Daylight (Drake song)

The song begins with dialogue by Tony Montana sampled from the 1983 film Scarface^[1] and contains a trap beat,^[2] In the chorus, Drake mentions someone being shot in broad daylight,^[3][4] before addressing rumors concerning him on the Internet. These lyrics have been speculated to refer to rapper XXXTentacion, who had a feud with Drake, and rumors of Drake's involvement in his 2018 murder.^[4] Two minutes into the song, the beat switches and is followed by a rap verse from Adonis.^[5][6]

Billboard's Kyle Denis ranked the track as the twelfth best track on the album.^[7] Denis wrote that "Drake’s villain era feels quite forced" while describing the production as "ominous oscillating synths".^[7] The song received generally negative reviews from music critics. Nadine Smith of The Independent cited it as a song in which Drake "strains to fit over the futuristic 'rage' sound popularised by Playboi Carti."^[8] Mosi Reeves of Rolling Stone wrote, "Skeptics who bemoan the 36-year-old superstar's Peter Pan-like immaturity will cite 'Daylight,' where he claims, 'I'm trying to fuck all the bitches that look at my ex,' then invites his five-year-old son Adonis to drop a verse at track's end."^[9] Luke Morgan Britton of NME also criticized the aforementioned line, stating "Any boyish charm has abandoned him on 'For All The Dogs' though, instead replaced with bitterness, pettiness and finger-pointing at the supposed flaws of women in Drake's life."^[10] Paul Attard of Slant Magazine disapproved of Drake "claiming that he's going to shoot someone atop a Fisher-Price-grade trap beat" in the song.^[2] Josh Herring of The Line of Best Fit described Adonis' verse as "cute but out of place".^[3] Chris Richards of The Washington Post regarded the audio sample from Scarface as the "most embarrassing moment" on For All the Dogs.^[1]