Adam Vinatieri was fired up about getting mentioned in a rap song
Before this week, which of these two things was less likely to happen?
1. Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri would be excited to get a shout-out in a rap song, and say that was on his bucket list.
2. Vinatieri would get shouted out in a rap song.
Those two were probably tied with a 0 percent chance of happening, but dreams do come true. The 43-year-old kicker has been immortalized in a hip-hop song.
T-Wayne mentioned Vinatieri (and let’s break down this statistical improbability further; it’s not just that Vinatieri doesn’t seem like the type who throws on some Beats headphones to listen to rap music, “Vinatieri” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue or rhyme with anything) in a song called “Tell Me What You Want?” and the Indianapolis Star was kind enough to transcribe the lyrics:
“I took her to the club with me because I know she fire; Bought her (expletive) a new car so she can be my rider.
“I had to take her to the crib just to be beside her; Them other girls be hating on, but they don’t even try her.
“They so unnecessary, cause this is legendary, yeah; And I’m just tryna kick it like I’m Vinatieri.
“Do it all, yeah we gonna do it all, yeah; Let me see you throw it back like a booty call.”
It doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that would ever be on the radar of a middle-aged NFL kicker, but Vinatieri found out and mentioned on Twitter how excited he was (and if you are sensitive to bad language, there is some on the video linked in the tweet):
Vinatieri doesn’t appear to be a fan of hip hop, so we can assume that was a tongue-in-cheek joke (though, who knows, it would be cool to get mentioned in a rap song). Here’s what Vinatieri told Colts.com a few years ago about what he was listening to in the offseason:
“Unfortunately, when I’m at my house the kids listen to the teeny-bopper, hip-hop stuff,” Vinatieri said. “I keep trying to change the channel. I’m more of an acoustic or country guy. I’ll hit a Zac Brown Band on my Pandora and let it run. I also like the John Mayer-type music, and some local small bands no one’s ever heard of that I listen to.
Pretty big leap from Zac Brown Band to T-Wayne. I’m not sure Zac Brown Band tosses in lines about great NFL kickers alongside mentions of booty calls, but you’ll have to let me know.
Either way Vinatieri, the NFL’s oldest player, seemed to enjoy the recognition. Of all the honors Vinatieri has gotten in a fantastic career, this is probably the most unexpected.
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