About

He Was Molested As a Baby Boy is a string of lyrics from the song "I Know" by rapper Polo G, released on May 15th, 2020, as the eighth track on his album The Goat. In September 2025, TikTokers began using the lyrics of the song as a meme trend in which the song plays while a red arrow points at someone in a photograph, implying that they were molested as a baby boy. The meme largely seems to be ironic, although many examples are left ambiguous. The trend inspired some discourse about the quality of the song and the inclusion of the lyrics in general, with some claiming that the lyrics are so unexpected and blunt that they come off as funny.

Origin

On May 15th, 2020, Polo G released the album The Goat, which includes the song "I Know." The song features the lyrics, "By his auntie, he was molested as a baby boy | Messed up his head, it even changed the way he play with toys | Up late night rappin' and they told him to quit makin' noise | Stuck in his feelings, he be spendin' every day annoyed."

Polo G left a comment about the lyrics on the song's Genius^[1] page, reading, "That’s things that are, you know, that go on. That I know that went on. Real life experiences that I was just thinking about and not afraid to expand on."

In September 2025, TikTokers began to use an upload featuring the lyrics in a variety of videos. For example, on September 1st, TikToker^[2] @fl0ck_frxstyy posted a Lamar Jackson edit set to the song, garnering over 200,000 views in two weeks.

On September 7th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @4nickarchives posted a photo of several people, including TikToker @ryansogeeked, who has a red arrow pointing at him as the song plays and the lyrics are displayed on screen, implying he was molested as a child, garnering over a million views in 10 days.

Spread

On September 7th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @devlitdab1 posted a video of two men posing against a brick wall as the song plays. One of the men, wearing a red "Mental Health Matters" sweatshirt, has a red arrow pointing at him as the lyrics of the song appear over his body. The video gained over 2.4 million views in 10 days.

On September 8th, TikToker^[5] @sfwcam posted a similar video following the trend, garnering over 2.8 million views in about a week.

On September 10th, TikToker^[6] @amaril3wis posted a version of the meme using a photo of NBA player Jeff Teague posing with a kid, the arrow pointing to Teague, garnering over 1.3 million views in a week.

On September 15th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @_malijokerr posted a video commenting on the trend and the video. In the video, he shares the opinion that the song is funny because the lyrics are so out of pocket. The video gained over 192,000 views in two days.

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