Cover art for Throw It Away by Summer Walker

Throw It Away

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Throw It Away Lyrics

[Intro]
I don't mean to get outta place (Outta place)
Don't you see that look on my face? (Disappointment)
We can't let this all go to waste (Go to waste)
Thought you had me safe

[Verse 1]
We reached a ceilin' (Ceilin')
I had a feelin' (Yes, I did)
From the beginnin' (From the beginnin')
Must be the endin'

[Pre-Chorus]
I've been takin' on all this baggage (I've been takin' it all)
Addin' on so much weight (Yeah)
Had me thinkin' that I was average (Thinkin' I was average)
When you're really to blame

[Chorus]
How you gonna throw it away? (How?)
How you gonna sit and act like it was nothin'? Yeah (How?)
How you gonna throw it away?
How you gonna make it so damn hard to еxplain?
How you gonna throw it all away and say my lovin' was not the same? Yeah
How you gonna throw it away? (Throw it away)
Throw it away
[Verse 2]
Actin' likе this ain't mean nothin' to you, is you dumb? (Yeah)
Frontin' like you not, nigga, I'll be gone
('Cause right now I see) You only 'bout yourself
(Keep that same energy) When I find somebody else, so why? (Why?)
Why I put up with this? Why did I even try? (Try)
You said you'd hold me down forever, but you lied to me, lied to me
You gotta be mental in the head

[Pre-Chorus]
I've been takin' on all this baggage (I've been takin' it all)
Addin' on so much weight (Yeah)
Had me thinkin' that I was average (Thinkin' I was average)
When you're really to blame

[Chorus]
How you gonna throw it away? (How?)
How you gonna sit and act like it was nothin'? Yeah (How?)
How you gonna throw it away?
How you gonna make it so damn hard to explain?
How you gonna throw it all away and say my lovin' was not the same? Yeah
How you gonna throw it away? (Throw it away)
Throw it away

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Summer Walker in “Throw It Away” is confronting the reality that the love she was promised isn’t all that it was made out to be. The tone of regret she takes really drives home the “men ain’t shit” message she’s preached before in her other work.

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