Slang dictionary
we want all the smoke
[wee wont awl th uh smohk]
What does we want all the smoke mean?
We want all the smoke聽is a hip-hop phrase used by a member of a group to signal they are ready to battle.
It originally referred to gun battles but is now used of friendlier challenges.
Where does we want all the smoke come from?
The phrase we want all the smoke first appears in the June 2017 song “All the Smoke” by hip-hop artist 21 Savage. The smoke聽in the phrase refers to gun smoke. 21 Savage uses the phrase to refer to shooting people with an AK-47 rifle:
Watch me whip a O, watch me whip a O (21, 21)
We want all the smoke, we want all the smoke (21, 21)
D-R-A-C-O, D-R-A-C-O (Draco, Draco)
Shoot ’em in the face, shoot ’em in the nose (21, 21)
In October 2017, rappers Future and Young Thug would release their song “All Da Smoke,” which again references gun violence. After the release of these songs, professional athletes began using聽we want all the smoke聽to instigate taunts and challenges to their opponents.
We want all the smoke!
— Kavon Frazier (@Kay_BlackSimba)
We want all the smoke …
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung)
9-4 we want all the smoke…..
— 7鈨� Leonard Fournette (@_fournette)
Examples of we want all the smoke
Who uses we want all the smoke?
Thanks to athletes using the phrase in trash talk, we want all the smoke is most often used to mean your team is ready to take on any challenger. It is the same as saying “Bring it on!”
The team is to blame. We want all the smoke. We don鈥檛 run from competition, we run towards it.
— Blake Antzoulatos (@blakeantzoulato)
Champions are mentally the strongest. Go out and there and compete. We don鈥檛 get intimated you are your own competition. We want all the smoke
— Nethaneel M-B (@NethaneelMB)
WE WANT ALL DA SMOKE. It started on Instagram, now John Wall is talking trash to Drake to his face.
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— NBC Sports Wizards (@NBCSWizards)
WE WANT ALL THE SMOKE馃槈!!! ????
— #35Cheer鉂わ笍 (@_35Cheerleaders)
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