Regardless of the fact that they probably trained to it for weeks before and listened to it on the way to the jam, b-boys will always get massive battle boners to Babe Ruth’s song “The Mexican.”

It is a classic — sometimes it’s hard to tell if b-boys are excited about the song, or if they’ve been trained to react to it like one of Pavlov’s dogs. Or is it more hype just to hear everyone else get hype?

In any case, there will always be some guy who pretends to shoot his opponent during the part with the two snare hits, another guy who pretends to laugh during the “ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”, another guy who pretends to pop his neck during the rattle, and another guy who shakes while the singer is actually singing “share.”

But the real beauty of this song is that it can make anyone sound like a complete racist. For example:

- Do you like the Mexican? So hype!
Nah. Played out.
- Yo! Are you hearing this? He hates the Mexican! I could listen to the Mexican all day!
[The Mexican guy in the corner slowly edges toward the door.]

What are your thoughts? Mexican or Mexi-can’t?