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.”
Its Over
Gucci Mane Lyrics
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It's over (yaa yaa)
It's over (yaa yaa)
It's over (yaa yaa)
It's over (yaa yaa)
Chorus:
Product of my ex life
On to the next chick
I had to hit the exit
It's over (yaa yaa)
Girl it's over (yaa yaa)
So much fuss and fights (huh)
You can leave my life now
No longer my wife now
Some things can't be worked out
It's over (yea yea)
Girl it's over (yea yea)
King south:
I told u I don't want u no more girl and u keep tryin (tryin)
I had 2 change my phone number about 3 times (times)
Stop playin on my phone (phone)
Aint nothin to talk about (nawl)
Cause sometimes girl shit just can't be worked out (at all)
I'm burnt down (burnt down)
And I leaned out (and I leaned out)
Eatin steak house (steak house)
With my new bitch right now (right now)
And I like her style (and I like her style)
Cause she treat me better (she treat me better)
Den she fuck me better (fuck me better)
We on another level
Bridge:
I can't lie you fly
I can't lie baby u sexy
But the love is gone
So I've gotta find an exit
On 2 the next chick (next chick next chick)
Cause I don't like the way u disrespect me baby
Chorus:
Product of my ex life
Call that girl my ex wife
On 2 the next chick
I had 2 the exit
It's over (yea yea)
Girl it's over (yea yea)
Such much fuss and fights huh
U can leave my life now
No longer my wife now
Somethings can't be worked out
It's over (yea yea)
Girl it's over (yea yea)
King south:
You think you so smart (smart)
You think you so sneaky (sneaky)
But I'm gone break your heart (your heart)
Cuz today you leaving (leaving)
Pack up all yo bags (bags) pack up all yo shoes (shoes )
And get the fuck out (out) cuz I'm so tired of you (ooohh)
Flatting all my tires(tires)
Busting out my windows(dows)
I can't fuck with you nomore (nawl)
Girl it's plain and simple
I leave you at my house
You rambling through my things
You know that aint right the way you violate me
Bridge:
I can't lie you fly
I can't lie baby u sexy
But the love is gone
So I've gotta find an exit
On 2 the next chick (next chick next chick)
Cause I don't like the way u disrespect me baby
Chorus:
Product of my ex life
Call that girl my ex wife
On 2 the next chick
I had 2 the exit
It's over (yea yea) girl
It's over (yea yea)
Nomoe fuss and fights huh
U can leave my life now
No longer my wife now
Somethings can't be worked out
It's over (yea yea) girl
It's over (yea yea)
Gucci: it's over (yaa yaa)
It's over (yaa yaa)
It's over (yaa yaa)
It's over (yaa yaa)
Fade out
The song "It's Over" by Gucci Mane is a breakup anthem, with the rapper and his collaborator King South reflecting on their past relationships and acknowledging that sometimes, things just cannot be worked out. Gucci repeats the line "It's over" multiple times throughout the song to drive home the message that the relationship is done.
In the chorus, Gucci refers to his ex-wife as a "product of my ex life," indicating that their relationship shaped who she became. He then declares that he's moving on to the next girl and had to hit the exit, ending things for good. King South chimes in, stating that he's had to change his phone number three times just to get his ex to stop trying to contact him. He's now with a new woman who treats him better in every way.
The repeated use of the phrase "it's over" highlights the finality of the situation and the need to move on. The Bridge further emphasizes that even though the ex-girlfriend may be attractive, the love is gone, and the hurtful behavior needs to stop. The song has a hard-hitting, confident tone that shows that the artists are not afraid to stand up for themselves and draw a line in the sand when it comes to toxic relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
It's over (yaa yaa)
The relationship is finished and there is no going back.
Product of my ex life
The singer's current life is a result of the experiences and lessons learned from their past relationship.
Call that girl my ex wife
The singer was once married to their ex-girlfriend.
On to the next chick
The artist is ready to move on and find someone new.
I had to hit the exit
The artist had to end the relationship because it was not working out.
Girl it's over (yaa yaa)
The singer is telling their ex-girlfriend that the relationship is truly over.
So much fuss and fights (huh)
There were many arguments and disagreements in the relationship.
You can leave my life now
The artist wants their ex-girlfriend to move on and leave their life behind.
No longer my wife now
The ex-girlfriend is no longer married to the artist.
Some things can't be worked out
Not all problems in a relationship can be solved or fixed.
King south:
A new voice enters the song.
I told u I don't want u no more girl and u keep tryin (tryin)
The artist has already tried to end the relationship, but the ex-girlfriend is still trying to make it work.
I had 2 change my phone number about 3 times (times)
The singer had to change their phone number multiple times to avoid contact with the ex-girlfriend.
Stop playin on my phone (phone)
The ex-girlfriend is constantly trying to contact the singer even though they have moved on.
Aint nothin to talk about (nawl)
There is nothing left to say and the singer does not want to continue communication.
Cause sometimes girl shit just can't be worked out (at all)
Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, a relationship cannot be saved.
I'm burnt down (burnt down)
The artist is tired and exhausted from the relationship.
And I leaned out (and I leaned out)
The singer is now focusing on themselves and their own life.
Eatin steak house (steak house)
The singer is enjoying their life and treating themselves to good food.
With my new bitch right now (right now)
The artist is with a new girlfriend who treats them better than the ex-girlfriend did.
And I like her style (and I like her style)
The artist is attracted to their new girlfriend's personality and way of life.
Cause she treat me better (she treat me better)
The new girlfriend treats the artist with more respect and kindness than the ex-girlfriend did.
Den she fuck me better (fuck me better)
The singer and their new girlfriend have a better sexual relationship than they did with their ex-girlfriend.
We on another level
The artist's new relationship is much better and on a different level than their previous one.
I can't lie you fly
The singer admits that their ex-girlfriend is attractive.
I can't lie baby u sexy
The singer finds their ex-girlfriend physically attractive.
But the love is gone
Despite the ex-girlfriend's physical attractiveness, the love between them is gone.
So I've gotta find an exit
The artist needs to move on and find someone new to love.
On 2 the next chick (next chick next chick)
The artist is ready to find a new girlfriend and move on with their life.
Cause I don't like the way u disrespect me baby
The singer did not feel respected by their ex-girlfriend in the relationship.
You think you so smart (smart)
The ex-girlfriend is acting like she is smarter than the singer.
You think you so sneaky (sneaky)
The ex-girlfriend is trying to be sneaky and get back into the artist's life.
But I'm gone break your heart (your heart)
The artist is warning their ex-girlfriend that they will end up breaking her heart.
Cuz today you leaving (leaving)
The artist wants their ex-girlfriend to leave their life now and not come back.
Pack up all yo bags (bags) pack up all yo shoes (shoes )
The singer wants their ex-girlfriend to completely move out and take all of her things with her.
And get the fuck out (out) cuz I'm so tired of you (ooohh)
The artist is tired of their ex-girlfriend and wants her to leave immediately.
Flatting all my tires(tires)
The ex-girlfriend is damaging the singer's property out of anger.
Busting out my windows(dows)
The ex-girlfriend is breaking the singer's windows out of anger.
I can't fuck with you nomore (nawl)
The singer cannot handle the drama and abuse from their ex-girlfriend anymore.
Girl it's plain and simple
The artist is being straightforward and honest with their ex-girlfriend about the state of their relationship.
I leave you at my house
The ex-girlfriend is allowed to stay at the artist's house for a short time.
You rambling through my things
The ex-girlfriend is going through the singer's belongings without their permission.
You know that aint right the way you violate me
The ex-girlfriend's actions are not respectful and are seen as a violation of the singer's privacy.
Nomoe fuss and fights huh
The artist is happy to be rid of the drama and fighting from the relationship.
Contributed by Ellie T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Timmy Thomas jr
This song will never get old
Shana Scott
You're right because it's helping in a situation that I had just gotten out of
MusiqMark (Real Name Markees Hubbard)
You Right My Girlfriend Deajah Scott Broke Up With Me Last Month And I’m Still Missing Her
Shana Scott
@MusiqMark (Real Name Markees Hubbard) one day God bless you to find someone else
Shana Scott
@MusiqMark (Real Name Markees Hubbard) I know the feeling I miss the person who is from Atlanta that I met on ig back in March of this year that stopped communication with me
MusiqMark (Real Name Markees Hubbard)
Shana Scott Girl You Know How I Feel
Jache’la Story
Jamming fucked still in 2023 one of my favorites
letsshoottheshit
Only the real fans know still listening in 2023❤
Michaela Smalls
Still jamming in 2019. Missing the old Gucci
Adarius Thomas
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