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. It was released on June 25, 2021, with an accompanying music video. It was produced by D.A. Got That Dope. The song contains a flute instrumental with snares.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the track is a "heedlessly energetic" song, and compared it to DaBaby's song previous single "

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", calling it a "fast rap banger". Regina Cho of

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wrote that DaBaby "includes plenty of bars that play off the theme the title".

Music video

The music video, directed by DaBaby himself, sees him in a backyard with a barbecue, and also donning Oakland Raiders (now

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) merchandise. It references the films ''

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''.

Charts

References

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