it’s potentially worth noting that 6/16—as in, June 16—is also Father’s Day, not to mention 2Pac’s birthday.
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