Yesterday's price is not today's price
Like, like—like, crack—crack, like, like
Like, li—li—crack, crack, crack
[Chorus]
Imaginary players ain't been coached right
Master recipes under stove lights
The number on this jersey is the quote price
You ordered Diet Coke, that's a joke, right?
Everybody get it off the boat, right?
But only I can really have a snow fight
Detroit nigga challenge, what's your dope like?
If your Benz bigger, step it up to Ghost life
Missy was our only misdemeanor
My tunnel vision's better under stove lights
You ordered Diet Coke, that's a joke, right?
My workers compensated so they don't strike
[Verse 1]
Wish me luck, see green like Don Bishop
The ones you trust don’t change like them chains you tuck
Far as I'm concerned, who's the best? Me and Yezos
Wash, then dry, so give me all of mine in pesos
Add it up (Add it up)
Your bitches in them pictures but they laser taggin' us
They mad at us, who wouldn't be?
We became everything you couldn't be
Everything your mama said you shouldn't be
The Porsche's horses revvin', like, "Look at me"
Saddle up
I'm still pitchin', baby, batter up
Imaginary players ain't been coached right
Master recipes under stove lights
The number on this jersey is the quote price
You ordered Diet Coke, that's a joke, right?
All you niggas get it off the boat, right?
But only I can really have a snow fight
Detroit nigga challenge, what's your dope like?
If your Benz bigger, step it up to Ghost life
[Verse 2]
The flow's untouched, the drums is tucked
Drive Cullinan when roads get rough
Snow’s a must, the nose adjust
Young Gs like we Hov and Puff
Best jewelries and hoes we lust
Chanel trinkets and hoes'll blush
Crush hearts like pretty boys
And we drivin' pretty toys
Extendos will make plenty noise
Crescendo make your car endo
Pierce your car window
Missy was our only misdemeanor
Nike box hold a hundred thou' with no insoles, uh
The crack era was such a Black era
How many still standin' reflectin' in that mirror?
Lucky me
Imaginary players ain't been coached right
Master recipes under stove lights
The number on this jersey is the quote price
You ordered Diet Coke, that's a joke, right?
All you niggas get it off the boat, right?
But only I can really have a snow fight
Detroit nigga challenge, what's your dope like?
If your Benz bigger, step it up to Ghost life
About
“Diet Coke” is the lead single for Pusha T’s fourth studio album, It’s Almost Dry. It was first previewed after a snippet surfaced of Push and Kanye West recording a music video. It was later confirmed that Ye was involved in the song after his then-girlfriend Julia Fox told Interview Magazine that she had gone to a music video shoot for the collaboration. Push later shared a snippet of the song at an afterparty for the KENZO fashion show in Paris, France.
The beat, originally intended to be an interlude for 88-Keys beat tape, The Makings of Crack Cocaine, was produced in 2004, around 18 years before “Diet Coke” was released.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
‘Diet Coke’ was an ill name for a record. It’s a code name for crack. The news called it crack, I called it diet coke. It’s something we visited on Hell Hath No Fury. Kanye and 88-Keys did the beat and Hell Hath No Fury is one of Kanye’s favorite albums, which was produced by The Neptunes. So he did that. He likes one thing from me, he just likes bars. He just wants bars, he just wants me to rhyme for a thousand bars. He’ll be like, ‘Give me that,’ and then he wants to take it and shape it how he wants to shape it. And I think it meant for a really good record.
—Pusha T via “A Conversation with Charlamagne Tha God”
Yes, Pusha T performed the song live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in March 2022.
- 1.Brambleton
- 4.Neck & Wrist
- 6.Diet Coke
- 7.Rock N Roll
- 10.Hear Me Clearly
- 11.Open Air
- 12.I Pray For You
