popping yams 

Popping pills

Usually describing pressed Molly/MDMA/Ecstasy pills or some variant of stimulant pill Such as Adderall or Ritalin.

It has been used to describe Percocet and various depressant pills as well.

Bro 1:
“Hey man are you doing okay ?”

Bro 2:
“Yea bro I’m geekin tho I’ve been popping yams all night that I bought off Scotty”

popping yams by KilogramSam October 5, 2020

Poppin like yams and shit 

Almost released from prison/jail. When yams are about to be harvested they start to pop out of the ground. much like a baby's head when they are coming out of the hootchie.

hook me up with a freak when I get out, I am poppin like yams and shit

Poppin like yams and shit by grits & gravy October 23, 2010