WE READY - High School Football Chant (video, lyrics, and comments)

Matthew Romero, Nov. 23, 2016

A high school football team chants we ready to get hyped before a game.
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Words:
We ready
We ready
We ready
For y'all
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This particular video has 8.9 million views as of October 24, 2020 and there are other YouTube videos of the same football team performing this pre-game chant. (!)

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases the Nov. 2016 video of a high school team performing a pre-game chant to hype them up.

This post also provides information about the "We Ready" chant and presents comments about this chant from discussion thread of various YouTube videos.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, recreational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Archie Eversole for recording the Hip Hop track "We Ready" in 2002. Thanks to the  football team that are featured in this showcased video* and thanks to all other football teams who have performed this chant. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of all the videos that are showcased or whose links are given in this pancocojams post. 
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As per some comments in the discussion thread given below, I think this football team is from Ridgeway High School, Memphis, Tennessee.  

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE "WE READY" CHANT
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"Archie Eversole is an German born-American hip-hop recording artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for the 2002 single "We Ready," a song that samples "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam, which is regularly used as a stadium anthem and in advertisement commercials related to American sports.[1] In 2018, Eversole released "United We Conquer," a theme for the Atlanta United MLS club.[2]"
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTWHILtcNl0&ab_channel=ArchieEversoleVEVO for the official YouTube video entitled "Archie Eversole - We Ready ft. Bubba Sparxxx"

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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANT 
There are several YouTube video channels that published the video of that team performing this pre-game chant. Here are some examples of comments from two of  those videos' discussion threads.

These comments are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
Excerpt #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZ4GHJJzqY&ab_channel=MatthewRomero

"WE READY - High School Football Chant"

Matthew Romero,  Nov. 23, 2016

1. Immanuel, 2019
"This gets any team hype!!"

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2. xvii17th, 2019
"Who else has watched this more than 50 times bcuz of the goosebumps and feeling it had"

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3. GoldenPlazma56, 2019

"Who else knew about this before the NFL commercial 🤘"
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Here's a link to one YouTube clip of the "We Ready" NFL Playoffs Promo commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJMBqyRGpPU&ab_channel=DanaisThomas

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4. Matthew Romero, 2019
"NFL didn’t ask for my permission? What do I do?"
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This question has 14k likes and 497 replies as of Oct. 24, 2019 at 2:24 PM ET. Here are some of those replies.

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5. Breezzy00, 2019
"Just let it go it’s pretty lit to have your own commercial lol"
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"Lit" here is means "cool" and/or "exciting".

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6. Juan Rodriguez, 2019
"Let it go bro highly doubt you’d win a lawsuit against the NFL"

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7. kiwi, 2019

"File a copyright claim and you should get the ad revenue because this doesn't land under fair use"

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8. zeek, 2019
"Nothing. I believe the school could sue you for profiting off the team if you did. If it was yours then you can file a copyright lawsuit but you'll need money and you wont get money or anything. They would just stop using the commercial.."

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9. Flex Ice, 2019

"Sue them"

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10. SemiSolid Snake, 2019
"It falls under fair use. No go."

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11. Dividend Income, 2019
"matthew romero they don’t have to ask for permission if you didn’t do a copyright.... but doesn’t hurt to go public and say “they could’ve done what’s right and compensated me for using good content” they don’t want the bad PR"

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12. Nirav Bhakta, 2019
"you didn't even film this fool ...you just posted it to to youtube. this is my alma mater from Memphis, TN ..."

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13. Kentucky BassinYT, 2019
"They prolly asked the school about it or something"

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14. FiFi, 2019
"Let it slide. Its honestly the best commercial I’ve ever seen and I’d hate to see it go. Not only that but not everyone even gets their own commercial let it be the reason why the commercial is good."

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15. Mike Brizard, 2019
"matthew romero did you ask for Archie Eversole permission to use his song?"

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16. Charlie’s Lab, 2019
"It’s not yours I go to ridge way high the person who recorded this was kameron sneed not you"

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17. Cedric Smith, 2019
"It's not your video in the first place. Stop trying to take credit for someone else video. I know the person that recorded"

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18. bric k, 2019
"Doesn't matter. No way in hell you're winning the law suit against the NFL."

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19. beboutbidness, 2019
"If they got clearance from Archie eversol & his record label. It might be a difficult fight"

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20. Arthur Segismundo, 2019
"The NFL, or any other organization, shouldn't be able to use videos just because they feel like it. You should contact them for compensation"

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21. thedoll maddy, 2019
"Mane stfu cause I bet u wasn't a football player for Ridgeway😐like dang"
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"Mane" is a hip way of saying and writing "man".

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22. Landon Hatch, 2019
"Are we just gonna ignore the fact that my man 75 kept that beat the entire time?

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23. Bosanac, 2019
"TFB sitting on the blue chair to the right"

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24. Izak W, 2019
"Rumor has it that George Washington chanted this song while leading his troops across the Delaware River"

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25. Emily Buwawa, 2020
"this is a once in a lifetime experience. they’ll never get this feeling again, so special"

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26. TheTuxedoMan, 2020
"i knew this would be hype right when one guy said “uh huh uh huh” at the start"

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27. r e v e l a r e_ XVII, 2020
"My immune system preparing to fight the coronavirus."
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This is just one of many comments about Covid-19.

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28. xkiga, 2020
"This is a whole new level of hype"

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29. still2yung _, 2020
"I miss this, it game day your team is on a winning streak and everyone is hype 😭😭😤"

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30. Brendan B., 2020
"Imagine after this they went and got blown out by 30"

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31. anuj k, 2020
"no theyre an all black team theyre prolly really good
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There are a number of comments about this team losing by a lot of points after this doing this hype chant. However, I chose this one because it's reply is indicative of how some people still have postive (but still stereotypical) opinions about Black athletic teams.

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32. JoCo, 2020
"Can we just take a minute to appreciate how good the vocals were of the guy that started it"

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33. G2Finity, 2020
"This is the definition of the “boys locker room:” meme"

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34. Mia Luther, 2020
"Me when I walk into math class in a test day:"

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35. Took Ur Kneez, 2020
"I remember when my team made it to the championship last year in 8th grade. We were invincible. Not a single loss on our record... Championship day came. We were confident and started singing this chant. It was amazing..."

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36. NMG Plays, 2020
"When you actually study for your test :"

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37. shiroi Õkami anime, 2020
"Lit yall finna get lit now thats a team thats gonna win 🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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"Finna" is an African American Vernacular English word that means "fixing to" ("getting ready to").

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38. Djalznz, 2020
"They so fire, the lights cant handle it the vibes"
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This is how this comment is found in that discussion thread. 

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39. La Slimm, 2020
"Remember doin this with my team😂"

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EXCERPT #2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrbPBTg5rpY&ab_channel=DoritoDaniel "WE READY, WE READY FOR YOU ALL! Sick football pregame hype chant"
Dorito Daniel, June 7, 2017

1. Daniel Rodriguez, 2017
"THIS IS HELLA LIT"

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2. Lawrence Beamer, 2020
"These dudes sat in a locker room and became legends🤦🏾‍♂️"

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3. Raul Flores, 2020
"Still the GREATEST Hype video EVER. Didnt somebody use this in a tv commercial??"

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4. Dorito Daniel, 2020
"Yes. The NFL did"

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5. Ripken Davis, 2020
"Colin Henry the person who originally made the video deleted it and he asked in the comments what to do since the NFL used it without consent but I think he never got paid"

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6. w Duncan, 2020
"The Mad Titan Thanos ridgeway high school the nfl didn’t pay us for using this"

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7. Try It
"Everyone that disliked this obviously hasn’t  played football and can’t relate these moments are better than the actual game itself I love football"

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8. YourboyLarry, 2020
"I feel bad for the other team

They about to get destroyed"

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9. Dorito Daniel, 2020
"Haha so true"

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10. Envi Kidd, 2020
"This just played at my school everyday in the morning"

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11. Kaleb Saborrido, 2020
"if I was the other team I would’ve been terrified hearing this"

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12. MasterT 0513,2020
"Think about the other team they probably like damn we already lost"

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