Since You Been Gone
Yng Martyr · Since You Been Gone
I'm winnin' again
I'm winnin' again
I'm winnin' again
(Since you been gone)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
Since you been gone, I made it (Since you been gone)
I'm glad that I made that cut
All the snakes in the grass got bladed
All the razors still in my guts
Berserk on a bitch, I'm brainless (Since you been gone)
I really don't give no fucks
This lifestyle payin' out favours now
And it's worth way more than your love (Uh)
Yeah, since you been gone, it's dirty
Got a new one handin' out cunt
And I know you went back to your ones, lil' baby
Uh, must be tough
Yeah, I know you still listen, you heard me
Now the radio turnin' me up
And I know that you think you hurt me
But it just don't hurt enough, ah
(Since you been gone)
I'm winnin' again
I'm winnin' again
I'm winnin' again
(Since you been gone)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
(Since you been gone)
I'm winnin' again
Baby, I'm gettin' that feelin' again
All of these Benjamins here
I'm startin' to think that I'm better than him
You on a pendulum swing (Since you been gone)
Lil' baby can't deal with the medicine (Yeah)
Like why did I say that there?
I said what I said and I meant that shit (Yeah)
It's time that I turnt this up
Turn face to a ho, she bust
Put a wage on both my arms
Won't let a broke bitch break my trust, uh
Look at you now, you dummy, uh
Look at you now, you lost
How long I been makin' money?
Since you been gone
I'm winnin' again
I'm winnin' again
I'm winnin' again
(Since you been gone)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
I'm winnin' again (Yeah)
Since you been gone
Since you been gone
Since You Been Gone
YNG Martyr turns “Since You Been Gone” into a victory lap with a wound still visible beneath the surface. The refrain insists that the narrator is winning now, but the verses are crowded with images of knives, snakes and old injuries. That contrast complicates the familiar breakup boast: success may be real, but the other person remains the audience the speaker imagines. The repeated declaration of independence sounds almost like a spell, something he has to keep saying until it becomes true.
The song also plays directly with its title’s pop history. Coverage described it as YNG Martyr flipping Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” on its head, a phrase that points to a deliberate reworking of a widely recognizable breakup anthem. Instead of Clarkson’s explosive release from a suffocating relationship, this version leans into rap bravado and the unstable pleasures of revenge. The allusion invites comparison, but the new narrator’s attitude is messier: he celebrates the cut while repeatedly checking whether the former partner has noticed his rise.
The track appeared around YNG Martyr’s *Chalant* era, which Australian outlet Junkee covered alongside the single’s wider release context. Those sources do not establish a broad critical consensus on the song. The most revealing tension is that the narrator’s freedom is measured in part by the damage he can display. “Since you been gone” is both a claim of relief and a reminder that the relationship still supplies the story’s emotional fuel. The ex may be absent, but the performance is still addressed to them.