Itβs said that art mirrors life. In hip-hopβs case, thereβs always been a deliberate entanglement of perception and reality. Fans demand their MCs be realβ¦but never too real. Successful hip-hop is about the hint of the danger, the tease of it, the mystique. Hip-hop is about balance.
Gucci Mane is an artist striving for that balance, volatility versus musicality. Controversy, including a feud with former collaborator Young Jeezy, has grabbed the headlines, with insufficient regard paid to his considerable mic skills, raw talent, and business acumen. Gucci is looking to wrest his name from public speculation and let his own words do the talking.
βI wish everybody well whoβs making money in this rap game,β the Atlanta-raised rapper says, dismissing the controversy that followed him in the past. βMy own rap game is going so good, Iβve got so many things on my plate at my label, that I donβt got time for other peopleβs business.β With a deal with Asylum Records as the boss of his own label, So Icey Entertainment, Gucci does indeed have a full schedule with no time to dwell on the past.
βI live my life with no regrets. I just wish that a lot of things never happened, but anybody can wish,β says Gucci. Sounds like a man with his eyes on the prize. And youβd expect nothing less from an artist who ground his way to the top via the hustle of independent records. Signing to Big Cat Records in the wake of his local single βBlack Tee,β he dropped his debut record, Trap House, in May 2005. The independent album moved an impressive 140,000 units, largely on the strength of the βIcyβ single, featuring Jeezy. Clamor over song rights sparked dispute, and the resulting rift grew.
Controversy notwithstanding, Maneβs independence was cemented: βI was on the independent scene for about two years,β he recalls. βItβs crazy! You gotta go into your own pocket to support your craft. You need other avenues to have money coming in, to support your stuff. You might win, you might lose, and itβs a gamble out there with the independent circuit. One thing youβd better have is good music because without that, you go downhill fast in the independent game.β
Good music firmly in hand, Gucci was fast approaching stardom when more tragedy befell him. But letβs backtrack; how did the man born Radric Davis in Bessemer, Alabama, become Gucci Mane, mouthpiece for Atlanta stuntinβ? Mane remembers little from his time in Alabama, just that it was rural, and that itβs changed dramatically since he left at the age of nine. βI gotta shout out Alabama though, because they holdinβ it down,β he affirms. βEvery time I go there to do a show, Iβm impressed with how hip-hop culture has taken root.β
Maneβs identity coalesced when he moved with his mother to Atlanta. βI lived all of my adolescent and adult life in Atlanta,β he explains. βIβm from East Atlanta Zone Six; it was hard, man, it was real rough. I grew up in the Starter jacket era: theyβd take your Starter jacket, your 8Ball jacket, theyβd take your hat, your shoes. It was just no holds barred on the streets, dog eat dog. If you missed the bus, you had to be crewed up or youβd get jumped. It was wild when I came up.β
Itβs a bleak portrait. When asked to describe his home life more vividly, Mane offers a look into his contemplative side, a side honed as a schoolyard poet. βI was just a young dude in a single parent house most of my life. I canβt complain that much. I would guess itβs like any black child growing up in a single parent household. There are a lot of people who know how that is. I didnβt have a lot coming up; but what I did have, I appreciated. I was blessed to have a caring mother to raise me right and to help me with my business ventures; sheβs been there through the whole struggle. Thereβs a lot that goes along with that; it made me who I am today.β
A stepfather would enter the picture during Maneβs adolescence, introducing not only a male figure, but also inspiration for Maneβs unusual moniker. βMy father came in, the original Gucci Mane; thatβs what people in the neighborhood called him, and thatβs where I get my name from. From then on, I grew up the son of a hustler and a schoolteacher; it was the best of both worlds because I was educated twice.β Drawing inspiration from a pantheon of rappers before him βBig Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Ice Cube, the Beastie Boys, N.W.AβMane went on to release Trap House, a lethal brew of his signature sound: βI call my music straight Gucci: going hard and whatever beats you make you for me, if Iβm feeling it, if Iβm rocking with it, Iβm gonna crush it. When you hear me, you hear a lot of pain, a lot of hood; you hear whatβs going on in the inner city in Atlanta.β
Unfortunately, Trap House was ill timed; the month of its release, Gucci was accused of murder and jailed for two days. Eventually deemed to be acting in self-defense, and without sufficient evidence to hold him, Mane was exonerated. But the ordeal left an indelible imprint on the man. βI learned to keep better company, watch where I go, and be mindful of my surroundings at all times,β he reveals. βWatch what I say, watch what I do and how I do it, just keep myself out of the wrong crowd.β
βI always stand up man,β he continues. βIβm one of the toughest guys I know. Itβll take a lot more than that to break me down.β Undeterred, Mane was back in the studio, preparing 2006βs eerily apropos Hard To Kill. The buzz from Hard To Kill vaulted Gucci Mane from regional commodity to national treasure, and major labels responded accordingly: βThere was a bidding war going on, and I liked Atlanticβs approach. They made it known that they wanted me, they felt where I was going and that I could grow with them.β
Asylum/Atlantic Records welcomed Gucci Mane in early β07, granting him his own imprint, So Icey Entertainment. With it comes an entire stable of artists, the So Icey Boyz. As the Boyz ready for their own exposure ββI got them in training; they be in the weight room, pumping iron, doing pushups, shopping at the mall, buying iceββGucci is focused on his magnum opus, Back to the Trap House. βI started working on the album, and by the third song, I was like βThis is going back to the Trap House.β I started feeling the same way I did when I made my first album. It had the same feel to it, the same freshness. And I had the same hunger and desire I had when I first started rapping.β
βSince I went major, I want everybody to know Iβm still keeping it street, keeping it hood,β Gucci maintains. βIβm trying to take it back to all my fans that I had when I first started my career. And at the same time, Iβm trying to open up my new album to a new fan base. So itβs a mix for everybody coming together, like my first album was.β Gucci has always prided himself on his innate ability, and his refusal to let guest appearances dictate the tone of his records. βI just want people to know Iβm a great songwriter, man,β he asserts. βIβm passionate about what I do, and itβs choreographed strategically when I do it. I bring a lot of experience, creative wordplay, and a crazy style. And my albums, I record most of the songs without writing them down; itβs a God-given gift and I just get paid for it. It come from God, itβs like wondering what makes a bird fly. He made me a poet like the great poets of the past.β
But donβt mistake Gucciβs confidence for self-absorption. The vicissitudes of his career have dictated a longer view. Lyrics aside, heβs less preoccupied with visible means and more so with acting as an emissary from his under-repped block. βIβm not the one to glorify what goes on in the hood,β he insists. βWe have everything there, the whole range from violence to people getting on the bus and going to work. Thereβs a lot more to the hood than just drugs. Itβs a bigger story, thereβs a big picture. I went to school in that neighborhood, I worked there, I trapped there, I hustled there, and I got my name there. Iβm proud to be from East Atlanta Zone Six, and I claim there. I hold that on my back and carry that, to be the first one from there to really rock.β
And Gucciβs professional aims have matured as well. While other rappers stress platinum plaques, Gucci hasnβt forgotten the route he took to stardom. βI made a lot of CDs on my own. People fucked with me and supported me, and just made me the man I am today. Thatβs my blueprint right there, and I stay mindful of it. So now, my only concern is that people feel my music; at the end of the day, I do it for people to feel it. If one person feel it, two people feel it, I feel like my jobβs been done.β
Fortunately for Gucci, he should be prepared to welcome an army of new fans with Back to the Trap House. But longstanding fans shouldnβt fear; theyβll recognize βFreaky Gurl,β reprised from its previous appearance from Hard To Kill. Luda, upon hearing the joint, asked for a guest spot on the remix. Said remix now appears as the lead single on Back to the Trap House, following in Gucciβs theme of mating old and new. Over a bouncing, meandering beat from Cyber Sapp, the two cook up the requisite concoction of whips, chips, and chicks. Also look out for βBird Flu,β the albumβs number two single, laced by New-York based Supa Sonics. Elsewhere, firm guest verses from Rich Boy and Pimp C of UGK round out Gucciβs regional flavor, while Bay-area producer Zaytoven (of βIcyβ renown) locks down Gucciβs West Coast appeal.
Gucci Mane has something for everyone, and with the struggles of the past in his rearview, Gucci is settled in for his ride to the top. βIβm best known for controversy but Iβm trying to gain respect as a songwriter and entertainer. I plan to hit them so hard with this album; who knows what the future will bring. Iβll be banging them out till I canβt bang no more.β
Beat It Up
Gucci Mane Lyrics
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She callin' my phone
She wanna be grown
We gone get it on
She said that she lonely
Cause hes never around
Said she like my style
He can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
He can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
I hopped up out my bed
Got my swag on
Stronger than fillet Mignon
Two Gs blown just for cologne
Money never limited
So Icey with benefits
My driver needs a passport
All my cars are immigrants!
It's so sickening
History you're witnessing
I had a girl she quit me
Now I'm single want to get with me?
Sticky again they stick to me
If you see your chick with GUCCI
Think before you confronting ruley
Ain't my fault your lady choosin'
430 stepped on purp it
08 verty rollin' dirty
Wardrobe clean as this detergent
Got your girlfriend picking purses
Say she lonely
Gucci only one with to meet me in person
When she met me home
My bitch told me that shes over first
It's 4 in the mornin'
She callin' my phone
She wanna be grown
We gone get it on
She said that she lonely
Cause hes never around
Said she like my style
He can lay you down
Say he can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
He can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
Your girlfriend keep callin' me
I feel like she stalkin' me
You at home
And she with me
So morning it's an argument
Gucci Mane be doggin' it
Beatin' her down
Straight poundin' it
Drillin' on your sheets
Got your blanket at the laundromat
Wait baby girl throw it back
Old man might catch heart attack
Gucci Mane not hardly that
Smack you like I'm mad at that
Swear this sex so passionate
Oral sex she mastered that
Pornographic poses
Like she posing for the internet
Wait I was not finished yet
Never been a minute man
Always been a business man
Gotta catch your feelings man
Got a man?
Oh really now?
Acting like I give a damn!
Used to like her now I don't
Got a real short attention span
Gucci!
It's 4 in the mornin'
She callin' my phone
She wanna be grown
We gone get it on
She said that she lonely
Cause hes never around
Said she like my style
He can lay you down
Say he can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
He can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
Gucci Trey Songz put it on
My shirt off when I perform
She say this her favorite song
She got on my favorite thong
She so hot
Too hot to touch
Truthfully too much for lames
Gucci mane I'm extra game
So extra rubbers I'm a bring
Got your main thang screaming Gucci
Every Tuesday night we cool whip
Wish we could do it more often
But I'm often somewhere flossin'
Lay it down like carpet barbie
Aston martin double park it
Beat it like we got a problem
Pop her till she call me poppa
Freakin' partners
Why we never bother with a second option
Hoppin' got the mattress poppin'
Rockin' while her girlfriend watchin'
Freakin' partners
Why they never bother with a second option
Hoppin' got the mattress poppin'
Rockin' while her girlfriend watchin'
Gucci
It's 4 in the mornin'
She callin' my phone
She wanna be grown
We gone get it on
She said that she lonely
Cause hes never around
Said she like my style
He can lay you down
Say he can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
He can lay you down
But I'm a beat it up
I'm a beat it up
The lyrics to "Beat it up" by Gucci Mane and Trey Songz describe a woman who is unhappy in her current relationship and reaches out to Gucci Mane for attention and affection. She wants to feel grown and is willing to cheat on her partner with Gucci because he can satisfy her needs better. Gucci Mane boasts about his wealth, style, and sexuality and brags that he can beat up his competition in bed. He acknowledges that the woman's partner can "lay her down," but confidently asserts that he can beat it up.
The lyrics objectify and demean women, perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes and promoting infidelity. The woman is reduced to a sexual object, and both Gucci Mane and her partner are depicted as rivals competing for her affection. The lyrics also reinforce toxic masculinity, as Gucci Mane implies that physical prowess and sexual conquests are ways to assert his dominance and masculinity.
Line by Line Meaning
It's 4 in the mornin'
It's late at night
She callin' my phone
She is calling me
She wanna be grown
She wants to act like an adult
We gone get it on
We are going to have sex
She said that she lonely
She is feeling alone
Cause hes never around
Because her partner is not present
Said she like my style
She likes the way I am
He can lay you down
Her partner can have sex with her
Say he can lay you down
Repeatedly saying that her partner can have sex with her
But I'm a beat it up
But I will have rough sex with her
I hopped up out my bed
I got out of bed
Got my swag on
I am feeling confident and stylish
Stronger than fillet Mignon
Stronger and more impressive than a fancy cut of steak
Two Gs blown just for cologne
Spending $2,000 just for cologne
Money never limited
I have lots of money
So Icey with benefits
Having a lot of money comes with perks
My driver needs a passport
My driver travels internationally
All my cars are immigrants!
All my cars were imported from other countries
It's so sickening
It's so impressive
History you're witnessing
You are witnessing something historic
I had a girl she quit me
I used to have a girlfriend but she left me
Now I'm single want to get with me?
Now that I am single, do you want to be with me?
Sticky again they stick to me
Girls are attracted to me again
If you see your chick with GUCCI
If you see your girlfriend with me (Gucci Mane)
Think before you confronting ruley
Think twice before you confront me
Ain't my fault your lady choosin'
It's not my fault your girlfriend is choosing to be with me
430 stepped on purp it
Smoking purple weed at 4:30 AM
08 verty rollin' dirty
Driving a 2008 convertible car while carrying drugs
Wardrobe clean as this detergent
My clothes are very clean
Got your girlfriend picking purses
Your girlfriend wants expensive purses
Gucci only one with to meet me in person
Gucci Mane is the only one who gets to meet me in person
When she met me home
When she came to my house
My bitch told me that shes over first
My girlfriend told me that she is over her previous boyfriend
Your girlfriend keep callin' me
Your girlfriend keeps calling me
I feel like she stalkin' me
I feel like she is stalking me
You at home
You are at home
And she with me
And she is with me
So morning it's an argument
So in the morning, there will be an argument
Gucci Mane be doggin' it
I (Gucci Mane) am having sex with her (doggin' it)
Beatin' her down
Having rough sex with her
Straight poundin' it
Having sex with power and aggression
Drillin' on your sheets
Having sex on your bed sheets
Got your blanket at the laundromat
Your blanket is dirty from my sexual activity
Wait baby girl throw it back
Can you move your body in a way that enhances sexual pleasure?
Old man might catch heart attack
An older man might have a heart attack from our sexual activity
Gucci Mane not hardly that
I (Gucci Mane) am not going to cause a heart attack
Smack you like I'm mad at that
I might hit you during sex
Swear this sex so passionate
This sex is very passionate
Oral sex she mastered that
She is skilled at giving oral sex
Pornographic poses
Sexual positions that are typically seen in pornography
Like she posing for the internet
She is posing like she is a model on the internet
Wait I was not finished yet
Hold on, I want to keep talking
Never been a minute man
I last a long time during sex
Always been a business man
I am focused on making money and doing business
Gotta catch your feelings man
You need to control your emotions
Got a man?
Do you have a boyfriend?
Oh really now?
Is that so?
Acting like I give a damn!
I don't care
Used to like her now I don't
I used to like her, but not anymore
Got a real short attention span
I get bored quickly
Gucci Trey Songz put it on
Gucci Mane and Trey Songz are performing this song
My shirt off when I perform
I take my shirt off during my performances
She say this her favorite song
She says this is her favorite song
She got on my favorite thong
She is wearing my favorite type of underwear
She so hot
She is really attractive
Too hot to touch
She is so attractive that it is almost intimidating
Truthfully too much for lames
Honestly, she is too much for guys who are not like me
Gucci mane I'm extra game
I (Gucci Mane) am confident and experienced with women
So extra rubbers I'm a bring
I am going to bring extra condoms
Got your main thang screaming Gucci
Your girlfriend is shouting my name
Every Tuesday night we cool whip
We hang out on Tuesday nights
Wish we could do it more often
I wish we could spend more time together
But I'm often somewhere flossin'
But I am often somewhere showing off
Lay it down like carpet barbie
I have sex with her so well that it's like laying down a carpet
Aston martin double park it
I am parking my Aston Martin car in a way that takes up two spaces
Beat it like we got a problem
I am having sex with her in a way that is very intense
Pop her till she call me poppa
I am having sex with her in a way that is rough and dominant
Freakin' partners
Having sex with multiple people
Why we never bother with a second option
We never have sex with anyone else
Hoppin' got the mattress poppin'
Having very intense sex that causes the mattress to move
Rockin' while her girlfriend watchin'
Having sex in a way that is visible to her girlfriend
Lyrics Β© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRISTOPHER GHOLSON, CHRISTOPHER JAMES GHOLSON, RADRIC DAVIS, RADRIC DELANTIC DAVIS, TREMAINE NEVERSON, TREMAINE ALDON NEVERSON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Brickz
2022 and still a banger!!!
Tyshondra Barnes
Gucci Mane never gets old I miss the old Gucci π₯π―
SEXY MISS LOVE
2020 and still banging π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
Austin Smith
Yu a baddie lhh
DJ JD
2023 wish music was still like this! fireπ₯π§―π§―π§―π§―π§―
Jacob-B915
I like how every song I've hit up on YouTube in the past few days, my '06-'10 crowd right there too haha
pierre harris
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Veronica Castle
This is the Gucci Mane I grew up with, π. No doubt he still goes hard but nothing beats Gucci from "06-10." This song was a banger summer 2010. π€
Black Biker1017
Still Bangin in 2020 π₯
Angel Spivey
2020 and still π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯