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They Tryna Be is a misheard lyric from the unreleased song "Pissy Pamper / Kid Cudi" by rapper Playboy Carti. After the track was leaked online, several people made jokes trying to decipher the hook of the song, which sounds like it could be "They Tryna Be Cray" but could also be more nonsensical things like "They Tryna Be Crepe" and "They Tryna Be Crate."

Origin

On April 18th, 2019, an unreleased Playboy Carti song known as "Kid Cudi" and "Pissy Pamper" leaked online, briefly hitting the top of Spotify's U.S. Viral 50 Chart in May of 2019 before it was taken down.^[1] The leak was reuploaded to YouTube on June 18th, 2019 by Shayleaks (shown below).

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Prior to the reupload, people began making jokes about the various ways one could interpret the lyric. On June 16th, 2019, YouTuber PrikObzor posted a compilation of people on various platforms making jokes based on the song (shown below, left). The same day, YouTuber Dylan posted a compilation of different interpretations of the lyric, gaining over 110,000 views (shown below, right)

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On June 17th, Redditor Dexter-la-flame reposted a compilation of clips created by deleted Instagram account @willmakesmemes4food which offered several different interpretations of the clip, including "They Tryna Be Crepe."