Peak
4
Weeks
29
Score
4,603
Chart Year
2021
This Memphis-inspired cut finds Drake teaming up with 21 Savage to play out their gangsta fantasies. They exchange six verses during which they spit on a range of topics, from gangs to weapons to sex. Drake concludes proceedings with some braggadocio bars about how his son will inherit the rewards he's garnered from his hard work. "Knife Talk" marks the fourth collaboration between 21 Savage and Drake, following Drake's 2016 single "Sneakin," the unreleased leaked track "Issa," and "Mr. Right Now" from 21 Savage and Metro Boomin's joint album, Savage Mode II. The song starts off with an intro from Project Pat sampled from his verse on Juicy J's 2017 cut "Feed the Streets." Pat is the older brother of Juicy, who cut his teeth in the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia. The ominous production is courtesy of: St. Louis producer and frequent 21 Savage collaborator Metro Boomin. Metro helmed most of the tracks on Drake and Future's 2015 joint mixtape What a Time to Be Alive. He also co-produced "Feed The Streets." Ariana Grande's regular violinist Peter Lee Johnson. He co-produced five tracks on 21 Savage and Metro Boomin's Savage Mode II. Pianist and producer Kiefer plays the piano on this track. Kiefer has also lent his production talents to Anderson Paak, co-producing two tracks on his Grammy-winning Ventura album. Pablo Rochat directed the black-and-white horror film-inspired video. The clip mixes some classic old-school cartoons with dimly lit shots of the three rappers wielding big knives. Rochat also inserts footage from the 1962 American horror flick Carnival of Souls and the 1971 Italian slasher movie o Strangolatore di Vienna.
I gotta feed the streets, my pistol gon' bleed the streets Ski mask on my face, sometimes you gotta cheat To stay ahead in this bitch-a (gang), drank syrup like it's liquor Street life'll have you catchin' up to God quicker (yeah, gang) Sticker, AK-40 to your liver Let the chopper bang on you like a Blood or a Cripper (gang) Flipper, so much bread, I'm a gymnast Made so much money off of dummies, off of dummies (yeah, gang) I'm mister body catcher, Slaughter Gang soul snatcher Ain't no regular F-150, this a fuckin' Raptor No capper, street nigga, not a rapper Chopper hit him and he turned into a booty clapper Smith & Wesson, I'm 4L Gang reppin' We done baptized more niggas than a damn reverend (yeah) Kappa Alpha, me and my gang, we do all the steppin' Who you checkin'? This FN shoot East to West End (gang) Yeah I heard Papi outside And he got the double-R droppy outside Checked the weather and it's gettin' real oppy outside I'ma drop this shit and have these pussies droppin' like some motherfuckin' flies Type of nigga that can't look me in the eyes I despise When I see you, better put that fuckin' pride to the side Many times, plenty times, I survived Beef is live, spoiler alert, this nigga dies Keep blickies, and you know the weed sticky My finger itchy, the Glock like to leave hickeys Your shooters iffy, a street punk could never diss me I come straight up out the 6, and we don't spare sissies I fuck with her, and fuck with her, and her I hit up err and tell him do the err, for sure Voodoo curse, it got him while I flew to Turks Know the dogs had to hit them where we knew it hurts Gang shit, that's all I'm on (yeah) Gang shit, that's all I'm on Nigga, gang shit, that's all I'm on Gang shit, that's all I'm on Nigga, gang shit, that's all I'm on Gang shit, that's all I'm on Nigga, gang shit, that's all I'm on Gang shit, that's all I'm on Let it bang, bang, let it bang, bang 'Til his brains hang and his mama sang And the pastor sang and them bullets sang And them choppers sang and the choir sang I'm on everything Jacob charged me four-fifty for a tennis chain US Open, had it on us at the tennis game Tell the coach don't take me out, I like to finish games And my pen insane, and my men insane There's like eighty of us now, that's the scary thing Shit they doin' on that other side embarrassing We in Paris with it, hundred carats with it All this shit is for my son, 'cause he's inheritin' it (If Young Metro don't trust you I'm gon' shoot you) Gang (yeah) (Metro) Gang shit, that's all I'm on Gang shit, that's all I'm on Nigga, gang shit, that's all I'm on Gang shit, that's all I'm on Nigga, gang shit, that's all I'm on Gang shit, that's all I'm on Nigga, gang shit, that's all I'm on Gang shit, that's all I'm on, yeah
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 18, 2021 | 4 | 122 |
| 2 | Sep 25, 2021 | 5 | 121 |
| 3 | Oct 2, 2021 | 8 | 118 |
| 4 | Oct 9, 2021 | 9 | 117 |
| 5 | Oct 16, 2021 | 9 | 117 |
| 6 | Oct 23, 2021 | 14 | 112 |
| 7 | Oct 30, 2021 | 18 | 108 |
| 8 | Nov 6, 2021 | 22 | 104 |
| 9 | Nov 13, 2021 | 22 | 104 |
| 10 | Nov 20, 2021 | 23 | 103 |
| 11 | Nov 27, 2021 | 27 | 99 |
| 12 | Dec 4, 2021 | 33 | 93 |
| 13 | Dec 11, 2021 | 41 | 85 |
| 14 | Dec 18, 2021 | 44 | 82 |
| 15 | Dec 25, 2021 | 48 | 78 |
| 16 | Jan 1, 2022 | 53 | 73 |
| 17 | Jan 8, 2022 | 52 | 74 |
| 18 | Jan 15, 2022 | 31 | 95 |
| 19 | Jan 22, 2022 | 44 | 82 |
| 20 | Jan 29, 2022 | 36 | 90 |