What Does 6-7 (Six-Seven) Mean? And Where Did The Custom Of Children Saying Six Sevennn" Come From?

@Memeorphosis, Aug 31, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZzMS-PNKIs

If you've been seeing the numbers "6 7" all over your feed, you're not going crazy. It's an internet-wide inside joke that started with a Skrilla song, blew up with LaMelo Ball edits, and has now evolved into a wide spread joke and massive pattern-recognition game. We break down the full story.
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Watch this video and/or read its auto-generated transcript to learn about the "6 7" meme. 

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases three YouTube video shorts and presents information & comments about the "Six Sevennnn" (6-7) meme that is viral among kids in 2025 in the United States.

It's important to note that "6-7" is vocalized as "six sevennnn" and not as "sixty seven" ("67"). 

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, informational, linguistic, and entertainment purposes.

I'm interested in documenting American school children's and teens' opinions and attitudes about this meme  compared with older people's attitudes and opinions about it . I'm also interested in documenting the use of African American Vernacular English and other American slang terms in some of these comments. [For example, read my comment in this pancocojams post's discussion thread about the meaning of "on bro" and "on my momma" that are included in the Selected comments section of this post.]. 

All copyrights remain with their owners. 

Thanks to all those who are featured in or are associated with these video shorts and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - The "6 -7" Meme Kid That Started it All



@YTShortsJustforyou, Sep 10, 2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/mMCNMR459sU?si=-lQP1wCThMKcTNHn

Description:
"The internet has seen thousands of memes… but few have had the staying power and absurdity of the “6–7” basketball kid. Today, we’re throwing it all the way back with the original video that gave birth to the legendary meme that took over TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and now YouTube Shorts.

This moment — a kid at a basketball game, being asked for his height and saying “6’7” with complete deadpan seriousness — became one of the most iconic, aura-rich moments in modern meme history. From Aura Farming lore to NPC compilations, this clip is the Rosetta Stone of meme energy.

The delivery, the look, the vibes — everything about this moment feels like it was blessed by the meme gods. It spawned countless remixes, voiceovers, parodies, and compilations of fake flexes, unearned confidence, and peak rizzless aura. It’s been referenced in basketball edits, TikTok stitches, and even branded content.

We’re talking about a core memory of the Meme Multiverse. This is where the “he’s not 6’7” but he believes he is energy began. It’s the intersection of NPC behavior, rizz delusion, and high school gymnasium chaos — a true cultural artifact.

If you're new here, welcome to the Auraverse. If you're an OG, you already know this is part of the generational meme debt that reshaped internet humor. This is more than a clip — it's a timestamp in meme evolution, forever etched in the algorithm."...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - 6 7 🤣🤣 ‪@Scottyskits‬ #67 #memes #skit


MattyMoellz, Jul 11, 2025

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Here's my summary of these two skits: (Additions and corrections are welcome.)
Caption on the screen: "POV: That one friend that won't stop making 67 jokes".

Skit #1: Two young men are walking together outside. The White man asks the Black man when they are going to go hoop [play basketball.] The Black man says "around 6 or 7". The White man smiles and says "6 or 7!" (This is said in the meme standardized way with the number 7 elongated at the end and is said while performing the double handed gesture with both palms up near his waist juggling them up and down.  

Skit #2: The same young White man asks a man (his father?) standing on a porch how tall he [the man standing on the porch] is. The man responds "6ft 7". The young White man says "6 or 7!" in the meme standardized way....   
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Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O2iJhdoAzw
@lucijavukcevic6385
"History teach said something about 1967 and all of us screamed SIX SEVEN! Also he said a distance between two villages is 67 m and the same reaction was there. We're so cooked bruh. I wish I could go back to what's 9 + 10"

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE SIX SEVEN (6-7) MEME

Here are the AI results for the question "What does 6-7 mean in slang?" [September 27, 2025]
"AI Overview

The slang meme "6-7," pronounced "six seven," originated from a song by the hip-hop artist Skrilla in December 2024 and became viral on TikTok, with its meaning being intentionally vague. It functions as a nonsensical, versatile phrase that can be used in many contexts, often with a double-handed gesture.

Origin and Spread

Skrilla's "Doot Doot": The term emerged from the 2024 song "Doot Doot" by Skrilla, where he rapped the line, "6-7, I just bipped right on the highway".

TikTok virality: The phrase gained significant traction on TikTok, becoming a popular meme and entering everyday text-speak.

Meaning and Usage

Vague and nonsensical: The key feature of the "6-7" meme is its lack of a concrete meaning. Users employ it in a wide variety of situations, relying on the established context to give it a perceived sense of coherence.

Hand gesture: The phrase is often accompanied by a double-hand gesture that resembles weighing two options, adding to its playful and ambiguous nature.

Explainer videos: The meme's deliberately nonsensical nature led to viral explainer videos on TikTok, with educators and users trying to decipher its meaning, which in turn contributed to its widespread popularity.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR SKRILLA'S HIP HOP TRACK "DOOT DOOT" THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE SIX SEVEN MEME 

Pancocojams Editor's Note:
I chose not to embed this video because it contains profanity and some scenes that I consider to be problematic.

All of these comments are from 2025.

Numbers are added to these comments for referencing purposes only.

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Skrilla - Doot Doot (6 7) (Official Music Video)

Skrilla, Feb 18, 2025  #skrilla #dootdoot [7 months ago]

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnygT6ANLzQ&list=RDXnygT6ANLzQ&start_radio=1

1. @Sh4d0w425
"Dude got everyone at school saying "6 7" "

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2. @TheKarmell88
"Everyone in 5th grade be saying 6 7"

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3. @fefe_thedee
"Everyone keeks saying 6 7 and I was like what?"

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4. @SaturnRBLXDude
" @TheKarmell88 im in 7th grade, and i always hear 6th graders say 6 7"

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5. @prabhjotkaurdhaliwal6850
"Frrrrrr bro"
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"for real bro"

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6. @SorayaAlami-j7e
"@TheKarmell88 REAL😭🙏"

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7. @ImaBig_SWIFTIE
"What does it mean?"

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8. @SorayaAlami-j7e
"@ it’s a song😭🙏"

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9. @ImaBig_SWIFTIE
"@ I mean 6 7 everyone is saying it"

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10. @FeeterVR
"Fr bro"

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11. @WhereAreTheAvacados.Official
"SAME"

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12. @TheJazTalks
"Why?  😂 Do yall even know why or what yall saying?"

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13. @jamesgrizzel653
" @REBIRTHED_DISCIPLE  No body knows.  It just sounds cool.  Skrilla doesnt even know"

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14. @BusNinety1
"Fr no one knows the lyrics but me they only know 6 7!"

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15. @lucid-692
"everybody my in 7th grade class keeps saying “Six-Sevennnnn”  😭🙏🙏"

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16. @diegoposadas3752
"Yall know 6'7 is talking about graves right? 6 feet down 7 feet apart its pretty obvious if youve been a long time skrilla fan but these kids on tiktok think its a height joke or something😂💀"

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17. @SorayaAlami-j7e
" @diegoposadas3752  yea but I just go with the joke"

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18. @Leostixx86_First_Officer
"Bro this is so true like I'm tired  of the boys in my class saying 67😊"

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19. @SupremeNaveen
"Same bro"

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20. @BigMKdaGOAT
"I’m in 7th and my homie be in my ear talkin abt some “Mk guess what,…SIX SEVEEENNNNN” 

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21. @user-bob69
"So true my whole grade says and my class says it at least 55 times and that’s is a understatement"

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22. @Ridewithme-h4q
"Ya 😂 guess what (6,7)"

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23. @bkomi
"​@ImaBig_SWIFTIE It's a reference to the measurements of coffins (6 - 7 1/2 feet long)"

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24. @CalvinLane-kj6ec
"Yeah my school is saying that"

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25. @CameronYT1620
"Same Even my girl saying it and my friends"

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26. @ambernicole15able
"On bro"
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Read my comment in this post's discussion thread about the meanings of "on bro" and the related comment #28 "on my momma". 

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27. @Dcfootballguy
"Frrrrr😊"

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28. @KDtheHitman
"On my momma tho bro im in middle school the girls be day 6’7 like what"

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29. @DDOsama-e2v
"I was wondering why my friend kept saying that"

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30. @kingvonc9w
"Me and my friends all be saying it"

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31. @baconhair1491
"People in my high school says it"

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32. @rayseankeysean17
"Doot dooot🌝😍🥰🦭🌬️🙄🥰🌝🤍🤍🤍🤦🏽‍♀️"

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33. @Jefff_XD
"Shades on, I'm Boul Wit Da Glasses

Bro say er 'cause he a savage

So many dead opps, so many ashes (brrt)

You ain't catch that, I can't pass this (come here)

Shooter stay strapped, I don't need mine

Bro put belt right to they behind

The way that switch brrt, I know he dyin' (oh my, oh my God)

6-7, I just bipped right on the highway (bip, bip)"
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This comment quotes some of the lyrics for Skrilla's "Doot Doot" track. 

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34. @ChristineRankine
"Shooter

Stay strapped I don’t need mine bro put betting’s to they behind  brr no I know he dying 67"
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This commenter is quoting the lyrics to Skrilla's Hip Hop track (rap/song).

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35. @joshfleming912
"Dude so many people don’t know who skrilla is but know 67 it’s confusing, “I think my kids bein rude” they don’t have context and skrilla is SKRILLA this meme really exposed to the kids who’s really an auntie and who’s geek gee geekie-ed up

Skrilla ain’t for the kids he shines light on a world that “don’t exist”respect from “mass ave” to “Kensington” I actually see what you doing I ain’t seen k strip or skid but I grew up around methadone mile it’s the same here"
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I think that. in the context of this comment, "an auntie" = an older person who's not up to date with the latest lingo, but 

a "geek" etc. is up to date with that lingo.

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36. @MalteGrillmaster
"This dude sent up a bat signal with ts song🥀✌🏻"

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37. @mavericknazar
"Bro introduced fire to Nomads"

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38. @baileycalton4408
"I ❤ #67"

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39. @arturofernandez725
"you don't know the pain I have as a math teacher. I hear this reference like 6, 7 times a day."

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40. @antonesantos2418
"67 FOREVER ♾️"

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41. @MinenhleMabuza-n8f
"This world just got 67.67% cooked I'm 67 years old this came 6'7 months ago"

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42. @1Legend1Legacy
"Should have 67 million views"

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43. @peanutsveryepicchannel8699
"6-7 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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44. @Jaws552Fans
"I’m here (on my child’s channel) to find out what this 6,7 shyt about and baby im disappointed 😢"
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45. @Terriblytangentwkryssy
"I know some of my brain cells just died 😫. Came here after hearing people saying 6-7 🤦🏾‍♀️"

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46.@mr_samyar1234
"Broo why did you start 67 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭" 

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47. @jimjamjay159159
"What is happening with the world today.

I wanted to understand why my daughter was always saying 6 7....

And this is the reason....

God help humanity 🤦😂"

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48. @MwangazaElelwa
"now its a meme that started in the summer and is never gonna end 😭😭😭😭"

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49. @Lunargalaxy30
"I keep hearing this at school PLZ MAKE IT STOP!!"

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50. @Vanessa_barros654
"bro is the reason why the kids at my school be screaming 67"

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51. @user-qx5vq4xe4i
"Heard 6-7 year olds chanting the “6-7” came to find out this. What a generation to be in"

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52. @Skylar-l0ves
"My entire freshmen class says six seven. I hear it at least ten times a day. I would rather be taking four more honors classes than hear this anymore. I'm already in four."

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53. @Thetoxicpeaceful1
"But would you rather six or perhaps even seven more honor classes?"

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54. @ghoul_entity2912
"your lucky clearly. i hear it 50 times a day at LEAST"

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55. @lindycadwall2432
"Imagine how your teachers feel 😂🙏"

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56. @ghoul_entity2912
"@lindycadwall2432  they participate in the brainrot 😭"

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57. @greatkentuckian9032
"I recently became a new Social Studies high school teacher, and so many freshmen were repenting this 6-7 phrase so many times that I had to ask what it meant.  They told me to listen to this song which is honestly mid.  The New Gen is truly rotten in the brain."

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58. @TapOnRT
"SIX SEVENNNNNNN"

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59. @ulrichwarthen
"It's crazy because it's not even funny. The meme itself lacks the fundamentals of what makes a joke a "joke". Like Skibidi was stupid to but I can at least see why they find it funny. It's not very funny in general but at least it has some sensibility behind it. This 6 7 thing genuinely isn't even a joke. Kids just pointed at a random spot on a blank wall and laughed 💀"

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60. @irony_razor
"it turned our brains into mango pulp"

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61. @oliviatilleman8055
"girl this is NOT the first generation to have this kind of brainrot"

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62.@BobBacon-b7p
"It did to most of my classmates and they say nothing but 67"

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63. @lilredjellybean
"Truth. I had no idea what people meant by 6 7... my millennial brain can't comprehend this. 😂 "

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64.@jacobstaten2366
"I'm a bus driver and was so confused as to why the grad schoolers kept saying "6, 7" over and over. None of them could explain it. They just said it was a tic tok thing."

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65. @ybgdavis10
"what the 6-7🤣✌️"

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66. @OTE
"six-sevennnnnnnnnnn"

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67. @crusiix-r7e
"6 7😂😂✌️✌️6️⃣7️⃣7️⃣7️"

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68. @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
"rappers sure are dumb huh????????? how about writing about REAL stuff like um, idk, WORDS?????!!!!!!!! wtf is this " MUMBLE RAP " crap????!!!!!! hip-hop has solid rules and regulations and if you don't follow them i will get so mad about it i swear"

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69. @sereneove
"@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN  BOIIIIIIII TS SO 67💀💀💀💀"

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70. @MustardMango67-SyBaU
"@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN  BOIIIII get your garden gnome telephone ahh outta here  don’t disrespect the 67 bluds 😂😂😂😂🫱🏼🫱🏼🫱🏼🫱🏼🫱🏼"

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71. @JacksonWarzone
"SIXXX SEVEENNNN😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"

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72. @Taffy_brain
"What does 6 7 even mean?!?"

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73. @Solomonstvr
"@ bro frfr I thought bro was bragging about his height. That whole song I need translated. Like I’m 30 and from these areas and I feel like he around my age I never heard any of this"

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74. @loyallibra2133
"No one knows what it mean 🤷🏾‍♀️"

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75. @JoAnnLuna-d1j
"Yooooooo get out 6-7777777"

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76. @frankocean9173
"What’s 67 mean to you"

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77. @diegoposadas3752
"@frankocean9173 Yall know 6'7 is talking about graves right? 6 feet down 7 feet apart its pretty obvious if youve been a long time skrilla fan but these kids on tiktok think its a height joke or something😂💀"

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78. @chou3amax499
"six seven 😂😂"

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79. @NathanielMetrock
"Even the ancient Egyptian's were fond of nonsense that nobody in the future could understand.

Congratulations about your comment."

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80. @TanOpperations
"When we all turn 67 we gotta bring this back"

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81. @lkb_runner4893
"How bout we don't"

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82. @Pink37021
"Hell no"

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83. @boiling_waterburns
"My school has 67 all over the walls and our teachers say it and played KPOP demon hunters and this song bro"

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84. @thenorthsface
"Some of yall complaining about “6 7” like we wasn’t yelling “21” through the hallways all day. 😭"

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85. @xxsantana-e9f
"1738 in my days 😂"

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86. @smoke_something
"Y'all age showing 😂 or maybe it's me 🤔"

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87. @MassimoBardini
"wtf even is 21"

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88. @napoleon3026
"@MassimoBardini  21 savage probably"

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89. @mintyCS
"@MassimoBardini  21 savage mixed with the whats 10+9 thing"

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90. @Cheet7
"​ @MassimoBardini  get off the ipad kid it's well over your bedtime"

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91. @Thejackelplayz
"My generation said "Ballinnnnnnn""

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92. @repentanceee
"what yall know about 1337"

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93. @smoke_something
" @Thejackelplayz WE FLYYYY"

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94. @noer4000
"21 was peak bro"

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95. @noer4000
"@MassimoBardini  are you like 9"

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96. @noer4000
" @napoleon3026  no it's what's 9+10? 21"

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97. @AshGhosh1
"And Marco Polo 😔"

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98. @inkypiinky
"Omg yes!! "What's 9+10?"

"Twenty-oneeee"  "

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99. @MrShronk
"True, however, 21 had meaning, it was in its own video. 67 is literally 3 separate incidents that made 1 big meme. You're telling me I'm supposed to trace some kid with blond hair in analog horror edits, back to Skrilla?"

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100. @maliahjoy2959
"We used to say 1 back in my day"

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101. @theghostreckon316
"Or 17 38 😅"

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102. @D4Dayz812
"sayin “69” was also a thing too vro"

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103. @mbrown176
"The Song Came Out 6, 7 months ago.... 6,7!!!!"

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104. @AfomiyaHailu-o2t
"I hear this song 6 7 timesss"

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105. @DanielleDavis-q8v
"67 ALL DAY.💯💯💯💯💯💯"

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