Genius Meanings
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SZA – Low
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[Intro: SZA] / Tell 'em to shoot / I'm out the loop, I'm out of range / Oh, I stay out the way / [Pre-Chorus: SZA] / Got another side of me, I like to get it poppin' / But these
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SZA – Love Language
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“Love Language” is the fifth track on SZA’s highly anticipated sophomore album, SOS.
The song samples SZA’s own 2020 single “Hit Different” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, and it also
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SZA – Go Gina
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“Go Gina” was first debuted at Sza’s show in Portland and then performed again a couple of weeks later at Coachella. It was also performed again during her live streamed
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SZA – Snooze
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[Intro] / Ooh / I think I know / [Verse 1] / I'll touch that fire for you / I do that three, four times again, I testify for you / I told that lie, I'd kill that bitch / I do what
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SZA – Kill Bill
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“Kill Bill” is the third single off of SZA’s sophomore full-length studio album, SOS. The harmonious murder ballad surrounds the topics of heartbreak and betrayal, resulting in SZA
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SZA – Conceited
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[Verse 1] / I don't like nobody, I don't feel guilty about it / I just got my body done, ain't got no guilt about it / I just heard your opinion, I could've did without it / All
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SZA (Ft. Travis Scott) – Open Arms
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Marking SZA and Travis Scott’s fourth song together, “Open Arms” is about ultimately deciding that you must leave the one you love. Travis raps about being devoted to his partner
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SZA – Nobody Gets Me
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“Nobody Gets Me” is a break-up ballad that encapsulates SZA’s feelings through the last moments of her relationship with her ex-fiancé, who was the only person at the time that she
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SZA – Far
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[Intro: SZA & Sadhguru] / How do I deal with rejection? / I'm dealing with a lot of rejection right now / It makes me feel very small / Oh, that's great / If nobody wants you, you'
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SZA – Seek & Destroy
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[Verse 1] / You push me past my own capacity, boy / Permission to crash, collectin' damages, boy / No reachin' or grabbin' for more clarity now / Seek and destroy, all missiles
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SZA (Ft. Isaiah Rashad) – Pretty Little Birds
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SZA talks about how she’s a “Pretty Little Bird”. She speaks about she wants to be open with him/her and fly to the heavens. She speaks about how she’s been through things but she’
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SZA – Special
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On “Special,“ SZA discusses her own insecurities and regrets about a man, which is also a recurring theme on her debut album, Ctrl.
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SZA – Garden (Say It Like Dat)
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On “Garden”, SZA expresses her need for emotional vulnerability and support in a relationship while questioning whether she is worth it and deserving of it.
Despite this, at Vevo
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Wale (Ft. SZA) – The Need to Know
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In this song Wale is explaining the relationship he has with his (or a) girl. He is saying he wants everyone outside of the relationship to be on a need-to-know basis. He wants
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SZA – Blind
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On “Blind,” SZA speaks about how she is blind to the good things in here life, while also touching on attempting to seek the things that are right in front of you.
The song was
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SZA – Low (Mixed)
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[Pre-Chorus: SZA] / Got another side of me, I like to get it poppin' / But these bitches in my business got me outchea choosin' violence / If you see me out in public, you don't
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SZA – Prom
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The fifth track on SZA’s debut album, Ctrl is the most reminiscent of her previous EPs with a pop-disco sound.
She reflects about her insecurities on not maturing as quickly as
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SZA (Ft. Phoebe Bridgers) – Ghost in the Machine
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“Ghost in the Machine” was revealed on December 5, 2022 via Twitter when SZA posted the album tracklist revealing Phoebe Bridgers feature. The following day SZA went to Twitter and
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SZA (Ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard) – Forgiveless
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[Intro: Ol' Dirty Bastard] / Ayy, dawg, yo, yo, yo / Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo / I'm the original G-O-D / Makin' young ladies scream is my specialty / When I go da-da-da-da-da-da-da
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SZA – Too Late
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[Intro] / Too late for us / We both dangerous / Movin' so close, we combust / Is it bad that I want more? / [Verse 1] / I been gone so long, I don't know where I'm going / You be
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SZA – Percolator
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[Verse] / Say you got love for me / Say you don't mind that we don't really fuck a lot / I-I-I-I just wanna smoke a little / Then take off all my makeup / So we can touch a little
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SZA – Love Galore (Alt Version)
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This is an alternate version of “Love Galore,” which features two new verses from SZA.
SZA teased the first verse in an Instagram video of her dancing on a tour bus with the song
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SZA – 2AM
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SZA flips the script and sings from a female perspective of PARTYNEXTDOOR’s single featuring Drake, “Come and See Me”.
The original song found PND and Drake seeking 2 A.M. booty
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SZA – Broken Clocks
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“Broken Clocks” is the third single released from SZA’s debut album Ctrl, following “Drew Barrymore” and “Love Galore”.
SZA reminisces about the imbalance between her love and
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SZA – Good Days
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On “Good Days,” SZA tries to move away from past and present negativity, looking forward to the future instead.
Released on Christmas Day, the song was first teased on July 15
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SZA – Supermodel
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On “Supermodel,” SZA discusses her insecurities and gets back at a previous boyfriend who did her wrong.
SZA described this song and its real-world context in a May 2016 interview
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SZA – Smoking on my Ex Pack
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[Verse] / Roll the clip and run it back, I'm really like that / I'm really not friendly, I need my credit, niggas hate that / I need the numbers / I need the data, got you talkin
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SZA (Ft. Don Toliver) – Used
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[Intro: Norma Rowe] / Yeah, I'll cuss your ass out in a minute / [Verse 1: SZA] / Yes, I've been used to being used like this / Ain't no difference, I'm immortalized in my thoughts
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SZA (Ft. Chance the Rapper) – Childs Play
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On this track, SZA and Chance the Rapper express their feelings of nostalgia, as they reminisce old times through metaphors of children toys and games, such as Barbie dolls and
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SZA (Ft. Don Toliver) – Joni
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The song “Joni”, is a trap song written from the perspective of Joni Mitchell. The song was first teased on February 26, 2020, via an interview with Rolling Stone.
SZA shared a
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SZA (Ft. Travis Scott) – Love Galore
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SZA enlists Travis Scott for “Love Galore"—a song where she touches on cravings for a past lover, rebirth after a regretful relationship, and putting herself first after a loveless
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SZA (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Doves in the Wind
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In a song “dedicated to vaginas,” SZA enlists fellow TDE mate Kendrick Lamar to talk about how there is so much more to offer than sex and things people do to go out of their way
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SZA – Open Arms (Solo Version)
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[Intro: Norma Rowe] / When you do your best you ca—, I done told you / When you do your best, hell, that's all you can do / You and me and anybody else / So to hell with all that
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SZA – Drew Barrymore
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“Drew Barrymore” portrays a seemingly somber, unassured version of SZA, with the lyrics indicating low self-esteem, especially in a relationship that is so unbalanced. The song
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SZA – SOS
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Rather than serving as a complete song, “SOS” is an introduction to the album’s themes as a whole. This is also the first time in SZA’s discography where we see a titular track
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SZA – Shirt
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First previewed as a snippet posted on SZA’s Instagram story on October 7, 2020, “Shirt” gained traction on TikTok in early 2021 after a dance challenge using the audio originated
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SZA – Awkward
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“Awkward” is one of the 7 tracks SZA released for the Deluxe version of her debut album, CTRL celebrating its 5 years anniversary.
The lyrics have SZA wondering if making things
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SZA – PSA
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[Verse] / I don't want nobody callin' me anything but number one / Know I got problems, I don't know how to take losses / Even when, even when they are lost causes / I waste my
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SZA – Normal Girl
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Possibly from her past, SZA may never have been able to cope well in relationships. Typically they love her sex, how she’s aggressive. She knows how to run her bedroom but not her
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SZA – Notice Me
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[Verse 1] / You stay on my mind, I can't regret no times spent with you / And I still wonder if you notice me, yes / Out of my line if I box with you / Out of my line if I check
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SZA – 20 Something
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SZA bares her soul on this track. Admitting that she doesn’t have her life together, hoping she keeps all her friends, and doesn’t have her love life together either. She calls the
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SZA – Anything
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“Anything” follows the previous track “Broken Clocks”, where SZA seemed to decide that ‘still love is still love’. On “Anything”, which samples “Spring Reprise” by Donna Summer
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SZA – The Weekend
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SZA has said that this song is about three women, not just two, all of whom are being played by the same man. However, one decided that they did not care.
The song serves to
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SZA (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Babylon
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MA: Why did you decide to put Kendrick Lamar on the track version of “Babylon”, but not in the music video?
SZA: Kendrick did that on his own. He surprised me. He just did it and
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SZA – Sweet November
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MA: I noticed you used Marvin Gaye in your track “Sweet November.” What happened in November ?
SZA: Mmmmm. It wasn’t anything that happened in November, I just felt really ill at
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SZA – Miles
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[Verse] / Wish I could be a little more mature / Did my time, did myself for sure / River wide, got myself afloat / Demons die if I don't support / Demons die if I don't support
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