20 Something is the fourteenth song recorded by American singer and songwriter SZA, off her debut studio album, Ctrl.
SZA 20 Something Lyrics
[Verse]
How you ain’t say you was movin’ forward?
Honesty hurts when you’re gettin’ older
I gotta say I’ll miss the way you need me, yeah
Why you ain’t say you was gettin’ bored?
Why you ain’t say I was fallin’ short?
How you lead me out so far away?
[Pre-Chorus]
How could it be?
20 something, all alone still
Not a thing in my name
Ain’t got nothin’, runnin’ from love
Only know fear
That’s me, Ms. 20 Something
Ain’t got nothin’, runnin’ from love
Wish you were here, oh
[Chorus]
Stuck in them 20 somethings, stuck in them 20 somethings
Good luck on them 20 somethings, good luck on them 20 somethings
But God bless these 20 somethings
(God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh)
Hopin’ my 20 somethings won’t end
Hopin’ to keep the rest of my friends
Prayin’ the 20 somethings don’t kill me, don’t kill me
[Verse 2]
Weird, took us so long to separate
I feel, it’s permanent like a riptide, this time
Waves crashing fast, I try
Think of the past, please stay
How could it be?
[Pre-Chorus]
How could it be?
20 something, all alone still
Not a phone in my name
Ain’t got nothin’, runnin’ from love
Only know fear
That’s me, Ms. 20 Something
Ain’t got nothin’, runnin’ from love
Wish you were here, oh
[Chorus]
Stuck in them 20 somethings, stuck in them 20 somethings
Good luck on them 20 somethings, good luck on them 20 somethings
But God bless these 20 somethings
(God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh)
Hopin’ my 20 somethings won’t end
Hopin’ to keep the rest of my friends
Prayin’ the 20 somethings don’t kill me, kill me
[Outro]
(God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh)
(God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh)
(God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh God bless, oh)
And if it’s an illusion, I don’t want to wake up. I’m gonna hang on to it. Because the alternative is an abyss, is just a hole, a darkness, a nothingness. Who wants that? You know? So that’s what I think about CTRL, and that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it
That was beautiful mommy, that was perfect
Written by Solána Rowe, Carter Lang and Tyran Donaldson.
Produced by Lang and Scum.
SZA‘s debut studio album, Ctrl was released on June 9, 2017, by Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records.