Gangsta Art – English Lyrics

• By: Yo Gotti, Moneybagg Yo

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw and authentic world of Southern hip-hop with "Gangsta Art" by Yo Gotti and Moneybagg Yo, featuring the star-studded CMG roster. This track is a masterclass in conveying street narratives and loyalty through powerful lyrics and a distinctive trap sound. Learning the language through this song offers insights into modern hip-hop slang, cultural expressions of unity, and the art of storytelling from real-life experiences, making it special for its genuine portrayal of the 'gangsta art' philosophy.

[English]

♪ [LEHLA] DAYS BEEN COLD JUST LIKE MY WRIST ♪

[YO GOTTI] YEAH - ♪ I’VE BEEN USED TO ICE ♪

- THIS CMG THE ALBUM NIGGA YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYIN

- ♪ PAINT THESE WORDS JUST LIKE MY WHIPS ♪ - HISTORY

- ♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GANGSTA’S ART ♪

- YOU AIN’T NEVER SEEN

THIS MANY GANGSTAS IN THE SAME SQUAD

- ♪ DAYS BEEN COLD JUST LIKE MY WRIST ♪

- YOU AIN’T NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH MONEY WITH NO ISSUES

- ♪ I’VE BEEN USED TO ICE ♪ - YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYIN

- ♪ PAINT THESE WORDS JUST LIKE MY WHIPS ♪

- YOU AIN’T NEVER SEEN THIS MANY BIG DAWGS COME TOGETHER NIGGA YEAH

- ♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GANGSTA’S ART ♪

- ♪ EXTORTION STILL EXISTS ♪

♪ WORKERS STRAIGHT A BLITZ ♪

♪ WHEN WE WAS KIDS I THOUGHT THAT CORNER WOULD MAKE ME RICH ♪

♪ ENFORCED IT TIL I’M TORCHLESS ♪

♪ THAT MEAN MORE TO ME THAN THIS BITCH ♪

♪ GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YO HUSTLE THAT DON’T MEAN MORE TO ME THAN THESE SKITS ♪

♪ SCREWING UP WITH THESE STICKS IF YOU DON’T POUR ENOUGH I AIN'T SIPPING ♪

♪ THEM SWITCHES ON HIS GLICK

THE WAY HE GLICK IT MAY BE GLITCHING ♪

♪ BE DISCREET AND KEEP YO DISTANCE ♪

♪ WHEN IT GET GREEZY YOU CAN’T FIX IT ♪

♪ DON’T BE SUBBING ME IN YO MENTIONS BITCH YOU GIVING THE FEDS ASSISTANCE ♪

♪ THEY BE GIVING THE FEDS DESCRIPTIONS ♪

♪ I'M BANGING THE RED DIVISION ♪

♪ MY BROTHER AIN’T HERE TO SIP WITH ME THAT'S WHY I’M POURING OUT RED PRESCRIPTION ♪

♪ THESE NIGGAS AIN’T GETTING NO CHICKEN THEY SCARED OF JAIL THEY SCARED TO RISK IT ♪

♪ THESE NIGGAS AIN’T SENDING NO HITS THEY SENDING ATTEMPTED THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE ♪

- ♪ YOU NIGGAS GOT ME BENT THINKING THAT I’M GOING LIKE I EVER WENT ♪

♪ ON THE PHONE WHEN CHASE LOCKED MY ACCOUNT ♪

♪ I’M LIKE THE HELL I SPENT ♪

♪ ONE THING I AIN’T KNOW IS HOW IT’LL GO IF THE FEDS HIT ♪

♪ SAME FEELINGS YO MAN GET TOP HIT HIS TOP AND HIS DREADS TWISTS ♪

♪ PLAYING COOL THEY PLAYED ME LIKE A FOOL ♪

♪ MAN I LEARNED MY LESSON NO TO TELLING ♪

♪ NO TO BEING IN THESE STREETS WITHOUT YO WEAPON ♪

♪ DJ TRAILING RIDING THROUGH MY SECTION I BET NOT FEEL THREATENED ♪

♪ HE WAS PUSSY WET HIM I’M PROTECTED THAT’S MY CONTRACEPTIVE ♪

♪ NIGGA WHAT YOU TRYNA DO IS ALL THAT IT COME DOWN TO ♪

♪ WHEN THEY HUDDLED UP AGAINST US DRACO KNOCK THEY CROWD LOOSE ♪

♪ ALL THESE TRIALS BREAK ME DOWN MY MORALE BOOST ♪

♪ THESE THE LAST TWO YERKS I CHEWED THEM FIRST BEFORE I FOUND DUDE ♪

♪ RIDING THROUGH YEEKI ON MY LAP COPS BACK TO BACK ♪

♪ NIGGA RUN UP HE HEARD BLATTT NIGGA DIE HE DON’T SHOOT BACK ♪

♪ HE MISSED SO MANY NIGGAS WACK HE MUST NOT WANNA GET ME BACK ♪

♪ MY OPPS SO PUSSY NIGGA MIGHT NOT DO NOTHING TO ME IF I LET EM ♪

- ♪ DAYS BEEN COLD JUST LIKE MY WRIST ♪

♪ I’VE BEEN USED TO ICE ♪ - [MONEYBAGG YO] EVERY PICTURE I PAINT MUST BE VIVID

♪ PAINT THESE WORDS JUST LIKE MY WHIPS ♪

- BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS ON THE CANVAS

♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GANGSTA’S ART ♪

- ♪ GO, NEVER GOT NOWHERE BEING THE NICE GUY ♪

♪ YEAH I GOT IT BUT JUST KNOW THE PRICE HIGH ♪

♪ PRADA MODEL I CAME OUT THE HOUSE FLY ♪

♪ SPARKS COME OUTTA THE SWITCH 4TH OF JULY ♪

♪ DIAMOND SLUGGING I’M BACK TO MY OLD WAYS ♪

♪ TENTED PHANTOM GETTING CHAUFFEURED BY HOES JOSE ♪

♪ BOOKED ME OUT THE STATES THEY GOTTA TRANSLATE ♪

♪ HOW COULD NIGGAS THINK WE ON THE SAME PAGE ♪

♪ EVERYBODY GONE SHINE TOGETHER WE GRIND TOGETHER GET CAUGHT DO THE TIME TOGETHER ♪

♪ BITCH I’M A REBEL,

THIS A FRATERNITY THROWING UP SIGNS I BE WITH THE STEPPERS ♪

♪ MILLIONAIRE AT AN EARLY AGE THIS THE LIFESTYLE OF THE YOUNG AND PAID ♪

♪ I DONE TOOK MY TALENT TO THE GLOBAL STAGE LOOK AT HIM POURING DRANK AT THE VMAS ♪

♪ STICKING TO THE SAME RULES (WHAT’S THAT) NO NEW FRIENDS SAME OLE DUDES ♪

♪ GOT NO RECEIPTS BUT PAID ALL DUES SHIT IT WENT DOWN AND I DROPPED JEWELS ♪

♪ ONLY NEED MY PILLOW WITH AN ARB PAINT AN UGLY PICTURE GANGSTA ART ♪

♪ IN A SRT WITH A HOE IN A AUG THREE LETTERS CMG ♪

- ♪ DAYS BEEN COLD JUST LIKE MY WRIST ♪

[TELEPHONE] HELLO, THIS IS A PRE-PAID COLLECT CALL FROM AN INMATE AT [BEEP]

THIS CALL IS SUBJECT TO RECORDING AND MONITORING - ♪ I’VE BEEN USED TO ICE ♪

- TO ACCEPT CHARGES PRESS ♪

♪ PAINT THESE WORDS JUST LIKE MY WHIPS ♪

♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GANGSTA’S ART ♪

♪ [42 DUGG] JUDGE JUST GAVE MY YOUNG NIGGA A NECK ♪

♪ HOPE I AIN’T NEXT, PROSECUTOR BEEN READING MY MESSAGES ♪

♪ HE GOT ME STRESSED AND SHIT ♪

♪ RUN OFF I BET NOT CATCH THE BITCH ♪

♪ FELL OUT WITH MY BESTEST MAN ♪

♪ I DONE DODGED A FEW BROAD DAYS SHOT OUT THAT F&N ♪

♪ DUGG DID WHAT BITCH GUESS AGAIN ♪

♪ PRICES DROPPED I’M TAXING STILL ♪

♪ WHY YOU RAT I’M ASKING WILL ♪

♪ WHY YOU RAP I’M ASKING GEE ♪

♪ YOUNGIN’ TURNT ME, GEE, AND GRIZZ ♪

♪ STACK MY MONEY AND HAVE SOME KIDS ♪

♪ GOTTI THIS JUST WHAT IT IS ♪

♪ CMG A HUNNID YEARS ♪

- ♪ DAYS BEEN COLD JUST LIKE MY WRIST ♪

♪ I’VE BEEN USED TO ICE ♪

[RADIO TALKING]

♪ PAINT THESE WORDS JUST LIKE MY WHIPS ♪

♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GANGSTA’S ART ♪

- ♪ FEDS WANNA KNOW MY WHEREABOUTS YOU GET A HEAD SHOT ♪

♪ GO AGAINST THIS YA LEG SHOT ♪

♪ YOUNG NIGGA PULLED UP IN IT WITH THAT CHOPPA ♪

♪ HE A DEMON YOU GET A RED TOP (BRRTTT) ♪

♪ REAL GANGSTA OUTTA MEMPHIS ♪

♪ BOOK ME FOR A SHOW I’M DOING ERR SLOT ♪

♪ MOMMA TOLD ME SHE CAN PICTURE ME ON THE PHONE OR THE GRAMMYS WITH MY LEGS PROPPED ♪

♪ YEAHHH, 2015 I WAS BURNING LIGHTS IN THE HELLCAT ♪

♪ BOUGHT MY DAWG A SCALE PACK HE CROSSED ME OUT SO I FELL BACK (FACTS) ♪

♪ WHEN THE BUMB LAND HE SAID IT DIDN’T LAND BUT YOU KNOW I SMELL THAT ♪

♪ HE SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL WHEN HE TRIED TO SELL THAT ♪

- ♪ DAYS BEEN COLD JUST LIKE MY WRIST ♪

♪ I’VE BEEN USED TO ICE ♪

♪ PAINT THESE WORDS JUST LIKE MY WHIPS ♪

♪ WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GANGSTA’S ART ♪

- ♪ LABEL FULL OF FELONS ALL OUR ENTOURAGE JAIL’N (REAL SHIT) ♪

♪ I’LL GIVE A PACK TO MY NIGGAS IF THEY AIN’T SELLING ♪

♪ AND I’LL RISK IT ALL WITH MY NIGGAS CUZ THEY AIN’T TELLING ♪

♪ FIRST YOU GET THE MONEY THEN I MAIL IT ♪

♪ FIRST YOU ROLL THE TRUFFLE THEN INHALE IT ♪

♪ MY BITCH LIKE KIESHA OFF BELLY ♪

♪ VACUUM SEAL THE PACK YOU CAN’T SMELL IT ♪

♪ THAT’S A TON IN THE TRUCK YOU CAN’T MAIL IT ♪

♪ I BEEN EATING SPAGHETTI WITH THE LOBSTER ♪

♪ NIGGA I’MA MOTHER FUCKIN’ MOBSTER ♪

♪ CEO THAT’S RUNNING WITH THE ROBBERS ♪

♪ WE GET PAID ON TIME THAT WASN’T NO PROBLEM ♪

♪ PLATINUM PLAQUES AND CHOPPAS (CHOPPAS) ♪

♪ THEY MADE THE NEWS AND THE CHARTS ♪

♪ WHO TURNED THIS GANGSTA SHIT INTO AN ART ♪

♪ US CMG ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gangsta /ˈɡæŋstə/ B1	noun - a person involved in gang-related activities, often associated with crime
paint /peɪnt/ A2	verb - to apply color to a surface with a brush
whip /wɪp/ B2	noun - slang for a car
extortion /ɪkˈstɔrʃən/ C1	noun - the practice of obtaining something through force or threats
blitz /blɪts/ B2	noun - a sudden, intense, and overwhelming attack
enforce /ɪnˈfɔrs/ B2	verb - to ensure obedience to a law or rule
hustle /ˈhʌsəl/ B1	verb - to work hard or quickly to achieve something
discreet /dɪˈskriːt/ B2	adjective - careful and prudent, especially in avoiding attention
greasy /ˈɡriːzi/ A2	adjective - covered in or containing a lot of grease or oil
assist /əˈsɪst/ A2	verb - to help or support someone
prescription /prɪˈskrɪpʃən/ B1	noun - a written recommendation for medication
risk /rɪsk/ A2	verb - to expose to danger or hazard
bent /bɛnt/ B1	adjective - determined to do something, often negatively
threaten /ˈθrɛtn/ A2	verb - to express an intention to cause harm
boost /buːst/ A2	verb - to improve or increase
vivid /ˈvɪvɪd/ B1	adjective - producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind
global /ˈɡloʊbəl/ B1	adjective - relating to the whole world
receipt /rɪˈsiːt/ A2	noun - a written acknowledgment that something has been received
ugly /ˈʌɡli/ A1	adjective - unpleasant or repulsive to look at
srt /ɛsɑrti/ C1	noun - a high-performance version of a Dodge Challenger

Key Grammar Structures

• I’ve been used to ice

  ➔ Present perfect + used to (accustomed)

  ➔ The phrase “’ve **been used to**” combines the present perfect of “be” with the past participle “used” and the preposition “to”, showing a state of being accustomed.

• What you know about gangsta’s art

  ➔ Simple present interrogative

  ➔ The sentence uses the simple present “know” in an interrogative form, beginning with the question word “What”.

• You ain’t never seen this many gangstas in the same squad

  ➔ Double negative (non‑standard)

  ➔ The clause contains the double negative “ain’t **never**”, which is non‑standard English but used for emphasis.

• If you don’t pour enough I ain’t sipping

  ➔ First conditional

  ➔ The structure “If + present simple, … will/shall …” forms a first conditional. Here “don’t” is present simple and “ain’t sipping” is the result clause.

• I’ll give a pack to my niggas if they ain’t selling

  ➔ Future simple with conditional clause

  ➔ The main clause uses “I’ll give” (future simple). The conditional “if they ain’t selling” uses present simple to express a possible future condition.

• First you roll the truffle then inhale it

  ➔ Imperative (sequence of commands)

  ➔ Both “roll” and “inhale” are given as commands. The imperative form omits the subject “you”.

• We get paid on time that wasn’t no problem

  ➔ Causative passive (get + past participle)

  ➔ The construction “get paid” uses the verb “get” followed by the past participle “paid”, forming a causative passive meaning ‘receive payment’.

• I’m back to my old ways

  ➔ Present simple (state)

  ➔ The verb “am” in “I’m” expresses a present state. “Back to my old ways” describes the current condition.

• They made the news and the charts

  ➔ Simple past

  ➔ The verb “made” is the simple past form of “make”, indicating a completed action in the past.