Watch the Party Die - Drake: Moor of Toronto

Kendrick Lamar has dropped what seems to be the final song in his rap beef with Drake on Instagram, and it looks like he’s willing to put his hatred for the Toronto rapper in the past. The song is untitled, which led many to call it “Watch the Party Die” after a repeated line in the chorus. In contrast, others have begun to dub it the real "The Heart Pt. 6." This would make sense, as Terrace Martin confirmed Lamar is "locked in" and working on new music, potentially for his next album. Kendrick has dropped a new installment in the series of those songs before every album he’s released. Coupled with Drake naming one of his songs from their beef "The Heart Pt. 6," it stands to reason that since this song is seemingly Kendrick closing this chapter of his career, he would avoid making any unnecessary reference to their beef.

The song is in the same vein as “euphoria” and “6:16 in LA,” where Kendrick raps over a smooth soul sample. It seems to carry a similar message. We’re seeing that Kendrick is over the beef, and the whole thing was simply out of necessity. In "6:16 in LA," we saw him explain his role as a holy knight acting as an instrument for God’s karmic will. Even in “euphoria,” Kendrick says to Drake, “I’m allergic to the lame s--t, only you like bein’ famous.” We’re to believe that even though this beef led to Lamar being selected to perform at the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, it was never his intention to be thrust further into the public eye. These same themes are coming back in "Watch the Party Die."

He once again calls out Drake and DJ Akademiks for trying to continue the beef. He alluded to shutting it down before in his announcement for Super Bowl LIX, when he said, "No round twos." However, Drake has been posting subliminal shots at Kendrick since the release of "Not Like Us." DJ Akademiks, a fierce Drake supporter, has been criticizing Kendrick as a way to boost Drake's image. Kendrick cannot allow these things to go unaddressed, because, as he told Drake's son in "Meet the Grahams," "Never let a man p-- on your leg, son. Either you die right there or pop that man in the head, son." This lyric alludes to an incident from Drake's personal life but also suggests that you cannot let lies go unaddressed or unpunished. So in this song, Kendrick addresses Akademiks yet again, calling him a disappointment to the culture.

The most compelling part of this song, if not the whole beef, is Kendrick's internal struggle with his hatred for Drake. He starts by declaring how much he hates Drake, but his aim slowly shifts from hatred to a sense of pity. He still does not like Drake, but he is trying to prevent his hatred from spilling out and hurting him in the process. Kendrick struggled internally to suppress his hatred for Drake in three songs. In "Watch the Party Die," he soulfully transitions away from all the negativity that has come from feeding his inner hatred for Drake.