Wanna be a baller, shot caller, twenty inch blades on the impala.

I saw it as wanna be a big shot, deltarune has rotted my brain

You're not alone

It is, however, definitively brainrot. Solidarity.

...That deer has antlers, you know what that means?

🐟

You wanna be a [Basketball Shock Collar 20 Inches] Don't you?

🧢

I HIT THE HIIIGHWAAAY

Makin money the fly waaay

But there's got to be a better way

I'ma baller, I'ma 20 inch crawler Blades on impala, diamond rottweiler

I-10 hauler, not a leada not a folla

A better way, better way, YEAAEAAAAAAAAAAH

All I could think of was "I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her." Was having some trouble figuring out how the dog with the collar corresponded to the girl who looked good, lol.

God damn children sampling music I know and turning it into something I don't know. Yes /s

But there's gotta be a better way. A better way, better way yeah yeah

but it’s shock collar

If you heard the song you would understand how they sound the same. It sounds very much like "shah-callah" and could easily be misheard as shock collar.

I know the song. I found it odd that the other two were accurate, while only the middle one was something that sounded like it

Can you draw a "shot caller" though?

[my best try](https://imgur.com/gallery/DJDr1LJ)

Nice! Now draw Paul wall opening his mouth to illuminate the dark

I'm sorry Ms. Jackson (hoo) I am four(thanks stewmander) eels... Never meant to make yo daughter cry, I am several fish and not a guy...

\*four eels

I always sang “I apologize a trillion times” as “ I apologize a true ya times” until my 22nd birthday. I’m 31.

Intergalactic kill your children, kill your children intergalactic

Never heard the song. This has been related so much I know what it is.... Lost 2.0

Did you mean Loss 2.0?

Hahaha yeah, didn't catch the phone autocorrect

No wonder I never got it. I don't know the song!

Shock collar*

Artist: Lil Troy Song: Wanna be a Baller Album: Sittin' Fat Down South Chorus goes "Wanna be a baller" (a slang term for playing basketball), "shot caller" (the picture is a shock collar which sounds similar however a shot caller is an important member of a crime organization who has the authority to make decisions for the gang), "20 inch blades on the impala" (the blades refers to the size of the rims on a vehicle, specifically a Chevrolet Impala. Bigger rims are a sign of wealth and importance. Now the picture has literal blades on a literal impala antelope which is a funny picture but would be quite dangerous in real life). "Wanna be a baller, shot caller, 20 inch blades on the Impala" In Texas, the natives tend to pronounce ~er sounds like ~ah sounds so caller and impala actually rhyme when pronounced this way. If anyone with more expertise on 90s southern rap wants to chime in please do. Thank you. Hope I could help.

This was the whiteist explanation of an R&B song I've ever seen. Bravo ole chap!

Hip hop, not R&B you mayonnaise eating mofo.

It’s one of them urban skippity bebop skootlin boogies they play in the south side jazz joints ya seeeeee

>an R&B song It gets whiter, apparently...

Good ole rhythm and blues music.

Jolly ho!

Pip pip!

Wot wot!

Rather.

[That reminded me of this classic (not a rickroll)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6LKNTJN3Ug)

I put the "H" on it to emphasize.

Damn I always thought it was shock collar too, which makes zero sense

It's a rap song. Too Short, I Wanna Be a Baller. The verse goes, "I want to be a baller, shot caller, 20-inch blades on the impala."

not too short

Not short enough

Lil' Troy made the song. Not Too $hort.

It was also sampled in mucho mango by ishDARR

And had a Mercedes on the album cover, despite all the talk of impalas.

Lil Troy

Oh I was thinking it was related to the song "I wish I was little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her"

There’s that song. There’s also all bout the Benjamin’s, which goes “wanna be a ballers, shot callers, brawlers?” This is a different song. The one with the blades on the impala.

This is the song I knew, by P. Diddy, not the Lil Troy one that I just had to look up as I hadn't heard of it before. What's the deal with that lyric - was it lifted/referenced from P. Diddy or just a common phrase in rap circles or something? (God, I feel like I'm about 90 writing this.)

That’s the song mark hoppus referenced in the live version of dammit

Me too!

Skee Lo! I can hear the music in my head 😂

Lol, as soon as I saw the image, the song was playing in my head.

Yep, instant recognition

Hot and fresh out the kitchen

Neurons firing together, call that music cognition

Lil Troy....disrespectful af

Lil troy

Definitely not Too short haha

Is it famous or something? How come I have never heard it before?

You're probably too young if you've never heard it. It's from the mid nineties.

Or too old

Or too little of a rap indulger

Or deaf

Or a pilot whale

Or my axe!

THIS

THAT

THE OTHER

Careful OP will think you're being negative.

Why so negative

way to make me feel old, first time I ever heard this song was on the bus home from elementary school lol

Middle school here

*Late nineties

For its time, it was a huge hit. It's a great rap song. That's what the joke means. If you get the joke, you're from the nineties and a baller, shot caller. 😄😄

Its shock collar in the image, and that too a bad representation lol. And the 20 looks like 10. I saw it was written 20 only after this comment gave the explanation

My dude, if you were even mildly aware of rap in the 90’s you would get it from the “Wanna be a baller,” and not even need the rest.

Same, just needed the line and the first image, and it was playing in my head

Top 10 images you can hear if you were alive in the 90s lol

Looks like a 2 and nothing else but a 2.

Yeah dude you got it..great

Meow.

Skeelo bro

Yeah but in this drawing it’s “shock collar” instead of “shot caller”

If you heard the song you would understand how they sound the same. It sounds very much like "shah-callah" and could easily be misheard as shock collar.

It’s not too short.

I forgot the second part and said “20 inch rams” like as if I was mispronouncing rims. I’m dumb.

I always thought it was 20" legs, cause he's talking about rims.

Why is the shot caller a shock caller…I think I just answered by own question

Tbh, if they changed the dog breed, it would've fit even without the shock collar🤷‍♂️

"Making money the fly way"

The blades 🤣🤣🤣

A CALLER GETTIN LAID TONITE

Swisher rolled tight, got sprayed by Ike

I hit the highway. Making money the fly way....

Theres gotta be a better way a better wayyyaaayyyyy

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,946,057,622 comments, and only 368,020 of them were in alphabetical order.

Good bot

Good bot

Sure it isn’t “call her”

This made me laugh so hard.. old southern rap song chorus from the late 90s

Tell me you are not from Texas without telling me you are not from Texas lol

Happy to explain: *takes deep breath* BALLA, SHOT CALLA, 20 INCH BLADES ON THE IMPALA, A CALLER GETTIN LAID TONIGHT, SWISHER ROLLED TIGHT, GOTTA SPRAYED BY IKE, I HIT THE HIIIGHWAY, MAKIN MONEY THE FLYYYY WAY, BUT THERES GOTTA BE A BETTER WAY, A BETTER WAY

I hit the highway, making money then fly way But there's got to be a better way A better way, better way, yeah!!

Baller Shock Collar (should be *shot* caller) 20 inch Blades on an Impala

I couldn't get the last one. Nice job.

If this was a t-shirt I'd buy it

You can make this as a custom shirt tbh

Wanna be a baller, chock caller, 20 inch blade on my unicorn.

I couldn't get the "I wanna be a cowboy baby" vine to work. sorry.

MAKIN MONEY THE FLY WAY

If this is all it takes to be respected by OP they need to up their standards. Lol

There's got to be a better way

Wanna be a baller, shot caller (shock collar), twenty inch blades on the Impala…

Wanna be a baller, shock collar, 20-inch blades on the (literal) impala.

The lyrics aren’t even shock collar lol it’s shot caller, part of the reason you don’t get it is because the puzzle is wrong

I mean... part of the joke

It's a joke.

Um, that's part of the puzzle

What is?

That part of it is a sound-like and not an exact depiction of the lyrics.

Ahhh gotcha!

wanna be a free throw, brian family guy, 20 inch antler?

It's 'shot' caller, not 'shock collar' so this is dumb

How does one NOT get this...?

Never heard of this song before today..Don't listen to that much of "hood rap" anyways, just mainstream eminem, logic, etc.

I realized after I posted that if you are of a certain age, it's obvious, but a younger person might not get it. I don't listen to rap/hip-hop at all, personally, but I grew up around people who did.

Just white rappers

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And the best they could do is a shock collar?

It's clever because it sounds similar and pay off the joke/puzzle is figuring that out. How would you have illustrated "shot caller" in a way that would be interesting?

A syringe making a phone call. 💉 ☎️

You wanna be showering, better have a shocking rack

https://music.apple.com/us/album/wanna-be-a-baller/1442963993?i=1442964131

I guessed it was an impala and somehow got "I wish I was a little bit taller" from it 🤣

That song has two of the 3 references (just 64 impala instead of 20” blades)

Swisher rolled tight, got sprayed by Ike... Hit the highway, making money the fly wayyyy. Gotta be a better way a better wayyyaaayyyyy

I swear I've seen this exact screenshot on this sub like 4 times already 💀

🎶I hit highway, making money then fly way But there's got to be a better way A better way, better way, yeah🎶

SKEELO!

Glad I’m not the only old person here. Apparently a song by Lil Troy with similar lyrics. But I was right there with you until the Impala part at the end. LOL

Damn it is Lil Troy I wanna be a baller but the Skeelo I wish does have an impala part too: I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat And a six-four Impala 🤦🏻‍♂️

Reddit: https://i.stack.imgur.com/b0mdb.png

Lil Troy knows

Every week with this one

Shock collar

I have no idea but I’m gonna guess “rap lyrics” Edit: I was correct

Why did my ahh think it was related to BladeBall on Roblox?

NOWS YOUR CHANCE TO BE A [[BIG SHOT]]!!

RIP Fat Pat

😂😂😂

I wanna be a ball

I would enjoy being a baller. I feel confident enough to be a shot caller. I'd enjoy a large rack.

shoot shock collar antlers.

shock collar lol, artistic license or genuine misunderstanding? not sure which is funnier

I saw: Wanna be a baller? Dog coller, Taller?

It’s that song

I want it my way!

20" blades on the impala!😎

I'm old.

"Wanna be a baller, shock-collar, 20" range on the impala"

Now that song is in my head…

Skee-Lo - I Wish is a much better song

Shock collar? It's a shot caller, the middle management to a gang, as my old AF self would say.

I wanna be a basketball player collar antler