Little is known about the original recording behind hey mom look da boys, so its life has mainly been shaped by how it circulates as a short shareable soundboard clip. The roughly two second line is passed around for reaction edits, group reveals and joke introductions where someone wants to proudly present their friends. Its loose slang spelling in the title mirrors how people search for it from memory after hearing it once. Because the phrase is self explanatory, it keeps being reused without needing context from a film or show.