Red Button

Album

For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition

Label

OVO Sound

Genre

Hip hop

Composer(s)

Aubrey Graham;Miles Parks McCollum;R. Di Melo;S. Wilson

Entered Chart

Dec 2, 2023

Peak Date

Dec 2, 2023

On November 17, 2023, Drake surprised us with the release of For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition with no prior publicity. The record is a reissue of For All the Dogs, which he dropped six weeks previously, but this time he's slapping on an extra six tracks. It's the next chapter of his Scary Hours series, rolling on from Scary Hours (2018) and Scary Hours 2 (2021), with the new tracks appended to For All the Dogs on digital platforms. "Red Button" is the first new song on For All The Dogs Scary Hour Edition. Drake's diving deep into some dark vibes here, with a mindset darker than your ex's last DM. It sets the mood for the next five tracks, all bringing that heat with dark beats and lyrics. Drake fires shots left and right in a single verse, promising a cold winter for all his haters. Most noteworthy is when he spits about his on-off feud with Kanye West. Every time that Yeezy call the truce He had my head inflated Thinking we going to finally peace it up and get to levitating This Drake and Ye beef has been cooking for years. When they linked up for the Free Larry Hoover gig in LA in 2021, it seemed like things might cool down. But nah, 2022 saw Drizzy firing shots on "Circo Loco," and in 2023, he's still at it on "Search & Rescue." Drake's shining a light on what he sees as Ye's shady moves while trying to hash out their mess. Elsewhere, Drake gives props to Taylor Swift, showing mad respect and even dropping a sales flex. Taylor Swift the only n---a that I ever rated Only one that could make me drop the album just a little later Rest of ya'll, I treat ya'll like you never made it Drake and Swift, they're the heavyweights in the music game, and they've got that mutual respect going on. Check this: In 2022, Swift hits us with Midnights on October 21, right? Now, Drake and 21 Savage were about to unleash Her Loss a week later, but they pushed it to November 4. Looks like they gave the Pop Princess a few weeks to rule the charts. Drake's For All the Dogs landed on October 6, 2013, just three weeks before Swift dropped her 1989 (Taylor's Version). These two are playing the game, chess moves and all. If I press this red button, dog, everybody Heaven Gated Press this red button, dog, and everything forever changes In studio equipment, the "red button" is typically used to indicate recording or capturing a signal. It is often found on microphones, audio interfaces, and recording consoles. When the red button is illuminated, it signifies that the device is actively recording and that any incoming audio signals will be captured and stored. Drake thinks his tunes work like a chill pill, especially for the haters. Once that red button's hit, it's like he's slipping them a musical sedative, putting those critics to sleep, Drake style. It's like they're downing some metaphorical barbiturates. And he isn't holding back, calling their critiques "gated" and cult-like, shutting down closed-minded noise. Ovrkast and Lil Yachty produced "Red Button," surrounding Drake's bars with an angelic chorus. Oakland-based rapper and producer Ovrkast and Atlanta rapper-singer Lil Yachty also teamed up to produce "The Shoe Fits" for For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition. Drake laid down the six new tracks between November 11–16, 2023. "I didn't have one bar written down for those songs on the night that For All the Dogs dropped," he wrote on Instagram. "It's not like I'm picking up from some unfinished s--t. You know, this is just happening on its own. And who am I to fight it?"

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The most decorated, competition decimated
My drive is dedicated, your drive is designated
Niggas got you to the spot and then you separated
Reasons for it speculated, we know how it escalated
Rarely celebrated, grade eleven educated
Radio is king again, Billboard got me regulated
Wanna make it fair for you, numbers that I generated
Do right and kill everything, people knew that death awaited
Taylor Swift the only nigga that I ever rated
Only one could make me drop the album just a little later
Rest of y'all, I treat you like you never made it
Leave your label devastated
Even when you pad the stats, period, I never hated
Even when you stab me in the back, the vest is metal-plated
Tryna see a B inside my circle like I'm gettin' graded
Man, all this luggage in the lobby like I'm gettin' traded
Every time you need me for a boost, I never hesitated
Every time that Yeezy called a truce, he had my head inflated
Thinkin' we gon' finally peace it up and get to levitatin'
Realize that everything premeditated
Everyone was good with me, then everyone expression faded
Tickin' time bomb and they beggin' me to detonate it
If I press this red button, dog, everybody Heaven Gated
Press this red button, dog, and everything forever changes
Word to M-Dolla, she the only one could maybe save it
Should've hit you first, but, sis, you know about the shit I've taken
Niggas think it's sweet, but I am not a diabetic patient
No
I will start blackin' over here like it's segregation
I will fuckin' double-cross you niggas like it's meditation
I'll give you a hard pill to swallow, this your medication
I will fuckin' pop up on your ass like a revelation
I could tell you better than I show you, this a demonstration
I will fuckin' leave you in the dirt like some vegetation
Chemicals is mixin' in my brain and killin' hesitation
I will fuckin' force a few shots like a vaccination
Niggas fuckin' call me up to cap, this not a graduation
I will fuckin' put your ass on pause like I'm Pastor Mason
I will set alarms off and cause a whole evacuation
I'll fuckin'-, I'll fuckin'-
I'll get to you ten years from now like procrastination
I'll fuckin' find out wherever y'all are celebratin'
Pull up, park my Phantom on the curb like I'm Larry David
And then we'll see who's really crazy

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