Symba has brought in his birthday with a new track calling J. Cole out in the wake of his apology to Kendrick Lamar while also pointing out the Rap game’s many current shortcomings.
On Thursday (April 11), the Bay Area native shared the scathing freestyle, which he delivered over Big Sean‘s “Control” beat and seemingly captured on his phone’s camera while still in the booth.
“It’s my birthday and Yaw know what time it is .. THIS IS HIP HOP!!!,” he wrote in the caption, along with a lion emoji.
The first few bars hear Symba take aim at the general state of Hip-Hop, addressing everything from sneak dissing on podcasts interviews to men faking affluence in order to meet women’s unrealistic expectations. But soon enough, the 25-year-old addresses J. Cole by name, revealing his thoughts on the apology the Dreamville boss issued on Sunday (April 7), just days after releasing his “7 Minute Drill” diss directed at K. Dot.
“I looked the devil dead in his eyes like I ain’t scared to die,” Symba spits. “For damn sure ain’t scared to go to war with a friend of mine/Pushing through sunset lighting up with the top down/Barbershop convos ’bout who sit at the top now/The Big 3 fucked up, Cole gave up his spot now/Can’t say you top five if you scared to be hostile
“I remember feeling your pain when you let Nas down/But you done let Bas down and Cozz down/You done let the squad down/Can’t say you the goat if you ain’t poppin ’em/We ain’t tryna hear all them apologies/Dot told you n-ggas that he usually homeboys with who he rhymin’ with/But this is Hip-Hop and you n-ggas should know what time it is.”
J. Cole publicly apologized to Kendrick Lamar for dissing him on “7 Minute Drill” while performing at Dreamville Festival.
Walking back his lyrics about his longtime friend on the surprise song that was released on last week, Cole expressed regret about releasing the track.
“I’m so proud of [Might Delete Later], except for one part….
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