“The Story of Adidon” is Pusha-T’s response to Drake’s diss track “Duppy Freestyle.” Inspired by the title, and borrowing the instrumental from JAY-Z’s “The Story of O.J.,” Pusha sets aside topics of his beef with Drake so far, and instead focuses on Drake’s character and personal relationships.
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[Intro]
Easy money
It's about to be a surgical summer
Chop the tops off the coupes
The cuatrociento' ochenta y ocho
The Spider joint
And you know we gotta cut the heads off these snakes, right?
Watch the body drop
[Verse]
Drug dealin' aside, ghostwritin' aside
Let's have a heart-to-heart about your pride
Even though you're multi, I see that your soul don't look alive
The M's count different when Baby divides the pie, wait
Let's examine why
Your music for the past few years been angry and full of lies
I'll start it at the home front, "I'm On One"
Dennis Graham stay off the 'Gram, bitch, I'm on one
You mention wedding ring like it's a bad thing
Your father walked away at five—hell of a dad thing
Marriage is somethin' that Sandi never had, Drake
How you a winner but she keep comin' in last place?
Monkey-suit Dennis, you parade him
A Steve Harvey-suit nigga made him
Confused, always felt you weren't Black enough
Afraid to grow it 'cause your 'fro wouldn't nap enough
Since you name-dropped my fiancée
Let 'em know who you chose as your Beyoncé
Sophie knows better as your baby mother
Cleaned her up for IG, but the stench is on her
A baby's involved, it's deeper than rap
We talkin' character, let me keep with the facts
You are hiding a child, let that boy come home
Deadbeat mothafucka playin' border patrol, ooh
Adonis is your son
And he deserves more than an Adidas press run; that's real
Love that baby, respect that girl
Forget she's a pornstar, let her be your world, yuugh!
How dare you put Ye in my verses?
I'm selfish, I want all of the curses
I'm pre-bookin' the churches, me versus three hearses
If we all go to Hell, it'll be worth it
Already aligned with the greats, and on that same note
The only ones I chase are two ghosts
Still givin' you classics, that's the only thing that dates me
OVO 40, hunched over like he 80—tick, tick, tick
How much time he got? That man is sick, sick, sick
I got the devil flow, nigga—six-six-six
Surgical summer with it—snip, snip, snip
And you don't really want it with him
[Outro]
Surgical Summer, Volume 1
We gon' take this slow
We just gon' peel it back layer-by-layer
Yeah, DAYTONA
Album of the motherfuckin' year
And you talkin' 'bout you upset
Hahahahaha
Well, I wanna see what it's like when you get angry, okay?
You show me that
Push!
The Story of Adidon was written by Pusha T.
Pusha T released The Story of Adidon on Tue May 29 2018.
“Adidon” is a portmanteau of the alleged name of Drake’s child “Adonis” with “Adidas"—Drake is rumored to be signing with Adidas in 2018 and naming his collection after his son.
Yes, photographer David Leyes shot the cover art and another black-and-white photo of Drake wearing blackface make-up.
In a tweet, Pusha said:
Please stop referring to this picture as “artwork”…I’m not an internet baby, I don’t edit images…this is a REAL picture…these are his truths, see for yours...
Drake has yet to respond to the track directly, however on his fifth studio album Scorpion –released exactly a month after the diss – Drake appears to respond subtly to numerous lines from “The Story of Adidon”:
Daddy got suits like Bernie Mac, he dresses himself
–“Survival”
I wasn’t hidin' my ki...
Pusha T spoke on the record in a phone call-interview with the Breakfast Club where he confirmed aspects of the diss song such as Adidon being the name of Drake’s Adidas clothing line and also it being inspired by his son, Adonis.
In regards to the beef, he said that “all bets are off and everythin...
Yes. He claimed Adonis as his own on his album, Scorpion.
No I.D. said he told Pusha not to use his beat for JAY-Z’s “The Story of O.J.” for this diss.
I told [Pusha T], don’t do it, and he did it anyway. I told his manager, Steven Victor, he called me about it. And I was like no, that’s not even the spirit of the song, bro, why would you pick that one? T...