SZA has “Good Days” on her mind with her latest single, and the Billboard Hot 100 chart has “Good Days” on its radar with its No. 38 debut this week (dated Jan. 9).
She previewed the track, which she co-wrote with and features vocals from Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier, as the outro of the music video for “Hit Different,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign. The biblical references to Jericho, Job and Jesus’ cross indicate that although the R&B crooner has felt broken, burdened by the weight of her emotional struggles and like she’s lost control at times, she still looks forward to good days ahead.
Check out the lyrics below.
Good day in my mind, safe to take a step out
Get some air now, let your edge out
Too soon, I spoke, you be heavy in my mind
Can you get the heck out?
I need rest now, got me bummed out
You so, you so, you, baby, baby, babe
I’ve been on my empty mind sh–
I try to keep from losin’ the rest of me
I worry that I wasted the best of me on you, baby
You don’t care
Said, not tryna be a nuisance, it’s just urgent
Tryna make sense of loose change
Got me a war in my mind
Gotta let go of weight, can’t keep what’s holding me
Choose to watch
While the world break up and fall on me
All the while, I’ll await my armored fate with a smile
Still wanna try, still believe in (good days)
Good days, always (good days)
Always inside (always in my mind, always in my mind, mind)
Good day living in my mind
Tell me I’m not my fears, my limitations
I disappear, if you let me
Feeling like (on your own)
Feeling like Jericho
Feeling like Job when he lost his sh–
Gotta hold my own, my cross to bear alone, I
Ooh, paid a deal, way to kill the mood
Know you like that sh–, yeah, groovy baby, baby
Heavy on my empty mind sh–
I gotta keep from losin’ the rest of me (losin’ the rest of me)
Still worry that I wasted the best of me on you, babe
You don’t care
Said, not tryna be a nuisance, it’s just urgent (it’s urgent)
Tryna make sense of loose change
Got me a war in my mind (my mind)
Gotta let go of weight, can’t keep what’s holding me
Choose to watch
While the world break up and fall on me
All the while, I’ll await my armored fate with a smile
Still wanna try, still believe in (good days, good days on my mind)
good days (good days on my mind)
Always sunny inside (always in my mind, always in my mind, mind)
Good day living in my mind
Gotta get right, tryna free my mind before the end of the world
I don’t miss no ex, I don’t miss no text
I just choose not to respond
I don’t regret, just pretend sh– never happened
Half of us layin’ waste to our youth, is in the present
Half of us chasin’ fountains of youth and it’s in the present now
Always in my mind, always in my mind, mind
You’ve been making me feel like I’m
Always in my mind, always in my mind, mind
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Solana Rowe, Carter Lang, Christopher Ruelas, Carlos Munoz, Jacob Collier
