J Cole has revealed he regrets making the Kendrick Lamar diss track “7 Minute Drill.”
According to Variety, Cole addressed the crowd during his Dreamville Festival performance in North Carolina.
The song came last on the rapper’s new project “Might Delete Later,” which came out on April 5.
On the song, he replied to Lamar for calling him part of the “big three” along with Drake.
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“I’m so proud of [‘Might Delete Later’], except for one part. It’s one part of that shit that makes me feel like, man that’s the lamest shit I did in my fuckin’ life, right? And I know this is not what a lot of people want to hear.”
J Cole added that he felt pressured to reply to Lamar after the conversations it sparked.
“I was conflicted because, one I know my heart and I know how I feel about my peers, these two n—s that I just been blessed to even stand beside in this game, let alone chase they greatness. So I felt conflicted ’cause I’m like, bruh I don’t even feel no way. But the world wanna see blood. I don’t know if y’all can feel that, but the world wanna see blood.”
J Cole added that releasing the track “spiritually [felt] bad on me,” adding that “that shit don’t sit right with my spirit.”
“That shit disrupts my fuckin’ peace. So what I want to say right here tonight is in the midst of me doing that and in that shit, trying to find a little angle and downplay this n—a’s fucking catalog and his greatness, I want to say right now tonight, how many people think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest motherfucker’s to ever touch a fuckin’ microphone? Dreamville, y’all love Kendrick Lamar, correct? As do I.”
J.Cole speaks on his response to Kendrick and says it hasn’t felt good or right with his spirit, calling his own response “corny” and telling Kendrick to return his best shot if he feels a way pic.twitter.com/jan2jctfk9
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“So, I just want to come up here and publicly be like, bruh, that was the lamest, goofiest shit. I say all that to say it made me feel like 10 years ago when I was moving incorrectly. And I pray that god will line me back up on my purpose and on my path, I pray that my n—a really didn’t feel no way and if he did, my n—a, I got my chin out. Take your best shot, I’ma take that shit on the chin boy, do what you do. All good. It’s love. And I pray that y’all are like, forgive a n—a for the misstep and I can get back to my true path. Because I ain’t gonna lie to y’all. The past two days felt terrible. It let me know how good I’ve been sleeping for the past 10 years.”
The beef started with “First Person Shooter,” a collaboration between J Cole and Drake that was featured on Drake’s album For All The Dogs.
J Cole rapped:
“Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K. Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the big three, like we started a league.”
Lamar fired back.
“Yeah get up with me, fuck sneak dissing / ‘First Person Shooter,’ I hope they came with three switches. Motherfuck the big three, n—a, it’s just big me.”
While J Cole regrets his diss, Drake doesn’t.
“You know how I’m feeling? I got my head up high, my back straight, I’m 10 fucking toes down, and feeling like anywhere else I go, and I know no matter what, there’s not a n—a on this Earth that can ever fuck with me in my life.”
