It’s said that art mirrors life. In hip-hop’s case, there’s always been a deliberate entanglement of perception and reality. Fans demand their MCs be real…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.
“I wish everybody well who’s making money in this rap game,” the Atlanta-raised rapper says, dismissing the controversy that followed him in the past. “My own rap game is going so good, I’ve got so many things on my plate at my label, that I don’t got time for other people’s business.” 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.
“I live my life with no regrets. I just wish that a lot of things never happened, but anybody can wish,” says Gucci. Sounds like a man with his eyes on the prize. And you’d 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 “Black Tee,” 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 “Icy” single, featuring Jeezy. Clamor over song rights sparked dispute, and the resulting rift grew.
Controversy notwithstanding, Mane’s independence was cemented: “I was on the independent scene for about two years,” he recalls. “It’s 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 it’s a gamble out there with the independent circuit. One thing you’d better have is good music because without that, you go downhill fast in the independent game.”
Good music firmly in hand, Gucci was fast approaching stardom when more tragedy befell him. But let’s backtrack; how did the man born Radric Davis in Bessemer, Alabama, become Gucci Mane, mouthpiece for Atlanta stuntin’? Mane remembers little from his time in Alabama, just that it was rural, and that it’s changed dramatically since he left at the age of nine. “I gotta shout out Alabama though, because they holdin’ it down,” he affirms. “Every time I go there to do a show, I’m impressed with how hip-hop culture has taken root.”
Mane’s identity coalesced when he moved with his mother to Atlanta. “I lived all of my adolescent and adult life in Atlanta,” he explains. “I’m from East Atlanta Zone Six; it was hard, man, it was real rough. I grew up in the Starter jacket era: they’d take your Starter jacket, your 8Ball jacket, they’d 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 you’d get jumped. It was wild when I came up.”
It’s 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. “I was just a young dude in a single parent house most of my life. I can’t complain that much. I would guess it’s like any black child growing up in a single parent household. There are a lot of people who know how that is. I didn’t 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; she’s been there through the whole struggle. There’s a lot that goes along with that; it made me who I am today.”
A stepfather would enter the picture during Mane’s adolescence, introducing not only a male figure, but also inspiration for Mane’s unusual moniker. “My father came in, the original Gucci Mane; that’s what people in the neighborhood called him, and that’s 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.” Drawing inspiration from a pantheon of rappers before him –Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Ice Cube, the Beastie Boys, N.W.A—Mane went on to release Trap House, a lethal brew of his signature sound: “I call my music straight Gucci: going hard and whatever beats you make you for me, if I’m feeling it, if I’m rocking with it, I’m gonna crush it. When you hear me, you hear a lot of pain, a lot of hood; you hear what’s going on in the inner city in Atlanta.”
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. “I learned to keep better company, watch where I go, and be mindful of my surroundings at all times,” he reveals. “Watch what I say, watch what I do and how I do it, just keep myself out of the wrong crowd.”
“I always stand up man,” he continues. “I’m one of the toughest guys I know. It’ll take a lot more than that to break me down.” Undeterred, Mane was back in the studio, preparing 2006’s 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: “There was a bidding war going on, and I liked Atlantic’s approach. They made it known that they wanted me, they felt where I was going and that I could grow with them.”
Asylum/Atlantic Records welcomed Gucci Mane in early ’07, 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 –“I got them in training; they be in the weight room, pumping iron, doing pushups, shopping at the mall, buying ice”—Gucci is focused on his magnum opus, Back to the Trap House. “I started working on the album, and by the third song, I was like ‘This is going back to the Trap House.’ 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.”
“Since I went major, I want everybody to know I’m still keeping it street, keeping it hood,” Gucci maintains. “I’m trying to take it back to all my fans that I had when I first started my career. And at the same time, I’m trying to open up my new album to a new fan base. So it’s a mix for everybody coming together, like my first album was.” Gucci has always prided himself on his innate ability, and his refusal to let guest appearances dictate the tone of his records. “I just want people to know I’m a great songwriter, man,” he asserts. “I’m passionate about what I do, and it’s 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; it’s a God-given gift and I just get paid for it. It come from God, it’s like wondering what makes a bird fly. He made me a poet like the great poets of the past.”
But don’t mistake Gucci’s confidence for self-absorption. The vicissitudes of his career have dictated a longer view. Lyrics aside, he’s less preoccupied with visible means and more so with acting as an emissary from his under-repped block. “I’m not the one to glorify what goes on in the hood,” he insists. “We have everything there, the whole range from violence to people getting on the bus and going to work. There’s a lot more to the hood than just drugs. It’s a bigger story, there’s 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. I’m 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.”
And Gucci’s professional aims have matured as well. While other rappers stress platinum plaques, Gucci hasn’t forgotten the route he took to stardom. “I made a lot of CDs on my own. People fucked with me and supported me, and just made me the man I am today. That’s 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 job’s been done.”
Fortunately for Gucci, he should be prepared to welcome an army of new fans with Back to the Trap House. But longstanding fans shouldn’t fear; they’ll recognize “Freaky Gurl,” 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 Gucci’s 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 “Bird Flu,” the album’s number two single, laced by New-York based Supa Sonics. Elsewhere, firm guest verses from Rich Boy and Pimp C of UGK round out Gucci’s regional flavor, while Bay-area producer Zaytoven (of “Icy” renown) locks down Gucci’s 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. “I’m best known for controversy but I’m 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. I’ll be banging them out till I can’t bang no more.”
Break Up
Gucci Mane Lyrics
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When I kiss you so good (Mario)
Why would you wanna break up? (Gucci)
When this lovin' is so good
Why would you wanna break up? (Sean Garrett, the pen)
When I hit that so good
Why would you wanna break up? (Gucci)
Why would you wanna break up? (we goin' in, oh)
Lovin' you, lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
When I'm, when I'm (what)
Lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
Why would you wanna break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
See, I'll be drivin' through your hood
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
Now baby girl done dumped me
She no longer wants me (nah)
I'm no longer hired (ha)
She says that I've been fired (fired)
On to the next one
More fish in the sea (more fish in the sea)
Girls are like buses (buses)
Miss one, next fifteen, one comin' (ha)
Gucci Mane crazy and his ice game stunnin' (brr)
Swag so stupid, still the bitch straight dumped me (what, what?)
Over, no more smokin' doja (nope)
Baby girl went AWOL
She used to be my soldier
(Don't) don't I lace you with the Gucci?
(Don't) don't I deck you in the Louis?
(Don't) don't I make your earlobe freeze?
(Don't) don't when I dive, I dive deep?
I know I be, gone
I know I be, gone
I know I be (flirtin' with them girls)
I know I be sayin' I'll be right back, but take too long
I know I be, sayin' I be faithful but I don't
I know I be
Makin' you them promises
Then breakin' your heart again
Tellin' you she wasn't, who she was
Then we arguing, but baby (I love you)
Oh, lovin' you, lovin' you, lovin' you
When I'm, when I'm
Lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
Why would you wanna break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
See I be drivin' through your hood
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
Lovin' you, lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
When I'm, when I'm
Lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
Why would you wanna break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
See, I'll be drivin' through your hood
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
You might be from the hood
But to me, you're a model (model)
Everything that I-I-I ever seen in a model (seen in a model)
If you leavin' baby, don't leave me 'til tomorrow (tomorrow)
Tonight we gon' get a little tipsy, with a bottle (bottle)
You gon' get me up (get me up)
I'm gon' take 'em down (down)
I'ma change my ways (I'ma change some things)
We gon' work it out (we gon' work it out)
Girl, I wouldn't be the same if you was with somebody else
Girl, it wouldn't be the same if I was with somebody else
I know I made mistakes before
Promise you won't get hurt no more
I got what you like and you know
Once you lay down, it's on
Lovin' you, lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
When I'm, when I'm
Lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
Why would you wanna break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
See, I'll be drivin' through your hood
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
Lovin' you, lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
When I'm, when I'm
Lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
Why would you wanna break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
See, I'll be drivin' through your hood (Gucci)
Why would you wanna break up? (Gucci)
Why you wanna leave me? (leave me)
You should wanna tease me (tease me)
Bein' icy ain't easy (brr), I make it look easy (brr)
Used to cop you Bally (Gucci)
Let you rock Louis (Gucci)
Now it's fuck shawty (shawty)
I don't like Gucci (Gucci, Gucci)
Oh, lovin' you, lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
When I'm, when I'm
Lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
Why would you wanna break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
See, I'll be drivin' through your hood
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
Lovin' you, lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
When I'm, when I'm
Lovin' you, lovin' you (oh oh)
Why would you wanna break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
See, I'll be drivin' through your hood
Why would you wanna break up? (oh oh)
So would you, break up, break up, break up (uh, yeah)
I'm back, baby
The song "Break Up" by Gucci Mane is a lamentation of a love that has gone sour. Despite the singer's love for his partner, he can see no hope in the relationship, citing his partner's seeming insistence on ending the love affair despite how good it seems to be. He is confused and asks why his partner would want to break up when their love is so good, when kissing and intimacy is so good, and especially when their love-making is so fulfilling. He tries to convince his partner that he loves her and would do anything for her, and wonders why she would want to break up with him.
The second verse and the bridge seem to suggest that the relationship suffers from the singer's infidelity, which has left his partner feeling unloved and hurt. He admits to flirting with other girls, lying to his partner, and even breaking promises, but insists that he loves her. He pleads with his partner to stay with him, assuring her that things will change and promising her that he will not hurt her anymore.
Overall, the song is a reflection on the problems that plague relationships, including infidelity, misunderstandings, and miscommunication. The singer's love for his partner is strong, but it is not enough to hold their relationship together when trust is broken and promises are not kept.
Line by Line Meaning
I love you but I don't think
I can love you anymore
I still care about you but I feel like I'm falling out of love
When I kiss you so good,
Why would you wanna break up?
When this loving is so good,
Why would you wanna break up?
When I hit that so good,
Why would you wanna break up?
When this feeling is so good,
Why would you wanna break up?
Our physical and emotional connection is amazing, why would you want it to end?
Loving you, loving you, loving you
When I'm, when I'm
Loving you, loving you
Why would you wanna break up?
My love for you is continuous, so why would you want us to break up?
Do anything for you
Why would you wanna break up?
See I been driving through your hood
Why would you wanna break up?
I'm willing to do anything for you, so why do you want to end things? Also, I've been checking up on you in your neighborhood, why break up now?
Now baby girl have dumped me
She no longer wants me
I'm no longer hired
She says that I've been fired
On to the next one
More fish in the sea
Girls are like buses
Miss one, Next 15 one comin'
Gucci Mane crazy and his ice game stunnin'
Swag so stupid still the bitch straight dumped me
Over, no more smokin' doja
Baby girl went AWOL
She used to be my soulja
My girlfriend broke up with me suddenly, moving on to the next one seems like a good idea. But it's hard to believe that with all my success and popularity, I still got dumped. I have stopped smoking marijuana after the breakup, and my ex-lover went missing. I wonder where she went because she was once very important to me.
(Don't) Don't I lace you with the Gucci
(Don't) Don't I deck you in the Louis
(Don't) don't I make your earlobes freeze
(Don't) don't when I dive I dive deep ?
I shower you with expensive Gucci clothes and Louis Vuitton accessories that make you stand out from the crowd. I even give you jewelry that makes your earlobes freeze. When I'm diving into you, I go all in.
I know I be, gone
I know I be, gone
I know I be, (flirtin' with them girls)
I know I be, said I'd be right back, but take to long.
I know I be, saying I be faithful but I don't
I know I be,
Making you them promises
Then breaking you're heart again
Telling you she wasn't, who she was
Then we arguing, but baby (I love you)
I admit that I've made mistakes by flirting with other girls, leaving and taking too long to come back. Despite my promises, I've been unfaithful, which has broken your heart multiple times. I even lied to you about another girl, which led to arguments. But through it all, I still love you.
You might be from the hood
But to me girl you're a model,
Everything that I-I-I ever seen in a model,
If you're leaving baby, don't leave me till tomorrow
Tonight we gon' get a little tipsy, with a bottle.
You may be from the hood, but to me, you're a model, the best I've ever seen. If you have to leave me, at least wait till tomorrow. Tonight, we'll get drunk and have some fun together.
You gonna get me up'
I'm take 'em down
I'm gonna change my ways
We gon' work it out
Girl I wouldn't be the same if you was with somebody else
Girl it wouldn't be the same if I was with somebody else
If you give me another chance, I'll set things right, improve myself, and work on our relationship. We wouldn't be the same if we were with someone else.
I know I made mistakes before,
Promise you won't get hurt no more,
I got what you like it, you know
Once you lay down, It's on.
I acknowledge my past mistakes, but I promise not to hurt you again. You know I have what you like, and when we get intimate, you know it's going to be amazing.
Why you wanna leave me,
You should wanna tease me,
Icing ain't easy, I make it look easy,
You should cop you're belly
Mention rock Louis?
Now its for shawty?
I don't like Gucci (Gucci, Gucci, Gucci)
Why do you want to break up with me? You should want to keep teasing me. I make being wealthy look easy, and you should get your belly pierced to rock Louis Vuitton. I'm not feeling Gucci anymore.
So would you, break up (break up break up) yeah
I'm back baby.
Would you really want us to break up? I'm back and I hope we can make this work again.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Garrett R. Hamler, Radric Davis, Shondrae L. Crawford
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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