Sahbabii is one of the most interesting artists in the past few years. With his love for animals, other-worldly metaphors, and thematic albums, he has become beloved by the internet. With the three year anniversary of my personal favorite Sahbabii album Barnacles this month, it’s time to get into some of his most intriguing lines on the album.

To someone who is new to Sahbabii, this line may seem to make no sense. Why would Sahbabii think he is the child of a squid and goat, how does he think a squid and goat met to create him? But, when you look deeper into Sahbabii’s career, you will find that Sahbabii has a long history of comparing himself to a squid, notably with his album Squidtastic. He is continuing with his animal theme by also complimenting himself as the ‘greatest of all time’, the GOAT. 

“Racist” is possibly Sahbabii’s most iconic and talked about song. He opens the song with “Bitch, my diamonds racist. All of my diamonds are caucasian.” Which refers to the color of the diamonds he wears, diamonds with an icy white color, often called “colorless diamonds”.  Sahbabii has a substantial collection of jewelry, including a white gold “King Squid” piece, with white and black diamonds. Sahbabii is using many layers to describe the color of his diamonds here, he is saying his diamonds are so white that they are ‘racist’. He takes his metaphors to the highest level. Throughout the song, he alludes to prejudiced figures like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump as examples and plays with tropes like that of Uncle Tom, to tie back to the chorus of the song. Sahbabii is jokingly implying that his diamonds are racist for only including a certain “race” or color of diamonds, in his case, he is referencing his white diamonds. 

Sahbabii refers to having a lot of money here. He is saying his pockets are so big (from being full of money) that they are pregnant. His pockets are starting a family with the money, his pockets are pregnant with money. Many rappers can be quoted as describing their pockets as fat, but I have yet to find another calling their pockets ‘pregnant’ which begs the question, what is the difference between fat pockets and pregnant pockets? Maybe his pregnant pockets can create more pregnant pockets, possibly referring to multiplying his money. His money can propagate itself, unlike fat pockets, which can be lost with extenuating circumstances. One can only speculate… 

Sahbabii is referencing the Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway movie “The Devil Wears Prada” here. Sahbabii has an upside down cross tattoo with the numbers “666” on his forehead, for this he has faced accusations of devil worship. Sahbabii himself has cleared this up by letting people know it has nothing to do with the devil and instead is about his own religion called “Unknownism” (see caption below). 

 Sahbabii wants a lot of chips and the family bag has more chips than the average sized bag, simple as that. Sahbabii likes chips. 

It could also potentially be referring to chips like chips you get at a table at a casino, that lead to more money. Seeing as Sahbabii is the master of metaphor, this is likely what he’s referring to, although I prefer to interpret it as him literally just talking about enjoying chips. 

Sahbabii doesn’t stop the “chip talk” there, later on the album on “Purple Umbrella” he says, “I’m takin’ they chips like who ate the Lays” referring to Lay’s potato chips. He then continues on the song “Geico” with “Cheese ain’t the same made em’ pass the Doritos.” Sahbabii likes chips, simple as. 

He is referring to someone having a large butt. So big that it’s out of control. So out of control that it needs counseling. Another instance of him taking his metaphors to the most outrageous level, a key component of his lyricism. In the lines right before this he is comparing this “booty” to a rhino, a hippo and an elephant, so big it could be on the behind of a safari animal. 

They thought Sahbabii was gay before they thought Playboi Carti was gay! All I can think about when I hear him say this line is that picture of all the Ugg boots in someone’s doorway at a house party. I like to think Sahbabii was thinking about the same picture when he wrote this line. 

This is my favorite song on the album, it sounds like Sahbabii just wanted to make a song about 7-Eleven. I like to theorize how he could possibly be in seven cars with eleven bitches. Are there seven Sahbabii’s and eleven bitches in each car? Is there only one Sahbabii in each car and a different number of bitches in each car to add up to eleven? If there are eleven bitches in all seven cars with each Sahbabii that would be 7x11 meaning that Sahbabii has approximately 77 bitches total. While all the mathematical speculation is fun, I really think Sahbabii just wanted to make a song about 7-Eleven. 

Sahbabii makes a good recommendation here, komodo dragons are very dangerous and would probably kill you if you tried to play with them. In researching komodo dragons after listening to this line, I found that they are actually venomous and have very sharp teeth. I appreciate Sahbabii’s caution and warning, he is looking out for our safety around exotic animals. 

On Sahbabii’s final track of the album he gives a shout out to Minneapolis legend Prince. Referencing his song “Purple Rain”. I always love hearing another Prince reference in a song.

Sahbabii truly has his own distinctive style, with his elaborate and hyperbolic metaphors and passion for the animal kingdom he has unique lyricism that begs to be talked about. He is a master of metaphor and has an obvious sense of humor within his lyrics. Listening to a Sahbabii album is like going to the zoo and joking around with your friends at the same time. Happy third birthday to Barnacles,  I can’t wait to see what new Sahbabii-isms he has for us in the coming years.