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.”
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Gucci Mane Lyrics
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Weirdo...Weirdo, Ima Weirdo(2x)
Killed da pussy, killed the bitch
Turned into a weirdo
Mr zone 6, half a million dollar ear lobe
Weirdo...Weirdo, Ima Weirdo(2x)
Gucci mane, drumma boy
Dis here for da weirdos
Flowin like a weirdo
Verse 1
Shawty mad, mad for wut
Man cuz she cant get enough
Tough luck
Diggin Gucci mane and he dont give a fuck
Throw it up, Pick it up
UHH
Shes a material girl
You aint got enough
Its a weird, weird
And she asking weird questions
Why yo engine n da rear
Switchin gears den im outta here
You boyfriends so last year
Lets have breakfast on the moon
Lets have dinner on Uranus
I got Venus,on my penis
And Serena wrapped round my fingers
Lil mama wet as aquafina
Send dem hoes like Angelina
I like em black
I like em yella
I like em red
I like to meet her
The song “Weird” by Gucci Mane is a rap song that depicts the rapper as a weirdo, but not in a negative sense. The chorus repeats the line “Weirdo… Weirdo, Ima Weirdo” multiple times to emphasize the theme of the song. The chorus also mentions killing someone, which indicates that Gucci Mane has transformed into a weirdo because of something he did. The next line, “Mr zone 6, half a million dollar ear lobe,” further highlights his weirdness, as he is the only one with such an expensive earlobe. The chorus concludes with an affirmation that the song is dedicated to all the other weirdos out there.
In the first verse, Gucci Mane talks about a girl who is obsessed with him and wants him all to herself. He thinks she’s a material girl and is shallow, so he’s not interested in her. He’s attracted to women who are different and who share his weirdness. He then continues to rap about his love for weird things, such as breakfast on the moon and dinner on Uranus. He compares himself to Venus and brags about having Serena wrapped around his fingers. He likes women of all different colors and expresses his love for them all.
Overall, the song “Weird” celebrates individuality and being different. Gucci Mane embraces his weirdness and encourages others to do the same. The lyrics are explicit and may not be suitable for everyone, but the message of the song is one of self-acceptance.
Line by Line Meaning
Weirdo...Weirdo, Ima Weirdo(2x)
Gucci Mane is strange and unusual and he's proud of it
Killed da pussy, killed the bitch
He had sex with a woman and left her feeling used and discarded
Turned into a weirdo
After having sex with this woman, he became even more eccentric and peculiar
Mr zone 6, half a million dollar ear lobe
Gucci Mane represents his neighborhood and is so wealthy he can afford expensive jewelry
Gucci mane, drumma boy
The rapper Gucci Mane is collaborating with music producer Drumma Boy on this song
Dis here for da weirdos
This song is dedicated to other people who are also considered strange or different
Had it like a bag a dro
He's very confident and has a lot of power, like a bag of marijuana
Flowin like a weirdo
His rapping style is unusual and not like what most people are used to
Shawty mad, mad for wut
This woman is upset but he doesn't know why
Man cuz she cant get enough
She's obsessed with him and wants more of his attention
Tough luck
He doesn't care about her problems or struggles
Diggin Gucci mane and he dont give a fuck
He knows she likes him and he's indifferent to her feelings
Throw it up, Pick it up UHH
He's encouraging her to dance and throw money in the air
Shes a material girl
This woman is only interested in Gucci Mane's wealth and status
You aint got enough
He doesn't think she's worth his time or money
Its a weird, weird
This situation is strange and unexpected
And she asking weird questions
She's saying strange things that don't make sense
Why yo engine n da rear
She's asking a nonsensical question about his car
Switchin gears den im outta here
He's getting tired of her and ready to leave
You boyfriends so last year
She's dating someone else but Gucci Mane doesn't care
Lets have breakfast on the moon
He's suggesting they do something impossible or ridiculous
Lets have dinner on Uranus
He's continuing to suggest absurd ideas for a date
I got Venus, on my penis
He's bragging about having sex with a woman and using planet names in a vulgar way
And Serena wrapped round my fingers
Another woman (Serena) is in love with him and he uses this to his advantage
Lil mama wet as aquafina
This woman is sexually interested in him and aroused
Send dem hoes like Angelina
He's getting rid of women (whom he calls 'hoes') the way Angelina Jolie gives away money to charity
I like em black, I like em yella, I like em red, I like to meet her
He's attracted to women of many different races and colors
Contributed by Olivia M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Trey Burgess
One of the best Gucci songs hands down!
Streaky Drip
2023 And Still Bumpin Like It Dropped Last Night
RJ RJ
imagine bumping trap music at 80 years old
Isaiah “Zay Leno” Coleman
+Robin Johnson Cheaaa!!
SlickRickDaShooter
Robin Johnson lets get it lol
steven abram
I'mma styll be like aaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy LOL 🤣
The Real Senseii
Lmao
Buggle Magnum
ill get back to you in 60 years
instagrammo
He was ten years in the future he created what we listen today
JoshSkye Roberts
Still banging this in 23.!!! I remember the first time my platoon in the army had this cranked 30 times a day back in the.. I love it.!!