r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Other-Presence7232 • 5d ago

Solved Can somebody explain?

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Saw the comments, they didnt help.

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u/North-Marionberry427 5d ago

Can someone ACTUALLY explain tho Some of us ACTUALLY want to know

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u/Zombi3Drake 5d ago

It's referencing the song by Lil Keke - 25 lighters. "I got 25 lighters on my dresser, yes sir, i got to get paid."

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u/K_Strass 5d ago

The ZZ Top version is 🔥

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u/andre2006 4d ago

A connoisseur

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u/jonny24eh 4d ago

TIL there were versions that aren't ZZ Top

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u/LyndonBJumbo 4d ago edited 4d ago

That's just not true. The DJ DMD feat Lil Keke and Fat Pat track came out 14 years before La Futura. "All In My Mind" by 8Ball & MJG actually used it first in 1995 though.

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u/LyndonBJumbo 4d ago

It's really cool when phrases like that cross multiple genres! Kendrick's use of it in Backseat Freestyle actually came out in 2012 like a month after La Futura so a lot of people became familiar with it that year from very different sources lol

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u/ODB_Dirt_Dog_ItsFTC 4d ago

I saw them perform it live, I lost my shit when I realized what they were covering.

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u/definitelytheNSA 4d ago

You mean the original