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
Breasto
Gucci Mane Lyrics
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(30, you a motherfuckin' fool, nigga)
She a tease, real calm, not skeezo
Real fiend for the bling, bling, blingo
Got cheese, I can really say bingo
I'm a star, but I'm nothin' like Ringo
Gull wing doors on the door like Jagged Edge
Gringo limpin' out of the casino
Where's Waldo? Lookin' for the cargo
My main foes fell off, where did they go?
In Diego lookin' for the yayo
I met a Mexican man that'll bust a head
And for a peso, he'll make you wait, though
Yeah, that's my breasto, that's my besto
My vest on my chest, he protect my flesh, so
Let my best ho invest my escrow
Bless her flesh 'cause she made my nest grow
Bullets start ricocheting, think I need an echo
Earthquake, aftershock, bitch, you won't let go
Family callin' for him, lookin', think they need to let go
Hope they got insurance for him, probably need gecko
Drop my nuts, don't push my test
Throw your foot on they neck, protect your threshold
This the type of pressure, you don't need no stretcher
Or the ambulance and then I let the alligator get you
Bullets go to rippin', make the neighbors start trippin'
Trap closin' early 'cause the Gucci Mane comin'
Gucci Mane LaFlare, I got all kind of money
Five thou', fifty thou', anybody count it
All I really care about is did you do the business?
Did you leave a witness? Nigga, did you pay attention?
Heard what I said, nigga? Anybody get it
I don't give a damn, nigga, you can really get it
Mama in the business, then your mama 'nem can get it
Broad down with, the whole family can get it
You stupid little bitch, you put yourself in this position
All this inchin' on my riches got my trigger finger itchin'
Yeah, that's my breasto, that's my besto
My vest on my chest, he protect my flesh, so
Let my best ho invest my escrow
Bless her flesh 'cause she made my nest grow
Bullets start ricocheting, think I need an echo
Earthquake, aftershock, bitch, you won't let go
Family callin' for him, lookin', think they need to let go
Hope they got insurance for him, probably need gecko
Gotta keep a breasto just because my neck froze
Try to take my bankroll, I'ma leave his eyes closed
Me and Wop together, all these bitches goin' psycho
Where we keep them poles like a motherfuckin' pint store
I come from the gutter (mob)
Now my mouth full of ice, she suck me like a sucker
Shit done gave me poltergeist and I would never love her
Better try that other guy, just blow me like a bubble
And I'll cum on your pretty side, yeah, I'm rich forever
But bitch, do not come around
She don't wanna double cross 'cause bitch, I'm the triple cross
I'll get 'em knocked off, sit back, use my dental floss
Yeah, it's the mayor, told you I'm the fuckin' boss
Wop said, "Get this in your mob and it's gon' go down"
Send his head to his mama house to say I'm lowdown
1017, So Icy Boyz, and we don't fuck 'round
Bitch, I got my breasto, we can have a showdown, ho
Yeah, that's my breasto, that's my besto
My vest on my chest, he protect my flesh, so
Let my best ho invest my escrow
Bless her flesh 'cause she made my nest grow
Bullets start ricocheting, think I need an echo
Earthquake, aftershock, bitch, you won't let go
Family callin' for him, lookin', think they need to let go
Hope they got insurance for him, probably need gecko
The lyrics of "Breasto" by Gucci Mane Foogiano describe the rapper's lifestyle and his love for luxury items like bling, expensive cars, and guns. He talks about his relationship with a woman who he refers to as "breasto" and how he values her for investing his escrow. He also boasts about his wealth and power and sends a warning to his rivals that he is not someone to mess with.
The rapper's use of slang and wordplay make the lyrics cryptic and challenging to decipher, but they also add to the song's appeal. The reference to Jagged Edge's song "Where the Party At" adds another layer of meaning to the lyrics, as well as the metaphor of a breastplate to signify his protection.
Overall, "Breasto" is a song that celebrates Gucci Mane Foogiano's success and his willingness to defend it at all costs.
Line by Line Meaning
She a tease, real calm, not skeezo
She's flirtatious but composed, not promiscuous
Real fiend for the bling, bling, blingo
She loves jewelry and anything shiny
Got cheese, I can really say bingo
She has lots of money, enough to say 'bingo'
I'm a star, but I'm nothin' like Ringo
I'm famous, but not like Ringo Starr from The Beatles
Gull wing doors on the door like Jagged Edge
Luxury car doors that open upwards
Hell no, my name's not Wingo
My name is not Wingo, a reference to the hip hop group Ying Yang Twins
Gringo limpin' out of the casino
A non-Spanish speaking person leaving the casino
Where's Waldo? Lookin' for the cargo
A reference to the children's book character Waldo, searching for something valuable
My main foes fell off, where did they go?
My main enemies disappeared, where did they go?
In Diego lookin' for the yayo
Searching for drugs in San Diego, yayo is slang for cocaine
I met a Mexican man that'll bust a head
I met a violent Mexican man who is capable of hurting someone
And for a peso, he'll make you wait, though
And for a small amount of money, he'll make you wait
Yeah, that's my breasto, that's my besto
That's my gun, my best friend
My vest on my chest, he protect my flesh, so
My bulletproof vest protects me
Let my best ho invest my escrow
Let my top prostitute handle my money
Bless her flesh 'cause she made my nest grow
Praising her for helping me accumulate wealth
Bullets start ricocheting, think I need an echo
Bullets are bouncing off surfaces, making it sound like an echo
Earthquake, aftershock, bitch, you won't let go
Metaphorically shaking things up, but the enemy won't back down
Family callin' for him, lookin', think they need to let go
The enemy's family is searching for him, but they should give up
Hope they got insurance for him, probably need gecko
They should have insurance, like the Gecko insurance company mascot
Drop my nuts, don't push my test
Don't mess with me, don't test me
Throw your foot on they neck, protect your threshold
Attack them and protect your territory
This the type of pressure, you don't need no stretcher
The pressure is intense, but you can handle it without medical help
Or the ambulance and then I let the alligator get you
Or wait for the ambulance and then let the alligator attack you
Bullets go to rippin', make the neighbors start trippin'
Bullets are causing chaos and alarming the neighbors
Trap closin' early 'cause the Gucci Mane comin'
People are leaving early because Gucci Mane is coming
Gucci Mane LaFlare, I got all kind of money
Gucci Mane has a lot of money
Five thou', fifty thou', anybody count it
Counting money in increments of $5,000 or $50,000
All I really care about is did you do the business?
The most important thing is whether or not the person did what they were supposed to do
Did you leave a witness? Nigga, did you pay attention?
Did anyone see what happened? Did you pay attention to your surroundings?
Heard what I said, nigga? Anybody get it
Did you understand what I said? Did anyone understand?
I don't give a damn, nigga, you can really get it
I don't care, I will fight you
Mama in the business, then your mama 'nem can get it
If your mother is involved, she can also get it
Broad down with, the whole family can get it
If she's involved, the whole family can get it
You stupid little bitch, you put yourself in this position
You got yourself into this situation, you're stupid
All this inchin' on my riches got my trigger finger itchin'
Everyone trying to take my money is making me trigger happy
Gotta keep a breasto just because my neck froze
I need to carry a gun for protection because I wear expensive jewelry
Try to take my bankroll, I'ma leave his eyes closed
If someone tries to steal my money, I'll hurt them and leave them unconscious
Me and Wop together, all these bitches goin' psycho
When Gucci Mane and Wop (rapper offset) are together, women go crazy
Where we keep them poles like a motherfuckin' pint store
Where we keep our guns, like a liquor store with bottles of alcohol
I come from the gutter (mob)
I come from a bad area
Now my mouth full of ice, she suck me like a sucker
Now that I have money, I have a lot of expensive jewelry in my mouth and women treat me like a sucker
Shit done gave me poltergeist and I would never love her
Women and money are causing negative energy and I will never love a woman
Better try that other guy, just blow me like a bubble
Better try another man, just give me oral sex
And I'll cum on your pretty side, yeah, I'm rich forever
And I will ejaculate on your body, I will be rich forever
But bitch, do not come around
Don't come around me
She don't wanna double cross 'cause bitch, I'm the triple cross
She doesn't want to double cross me because I'm even more sneaky
I'll get 'em knocked off, sit back, use my dental floss
I'll get someone killed, sit back and relax like it's a normal activity like using dental floss
Yeah, it's the mayor, told you I'm the fuckin' boss
I'm the boss, I'm in charge
Wop said, "Get this in your mob and it's gon' go down"
Rapper offset said to the group, get this involved in our plans and it will work out
Send his head to his mama house to say I'm lowdown
Send his head to his mother's house to show she raised a lowdown person
1017, So Icy Boyz, and we don't fuck 'round
1017 and So Icy Boyz are the group names, and we don't mess around
Bitch, I got my breasto, we can have a showdown, ho
I have my gun, let's have a fight
Lyrics Β© Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Radric Davis, Samuel Gloade, Kwame Khalil Brown
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Andrew London
The flow, the beat, the all around vibe is on point. A masterpiece in my opinion
N Trax
Gucci went bars on bars on bars.....damn!
Honda Vtec
Shit is catchy. Got some heat
Christopher Allen
Your opinion would be correct.
Guy Buddyman
Agree. Gucci is doing a great job bring his team up. I spent 18 months listening to el gato and evil genius while inside and he keeps improving. Have a good day.
unicornshampoo
That is why I like Foogiano. He keeps the Old Heads happy by featuring the OG's. And introduces the young ones to a variety of artists. I am 38 and my 17 year old neighbour listens too. I would never have any common ground without Foog.
Oscar Rodriguez
Gucci never disappoints π₯π₯π₯
Leveezy Gutta Muzik
#facts
Jay Strong
I'm disappointed
Ny rosa
Jay Strong dont watch him then like anyways