J. Cole has addressed not participating in the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef on his new track entitled “Port Antonio.”

On Wednesday (October 9), the Dreamville boss surprised fans with a new song, talking about pulling out of the Drizzy and Kendrick beef, the Rap war, and more.

Cole starts off addressing the widespread debate that bowing out of the Drake-Kendrick fracas has lowered his standing, rapping that he’s “smirkin at n-ggas tryin to besmirch” his name and “They see this fire in my pen and think I’m dodging smoke.”

“I pulled the plug because I seen where that was about to go, they wanted blood, they wanted clicks to make they pockets grow/Wouldn’t have lost the battle, dog, I would’ve lost a bro, I would’ve gained a foe, and all for what?” Cole raps on the five-minute track.

Elsewhere on the release, Cole also addresses Drake by name.

“Hey Drake, you’ll always be my ni**a/I ain’t ashamed to say you did a lot fo’ me, my ni**a/F**k all the narratives/Tapping back into your magic pen is what’s imperative,” Cole instructs.

Back in May, J. Cole raised the white flag and apologized for releasing “7 Minute Drill,” a track he dropped in response to Kendrick Lamar’s warning on “Like That.”