Ball

Album: Ghetto Poetry (2020)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Ball" is about rejecting naysayers and making enough money to rise above poverty. There's a lot of brash talk, profanity, drug-glorification, and posturing. Underneath that, though, there's a sense that Zebbo's mission is about more than personal success - he's dreaming of leading the way for his whole community.
  • The 2021 edition of the popular NBA 2k video game series featured "Ball" on their soundtrack and launched Zebbo into a new level of stardom; the song quickly earned over a million streams. To put that into context, Zebbo's next-most-popular track had about 30,000 ("Caroline"), and then there's an even steeper drop-off to his third-most-popular at about 10,000 ("Rush").

    The song was originally on Zebbo's debut album, Ghetto Poetry (2020). >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Denny - Lexington, KY
  • She tryna get beside us, got an ass just like Minaj's

    This line references "Queen of Rap" Nicki Minaj, who's known for a bodacious derrière in addition to her musical talents.
  • I'm gon' let it shine, this little light of mine
    I'm gon' let it shine, let it shine


    This opening verse references the gospel song "This Little Light Of Mine."

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