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    Origin of RGIII’s ‘Show Up, Show Out’?

    By Chris Mottram | December 4, 2012

    If you watched RGIII on the Monday Night Football set following the game last night, then you saw him use the phrase “show up and show out” no less than three times. He repeated it on his Twitter feed early this morning, too. I was not previously familiar with this phrase, but given how many times RGIII repeated it, it seems that it may be his new “thing.” But where did it come from?

    Well, a little JOURNALISM (see: Google’ing) reveals this song by Christian hip-hop artist Flame:

    The phrase is repeated like 80 times in that song. And RGIII is a devote Christian. So 2 and 2, ya know?

    #showupshowout

    UPDATE: And now there’s a shirt!

    Topics: Redskins, Robert Griffin III | 5 Comments »

    5 Responses to “Origin of RGIII’s ‘Show Up, Show Out’?”

    1. Mike Says:
      December 4th, 2012 at 5:59 PM

      “Devote” = verb. You’re looking for “devout.”

    2. Chris Mottram Says:
      December 4th, 2012 at 8:42 PM

      Thanks for the English lesson!

    3. illformula Says:
      December 4th, 2012 at 10:17 PM

      and on the 2nd day, RGIII willed the Wizards past the defending NBA champions for their 2nd win of the season.

    4. Donk Donkerson Says:
      December 5th, 2012 at 10:07 AM

      Can I trade my “meat and potatoes” shirt for a “show up show out” shirt?

    5. skinsaneasylum Says:
      December 5th, 2012 at 2:51 PM

      I think this phrase has been around the scene before this Christian group coined it to a song. I can’t put my finger on exactly where it started, but it might be short sighted to Google a song with those words as lyrics and then say that RG3 must be a fan of this band, which he may well have never heard of in his life…

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