Mario Mims (born May 19, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee), better known by his s… Read Full Bio ↴Mario Mims (born May 19, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee), better known by his stage name Yo Gotti, is an American rapper signed to Cash Money Records. Formerly known as Lil Yo in the 90's, he released his first album, From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game, in 2000. Since then he has released 2001's Self-Explanatory, 2003's Life, 2006's Back 2 Da Basics, 2008's Cocaine Muzik, 2009's CM2 (Cocaine Muzik 2 hosted by DJ Drama), and The Pyrex King: Street Runnaz Special Edition.
As one of the six epicenters of Southern hip hop, Memphis has always had a thriving underground capable of producing major platinum superstars such as Eightball & MJG, 3-6 Mafia and Project Pat,Skip a.k.a Gianni Booker. All of the above-mentioned artists at one point in time literally dominated the city’s underground rap scene before going on to become national superstars. Next up to bat is Yo Gotti, M-Town’s current underground rap kingpin. Like his namesake John Gotti, the Memphis based rapper has been running the Southern underground scene with an iron fist for the past. Known and respected throughout the South for his skill and finesse on the microphone, Yo Gotti is one the South’s most respected young rappers.
Born Mario Mims, Yo Gotti grew up in the infamous Ridge Crest Apartments in a North Memphis neighborhood called Frazier. His childhood was typical for a poor ghetto youth in the Deep South. Raised in a family of hustlers and exposed to hard times 24 hours a day the Tennessee rap titan soon turned to the only thing that he knew could get him paid, hustling. “Being from the hood things like hustling will come your way,” says Yo Gotti. “Everybody in my family hustled in some kinda way.” Ironically, hustling is what ultimately led Yo Gotti to rapping.
Taking his cue from Memphis rap legends such as Eightball & MJG, Al Kapone, Gangsta Black, Triple 6 Mafia and Kingpin Skinny Pimp, all of whom he lists as influences, Yo Gotti released his own underground tape entitled, Youngster on the Come Up and placed it on consignment at local mom & pop record stores as well as hustling it out the trunk. The tape sold like hotcakes on the street and made Yo Gotti the hottest rapper on the streets of Memphis. From the Dope Game to the Rap Game, Yo Gotti’s sophomore effort sold so well that Select-O-Hits, a local based independent distributor offered him a small deal and the Memphis rapper more than doubled his fan base with absolutely no marketing or promotions. Soon he found himself ranked among the city’s top rappers. In addition to being featured on the cover of Murderdog Magazine along side his idols Kingpin Skinny Pimp and Al Kapone his record From the Dope Game to the Rap Game made the list for the magazine’s top independent record for the year 2000.
Two years later he inked a distribution deal with TVT Records and released the critically acclaimed album Life, which did respectable numbers for an independent label. “It sold about 40 or 50,000, with no promotions or video,” says Yo Gotti. “That record did what it did on its own.” But as the old saying goes when one door is closed another opened. Gotti’s reputation as the king of Memphis continued to spread and that eventually led him to a production deal with Cash Money/Universal records for his group the Block Burnaz. With his TVT sophomore album entitled Back 2 Da Basics, Yo Gotti returns with the same hardcore street flavor that his die-hard fans have come to know and love, only this time around the true king of Memphis has elevated his game a bit. Given the fact that his last record didn’t do the type of big number he’d hope for you’d think that Yo Gotti would switch up his style to reach a larger audience. Right? Wrong! According to Gotti his street credibility with his underground fans means more to him than gold or platinum status.
“The one thing that you have to understand is that when you create a fan base off of street product the last thing you wanna do is disrespect them by changing because of the record companies and stuff like that. When you do that you change what created you. To me it is very important that I keep in tune with the people that helped to sell 40,000 records independently. That’s why I call my record Back 2 Da Basics.”
Produced by DJ Thoomp, Mannie Fresh, Carlos Brody and newcomers Street Tunes, Back 2 Da Basics offers fans a gritty, insider’s view into the real streets of Memphis as seen through the eyes of Yo Gotti. Nowhere is this viewpoint more intense than on “Full Time,” the amped up lead single –and featured in the MTV Films’ Hustle & Flow movie - with a thunderous bass and intoxicating beat that espouses Gotti’s formula to success –hustle full time.
“A lotta cats wanna be a rapper or a street hustler but they don’t wanna put in the time that it takes,” says Yo Gotti. “They want the money and the cars and the girls, but they don’t wanna work hard for it. But to be successful at anything you gotta grind for it.” On the song “Mama We Gone Be Alright,” he waxes introspective by reflecting on all of the hard times that he and his family have suffered through the years and offers her hope-filled words encouragement. “Mama We Gone Be Alright” along with the gripping tune “My Story” emerges as two of the most interesting songs on Back 2 Da Basics. These three titles along with club banging songs like “Shorty” featuring Baby make Back 2 Da Basics one of the best albums of the year.
As one of the six epicenters of Southern hip hop, Memphis has always had a thriving underground capable of producing major platinum superstars such as Eightball & MJG, 3-6 Mafia and Project Pat,Skip a.k.a Gianni Booker. All of the above-mentioned artists at one point in time literally dominated the city’s underground rap scene before going on to become national superstars. Next up to bat is Yo Gotti, M-Town’s current underground rap kingpin. Like his namesake John Gotti, the Memphis based rapper has been running the Southern underground scene with an iron fist for the past. Known and respected throughout the South for his skill and finesse on the microphone, Yo Gotti is one the South’s most respected young rappers.
Born Mario Mims, Yo Gotti grew up in the infamous Ridge Crest Apartments in a North Memphis neighborhood called Frazier. His childhood was typical for a poor ghetto youth in the Deep South. Raised in a family of hustlers and exposed to hard times 24 hours a day the Tennessee rap titan soon turned to the only thing that he knew could get him paid, hustling. “Being from the hood things like hustling will come your way,” says Yo Gotti. “Everybody in my family hustled in some kinda way.” Ironically, hustling is what ultimately led Yo Gotti to rapping.
Taking his cue from Memphis rap legends such as Eightball & MJG, Al Kapone, Gangsta Black, Triple 6 Mafia and Kingpin Skinny Pimp, all of whom he lists as influences, Yo Gotti released his own underground tape entitled, Youngster on the Come Up and placed it on consignment at local mom & pop record stores as well as hustling it out the trunk. The tape sold like hotcakes on the street and made Yo Gotti the hottest rapper on the streets of Memphis. From the Dope Game to the Rap Game, Yo Gotti’s sophomore effort sold so well that Select-O-Hits, a local based independent distributor offered him a small deal and the Memphis rapper more than doubled his fan base with absolutely no marketing or promotions. Soon he found himself ranked among the city’s top rappers. In addition to being featured on the cover of Murderdog Magazine along side his idols Kingpin Skinny Pimp and Al Kapone his record From the Dope Game to the Rap Game made the list for the magazine’s top independent record for the year 2000.
Two years later he inked a distribution deal with TVT Records and released the critically acclaimed album Life, which did respectable numbers for an independent label. “It sold about 40 or 50,000, with no promotions or video,” says Yo Gotti. “That record did what it did on its own.” But as the old saying goes when one door is closed another opened. Gotti’s reputation as the king of Memphis continued to spread and that eventually led him to a production deal with Cash Money/Universal records for his group the Block Burnaz. With his TVT sophomore album entitled Back 2 Da Basics, Yo Gotti returns with the same hardcore street flavor that his die-hard fans have come to know and love, only this time around the true king of Memphis has elevated his game a bit. Given the fact that his last record didn’t do the type of big number he’d hope for you’d think that Yo Gotti would switch up his style to reach a larger audience. Right? Wrong! According to Gotti his street credibility with his underground fans means more to him than gold or platinum status.
“The one thing that you have to understand is that when you create a fan base off of street product the last thing you wanna do is disrespect them by changing because of the record companies and stuff like that. When you do that you change what created you. To me it is very important that I keep in tune with the people that helped to sell 40,000 records independently. That’s why I call my record Back 2 Da Basics.”
Produced by DJ Thoomp, Mannie Fresh, Carlos Brody and newcomers Street Tunes, Back 2 Da Basics offers fans a gritty, insider’s view into the real streets of Memphis as seen through the eyes of Yo Gotti. Nowhere is this viewpoint more intense than on “Full Time,” the amped up lead single –and featured in the MTV Films’ Hustle & Flow movie - with a thunderous bass and intoxicating beat that espouses Gotti’s formula to success –hustle full time.
“A lotta cats wanna be a rapper or a street hustler but they don’t wanna put in the time that it takes,” says Yo Gotti. “They want the money and the cars and the girls, but they don’t wanna work hard for it. But to be successful at anything you gotta grind for it.” On the song “Mama We Gone Be Alright,” he waxes introspective by reflecting on all of the hard times that he and his family have suffered through the years and offers her hope-filled words encouragement. “Mama We Gone Be Alright” along with the gripping tune “My Story” emerges as two of the most interesting songs on Back 2 Da Basics. These three titles along with club banging songs like “Shorty” featuring Baby make Back 2 Da Basics one of the best albums of the year.
Errrbody
Yo Gotti Lyrics
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Errbody
This shit here for errbody, errbody
(Ayy, I'm right back at them)
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
(All the hustlers)
Errbody, errbody
Hey
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
Go, errbody say they they got haters
Errbody got paper guess ain't nobody broke
But who is me to talk about the next nigga out here flexin'
When I done did it befo'?
And who is you to talk about this whip ain't mine
But you see a nigga in it with the top down?
Boy you sound like a hater on the front line
I'ma hit the block for ya one more time
Errbody got somethin' to say
Errbody wanna hate if ya ask me err' bitch gay
In the club dancing on her friend tryna pretend
When you know you go both ways
Err' nigga think that shit cool, don't you be fooled
You should bring ya friend home witcha
Tell ya eat her pussy then you can't be mad
'Cause ya shouldn't of gave me the wrong picture
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
Errbody fuckin' errbody bitch
Errbody with the shit, that's life
And err' nigga tryna fuck the next nigga bitch
Not knowin' his bitch is the next nigga bitch
Rose gold Rollie, that's a check on my wrist (ugh)
Ooh, I'm bout to blow a check in this bitch (I am)
Truth be told I don't even drink
But I'm tryna turn up for a bitch
I know a lot of nobodies wanna be somebody (yeah)
Plug on the way that's a new Bugatti (yeah)
Twenty-five bands just fucked up Follie's (yeah)
Cmge nigga, that's errbody
No-nobody wanna be lame
Know a lot of nobodies but won't say nobody name
Nobody snatchin' my chain
True skreet nigga, I ain't in nobody lane
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real, but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
This shit here for errbody, errbody
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
Yo errbody, errbody
Errbody goin' to the mall buyin'new designer
Niggas got a hunnid dolla line-up
Hermes belt on some GG jeans
Child support lookin' high and low to find 'em
Couple niggas ballin' in the club
Poppin' bottles buyin' booths
But if a nigga wanna know the truth (what's that?)
Still owe the plug (check) in that rented ass coupe (check)
If his watch ain't real (check) then his chain ain't too (damn)
Shawty gotta million some followers, a million some problems
But she a different person on the gram
Meet her in person, you like where all the purses
Thought you had err' color, shawty you ain't got none
Errbody need to be they self
Errbody famous, ain't no regular people left
Errbody smokin' on ku, so if you smokin' regular
You know you gotta smoke by yaself
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real but they not boy
Err'bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
'Cause this shit here for errbody, errbody
Nigga I got money I put on errbody, errbody
Keep one in the head 'cause I don't trust nobody, nobody
I'ma pull it out let it ride I'ma hit errbody, errbody
I swear you can get it pussy nigga that's for
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real, but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
This shit here for errbody, errbody
(Ayy, I'm right back at them)
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
(All the hustlers)
Errbody, errbody
Hey
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
Go, errbody say they they got haters
Errbody got paper guess ain't nobody broke
But who is me to talk about the next nigga out here flexin'
When I done did it befo'?
And who is you to talk about this whip ain't mine
But you see a nigga in it with the top down?
Boy you sound like a hater on the front line
I'ma hit the block for ya one more time
Errbody got somethin' to say
Errbody wanna hate if ya ask me err' bitch gay
In the club dancing on her friend tryna pretend
When you know you go both ways
Err' nigga think that shit cool, don't you be fooled
You should bring ya friend home witcha
Tell ya eat her pussy then you can't be mad
'Cause ya shouldn't of gave me the wrong picture
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
Errbody fuckin' errbody bitch
Errbody with the shit, that's life
And err' nigga tryna fuck the next nigga bitch
Not knowin' his bitch is the next nigga bitch
Rose gold Rollie, that's a check on my wrist (ugh)
Ooh, I'm bout to blow a check in this bitch (I am)
Truth be told I don't even drink
But I'm tryna turn up for a bitch
I know a lot of nobodies wanna be somebody (yeah)
Plug on the way that's a new Bugatti (yeah)
Twenty-five bands just fucked up Follie's (yeah)
Cmge nigga, that's errbody
No-nobody wanna be lame
Know a lot of nobodies but won't say nobody name
Nobody snatchin' my chain
True skreet nigga, I ain't in nobody lane
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real, but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
This shit here for errbody, errbody
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
Yo errbody, errbody
Errbody goin' to the mall buyin'new designer
Niggas got a hunnid dolla line-up
Hermes belt on some GG jeans
Child support lookin' high and low to find 'em
Couple niggas ballin' in the club
Poppin' bottles buyin' booths
But if a nigga wanna know the truth (what's that?)
Still owe the plug (check) in that rented ass coupe (check)
If his watch ain't real (check) then his chain ain't too (damn)
Shawty gotta million some followers, a million some problems
But she a different person on the gram
Meet her in person, you like where all the purses
Thought you had err' color, shawty you ain't got none
Errbody need to be they self
Errbody famous, ain't no regular people left
Errbody smokin' on ku, so if you smokin' regular
You know you gotta smoke by yaself
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real but they not boy
Err'bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
'Cause this shit here for errbody, errbody
Nigga I got money I put on errbody, errbody
Keep one in the head 'cause I don't trust nobody, nobody
I'ma pull it out let it ride I'ma hit errbody, errbody
I swear you can get it pussy nigga that's for
Errbody wanna be a dope boy
Errbody wanna be a coke boy
Errbody gotta choppa, errbody get money
Errbody say they from the hood
Errbody real, but they not boy
Err' bitch say that she a bad bitch
Errbody on Instagram lookin' like they mad rich but they not
Errbody say they started from the bottom now they at the top
I said this shit here for errbody, errbody
"Errrbody" is a track by American rapper Yo Gotti, featuring verses from the likes of Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, and Meek Mill. The track comes across as a posturing statement of confidence from Yo Gotti, speaking on behalf of "errbody" in the hood who has had to fight their way through adversity. The crux of the song details how "errbody" wants to be rich, be perceived as real, grab power and respect but as Yo Gotti enumerates, many lack the authenticity and work ethic required to realize these aspirations.
The song's chorus has a repetitive, anthemic structure which is easy to sing along to with themes like- everyone wants to live that fast, hood-rat lifestyle, but not everyone is about it, and everyone assumes they know about the streets, but Yo Gotti knows the truth. The track is a braggadocious reminder of what it takes to really be a part of the streets, and it’s a call-out to people that think they’re real yet lack the actual credentials. The song’s message is quite clear – stay in your lane, and stop trying to be what you’re not. Overall, the song is a statement on the many hypocrisies and power struggles that exist in the hood.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC., Royalty Network, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Michael Clervoix, Gary Evan Fountaine, Mario Sentell Giden, CHRISTOPHER BRIAN BRIDGES, DWAYNE CARTER, MICHAEL J. CLERVOIX, MARIO MIMS
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Bri Lashay
This song will NEVER get old....still hit the same way it did when it first came out.
Dulang Dulang
Because it's timeless. It was true from the 80's all the way to now. The music video matches for just as long if not longer.
Malcolminthemiddle 87
Because people Still faking it
lovely lady
Tru
Tyler B
Naaaaah.
HITS BETTER
Ryan Jeremy
@lovely lady7 bb77 by mum y.u
Rizzlyricist
I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.
STOMPER
Yah cuz that makes total sense
A hi a hi
😆
Shawn Ward
Benjamin Button 😅