In a 2016 interview with Zilla Rocca for Passion of the Weiss, Billy Danze revealed the inspiration and meaning behind “Ante Up”:
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M.O.P.’s “Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory)” is the lead single from their Warriorz album and has become the group’s most popular song, showing up in television commercials and movie soundtracks.
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The '87 stickup kids (What you niggas sayin'?) Get the fuck up out that 740, shorty, I ain't playin' It's flash that thang time (Bang!), bang time (Ante up!) Nigga, it's game time Hand over the ring, kick over the chain Gimme the fuckin' watch before I pop one in your brain Stop playin' these childish games with me Representin' 1-718 dangerously, nigga (Ante up!) Yap that fool! (Ante up!) Kidnap that fool! It's the perfect timing, you see the man shinin' Get up off them goddamn diamonds! (Ante up!) Yap that fool! (Ante up!) Kidnap that fool! Get him, get him, get him, get him! Hit him, hit him, hit him, hit him And then yap him! Yap him! Zap him! I'm a street regulator, true player hater Get back down, make yo' ass a MAC sprayer hater Things that we need: money, clothes, weed Indeed, hot food, booze, essentials, credentials Code of the streets, owners who creep Slow when you sleep, holdin' the heat Put holes in your Jeep, respect the streets It's the L-I-L F-A-M-E Brownsville, home of the brave Put in work in the street like a slave Keep a rugged dress code, always in distress mode (That shit gon' send you to your grave!) So? You think I don't know that? (Blaow!) Nigga hold that! (Blaow!) Nigga hold that! (Blaow!) Nigga hold that! From the street, cousin, you know the drill I'm nine hundred and ninety-nine thou short of a mill (Ante up!) Yap that fool! (Ante up!) Kidnap that fool! It's the perfect timing, you see the man shinin' Get up off them goddamn diamonds! (Ante up!) Yap that fool! (Ante up!) Kidnap that fool! Get him, get him, get him! Hit him, hit him, hit him Yap him! Zap him! Yap him! Zap him! Them thugs you know ain't friendly Them jewels you rock, make 'em envy You thinkin' it's all good, you creep through a small hood Goons comin' up outta the cut for your goods and they all should Ante up! (Yap that fool!) You want big money, kidnap that fool If you up in the club, I've got your pis-tal money Catch them fools at the bar for that Cristal money