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"Roses" (originally titled "Mozzarella Sticks") is an unreleased song by SZA that was intended to have appeared in her debut studio album, Ctrl. It features rapper Noname.

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Lyrics[]

[Intro]
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah

[Verse]
I’ve been a thousand miles in my daydream
Cowgirl, I jump right over the sun
Got a Hercules and James Brown baby
We woke up everyone
'Cause your skirt's short, but your thoughts deep
You, you, you just want everyone to want you
Ooh, you just want part of the fun

[Chorus]
Hold on tight to your roses, baby, they’re not for everyone
Can’t keep giving out roses, baby, that makes you everyone
Things I wish my granny said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
Things I wish my mother said (Ooh-wee-oh)
The things I wish my sister said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
Things I wish somebody said to me, to me, to me, to me, to me

Hold on tight to your roses, baby, they’re not for everyone
Can’t keep giving out roses, baby, that makes you everyone
Things I wish my granny said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
Things I wish my mother said (Ooh-wee-oh)
The things I wish my sister said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
Things I wish somebody said to me, to me, to me, to me, to me

Hold on tight to your roses, baby, they’re not for everyone
Can’t keep giving out roses, baby, that makes you everyone
Things I wish my granny said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
Things I wish my mother said (Ooh-wee-oh)
The things I wish my sister said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
Things I wish somebody said to me, to me, to me, to me, to me

[Intro: SZA]
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah

[Verse: Noname]
Ooh, you look like him when the lights is dark
Little funny man, cunning, with a knife, a heart
All the sudden, you want to ask it
Running, the plate was hot
We in the city, where the angels rot
More for me, and more lawfully
Adore empty holiness, wash away the core
Symptomatic love, pettiness galore
All in all, I think I love you
All the while, you chasin' bitches
Gotta let you fly, fly
Gotta catch a flight, flight
Spend the night, night
I get money now, over ice, ice
All in all, it's me and Henny
I skinny-dip the Molly, too
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do
Ooh, I look like me when the lights is on
Stay awake, fall asleep, what the highs is on
Cautionary tale of a flirty lady
Never get confused, come on, baby, baby
Make my n**** happy, I've been gone a lot
And he don't want to be committed
And I don't want to be offensive
But I don't want to be committed
This was just 'posed to last a minute

[Chorus: SZA]
Hold on tight to your roses, baby
They're not for everyone
Can't keep givin' out roses, baby
That makes you everyone
Things I wish my granny said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
(Hold on tight to your roses)
Things I wish my mother said (Ooh-wee-ooh)
(Hold on tight to your roses, babe)
Things I wish my sister would've said (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
(Hold on tight to your roses)
Things I wish somebody would've said
To me, to me, to me, to me, to me

Trivia[]

  • The original filename for the first version of the song is "SZA_Mozarella_Sticks_Rough".
  • SZA's verse, which was featured in the first two versions of the song, is scrapped in the third version of the song.
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