I can relate to this..When I was younger I cried at night wishing I was like the other girls in my class. Long blond hair with blue eyes and a likeable personality.. those seemed to be the types guys went after. One day I just stopped caring. I dont know how I did it but I felt a thousand times happier as soon as I did.
This song really hits different when you are forever chasing an impossible beauty standard and trying to be liked and wanted by everyone... this song makes me appreciate myself in ways I never have before thank you SZA
I know sza will never see this but I just want her to know how much this song impacts me and how much I relate to it. I am a transgender woman and all my life I have just wanted to be a normal girl. I know that no matter what I do I will never be that but I have to realize that the people who put me down and degrade me are nothing. Just like she says this time next year I'll be living so good won't Remember anyone who has ever doubted me. This song is so amazing and I really feel touched and I absolutely love you for this. 💖
Im gonna be honest. Im 16 and it seams that alot of people my age are trans or part of the lgbtq+ comunity. When i see these trans woman they really and truly woman. ( or their preferred pronouns) honestly no one is "normal" which in a wayb makes everyone normal :) just wanted to say be you, your doing fine and you deserve so much more out of this life!
As girl with late diagnosed autism this song cuts deep. I tried to be a ‘normal girl’ for years and never felt like I fit in. Men take advantage of me easily and treat me like a manic pixie dream girl, while always keeping our relationship on the low. I’m a lot more comfortable in my own skin now but when I see a group of normal girls I can’t help but wish I was like them.
Literally add every song to my playlist before pressing play. Cause you just know already, you don't even have to question because it's Solana we're talking about here. She can do no wrong lol.
This song makes me wanna happy cry. Knowing it exist, knowing somebody like her that feels this way exist, knowing other people out there feel this way too. It's comforting and sad at the same time. Just know time heals all wounds, these feelings are pure and true to who u are, so if nobody else will, be proud of yourself for finding a way to push through these thoughts and be okay knowing someone else will treat u how u should be for being yourself. Never stop being u for nobody. U have my support on that. This song really do just hit different.
The lyrics depress the shit out of me bc I’ve always struggled with respecting myself and wishing to be something else but the sound and tune is just too blissful it turns all of this sorrow into hope
I love this song so much, It truly helps me and other people who are considered "weird" and "different" in our society. It shows us, that we don't have to conform to what society deems as "normal" and to stick to our roots, our personality, and our morals. No matter if it's our family, our significant other or people we come across in our lives trying to change us. This song helped me cope with leaving a toxic relationship, the boy was trying to mold me into his perfect, normal girl which I simply am not. I lost a lot of myself, my personality, my hobbies, and my friends to stabilize that relationship. This song showed me, we must celebrate ourselves and be proud of our so-called "weirdness", no matter who comes into our life. Stay true to yourself and don't change yourself for anyone, all our weird and different traits make us individual and unique in our own way. Thank you SZA
as a gay man this song hits in a different way, all of my friends are girls and i always feel left out because i can’t relate to them, but i also can’t relate to boys, sometimes i wish was a “normal girl” so boys would like me and i could fit in with the girls fully, i am always chasing the need to fit in and feel like i don’t belong anywhere sometimes.
I know this is late but I understand exactly how you feel. Us queer people don't fit with the heteronormative majority, so it's crucial for us to find our queer friend groups to feel like we actually belong. You'll find that friend group someday, all of us colorful llamas will❤🌈
Little bit of a rant but this song hits hard, especially at 0:51 when she talks about how she wishes she was different. When I was younger I would actually wish on stars that my hair was straight cause I had always been told that curly hair wasn’t desirable or pretty. Looking back I realize how sad that actually was 😭😭 however I’ve learned to embrace my curls and get a ton of compliments so I’m glad I stopped trying to change myself .
School is starting up again, and so I sit in silence waiting for my mental health to leave again. Asians feeling like they have to strive for perfection is just a thing for some reason and I don't know why, but I'm pretty sure it isn't good for me.
These comments are so amazing I hope SZA sees these comments and realises her music isn’t just something fun to dance to...every song on the ctrl album connects with your soul...she’s those special artists that make music from that heart that’s supposed to reach out to another heart ❤️
Easily the best song on the album. It's like all the different styles on the album combined into one - boom bap production, synths, piano, clever lyrics, amazing vocals, a little bit of SZA sing-rapping, its about love, its personal. God damn I love this album already.
This song just got me zoned 😔😢 "I wish I was a normal girl" Maybe it's just me or you feel the same.. But I'm loving this feeling. This vulnerability. This sunken place 🙇♀️
As a neurodivergent first gen Nigerian American, I’ve faced a lot of conflict from within. In surrounded myself with ppl I couldn’t relate but I was lonely so i masked and forced myself to enjoy it. Also the pressures that come from being an all achieving first gen was tough. Now I’m embracing my “weirdness” and I’m the happiest I’ve been since I was a child! Shout out to all weird girls, especially weird black girls🥰!
Being a bisexual male who has fallen in love with a straight guy this song hits me every time, I am always wondering "maybe if I was a girl he would love me, take me to his house, show me to his mama and fellas" and all of that stuff. It hurts tho
How many people feel that SZA music will forever be timeless 🙋🏽♀ SZA goes in soo hard on this right here! Only reason she is getting more hits is cuz she is just watching that short on my channel explaining how all these rappers out here be blowing up so big
*Hears '"You like it...when I get...aggressive..."' *Thinks 'Drake? Controlla? Contro'- WAAAAAAIT a damn sec... The album is called CTRL. Genius shit, SZA.
Do you get to the point where you see yourself as beautiful or do you get stuck in this loop of feeling depressed because of your looks I fear that me being this insecure is really me just wasting my teen years.... I tried loving me but I just keep relapsing
"i was i was a normal girl" and "This time next year I’ll be living so good won’t remember your name I swear!” WAS MY FAV lines i can relate so well she really imacts me and I LOVE U SZA
as a brown 1st gen Hispanic young woman raised by immigrant parents this song hits so hard. never been told that they are proud of me, and always in charge of others and their responsibilities. I hope I can heal my inner child one day
"This time next year I'll be living so good." As a girl, still living in a environment that gives me religious trauma and really trying hard to get out of this place, this song is like a hug. It's so comfortingly assuring
This time next year I'll be livin' so good Won't remember your name, I swear Livin' so good, livin' so good, livin' so good This time next year I'll be livin' so good Won't remember no pain, I swear ANTHEM
This song comforted me a lot when I was really depressed, and all I thought about was death. I wanted to be normal, and be happy like others, it's a feeling I held for a long time, idk what it is about sza's music but its just so comforting when you're sad
As a 25 year old mother of soon to be 3 babies(just hit my 3rd trimester) that has suffered from bipolar, PTSD, anxiety & depression since I was 17. Who doesn't wear makeup who likes to write poems who doesn't party and never was really into that kind of stuff I'm glad to see in the comments I'm not the only one❤️🤞🏾thanks to every comment I read it makes me smile and PSA we are normal in our own unique weird ways never think less of ourselves Queens and Kings 👑
At one point, Garden used to be my favorite song of hers, but in time, I came to cherish this song as her best. The range, vocal acrobatics, meaning and tempo change; an excellent piece of artistry
i want sza to know that i relate to this song so badly that it makes me cry. cry painful tears. she speaks the truth. this song is for girls who are going thru shit on the inside. luv u all.
Whether I'm crushing hard, alone and fine with it or optimistic enough to look out for the 'right person', this song (and basically her whole album) couldn't be any better to relate to in all of my conflicting moods of love and almost love.
[Verse 1] You love the way I pop my top Or how I lose my cool Or how I look at you Say why? It ain't no fighting, no I can't stop it This took a while, yeah For the way I pump my fist or how I bust my hip For your affection, tryna be down No fighting and no stoppin' Stick around [Pre-Chorus] Wish I was the type of girl you take over to mama The type of girl, I know my daddy, he'd be proud of Yeah, be proud of Be proud of, be proud, you know, you know I wanna be the type of girl you take home to your mama The type of girl, I know your fellas would be proud of Be proud of, be proud of, be proud of, boy you know [Chorus] Normal girl I wish I was a normal girl, oh my How do I be? How do I be a lady? Normal girl, oh I wish I was a normal girl I'll never be, no, never be uh [Verse 2] You like it, when I be, aggressive You like when I say to you "Get it if you got it, I'm ready and waitin' for it I'm callin' to put it on," yeah Like it, when I be, aggressive Love when I say to you "Get it if you want it, I'm waiting, I'm gonna find you I'm ready to put it on you," yeah, yeah, yeah [Pre-Chorus] Type of girl you wanna take home to mama Wanna be the type of girl my daddy, he'd be proud of Be proud of, be proud of, be proud of you know, you know The type of girl you wanna take home right up to mama The kind of girl, I know your fellas, they'd be proud of I'll be probably, I'll be proud like, I'll be probably a problem, oh (No fantasy, no fantasy) [Chorus] I really wish a was a normal girl, oh my How do I be, how do I be a lady? Normal girl, oh I wish I was a normal girl, oh babe I'll never be, no never be, uh [Bridge] This time next year I'll be livin' so good Won't remember your name, I swear Livin' so good, livin' so good, livin' so good This time next year I'll be livin' so good Won't remember no pain, I swear Before that you figured out, that I was just a normal girl [Outro] Normal girl, what do you say now? We own the world, 'cause it ain't going away now Wait on yourself 'cause you can figure your way out Normal girl How do you be?
Found out SZA has ADHD like me and now I remember why I’ve related to this song so hard. To all my ladies with ADHD feeling lost and broken, wishing they were normal girls, I swear you’re not broken.
song makes me think of when i was little. i always wanted to be that skinny, sporty, popular girl. i envied everyone around me because i didnt have those "parents" normal people spoke about. that "normal" childhood everyone had. i love sza for this song 😭
Ya'll know, this song gave me the vibe the thought I always had when I was with my ex. He used to always make me look down on myself. He sounded like my personality, my attitudes always have problem, that made him never wanted to introduce me to anyone close to him cuz he was worried that i will embarrass him in front of people. He always made me feel like I'm abnormal. But we broke up, I found someone new, the new guy likes me, understands me and he said he understands my attitudes, my personality. He proudly introduced me to anyone in his life. We might just stay as friends, but I just wanna say " Girls, you have no problems when you are being who you are. People want to love you, they will stay and keep their patience! Remember that! " This time next year I'll be livin' so good Won't remember your name, I swear Livin' so good, livin' so good, livin' so good This time next year I'll be livin' so good Won't remember no pain, I swear People got you figured out, I was just a normal girl
i used to listen to this 24/7 when I was about to come out to friends as a trans guy and then some. god it hits so hard. sometimes I get so worn down I just wish I was “normal” just so my life would be easier. but I love myself as is and am not willing to change for anyones “love” and am finally surrounded with people who love me as I am. this time next year I’ll be living so good won’t remember no pain I swear!!!!!
This album was well worth the wait! Now are we gonna get A or we're just gonna let Ctrl take it's place? I need more SZA in my life & I'd be happy if she were to complete the trilogy.
I relate to this song because, I feel like in the lyrics “you like it when I be aggressive” it reminds me of how poc get sexualized for their anger, further more making it harder for woc to express themselves
This album is still so beautiful and relevant. I am still struggling through my 20’s and i listen to this often for comfort. SZA you did the damn thing girl
I've listend to this album almost everyday in 2018. It's the most emotionally raw album I'd heard in a longtime since Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. SZA's songs touched upon every insecurity I had and her music helped me survive that year. I'm at a different place in my life now, but man, this album is definitely in my top 10.
This is my favorite song on the album
not the empressive channel-
Brooklyn LMAOOOOO 😹💀
Brooklyn LMAOOOO
Brooklyn PLS
Brooklyn PLEASE-
I can relate to this..When I was younger I cried at night wishing I was like the other girls in my class. Long blond hair with blue eyes and a likeable personality.. those seemed to be the types guys went after. One day I just stopped caring. I dont know how I did it but I felt a thousand times happier as soon as I did.
Maria Lønborg :( sorry i like you just the way you are.
blank awx // Awe thanks :>
You’re beautiful no matter what! I’m glad you’ve taken the time to learn to love yourself 😌 Fuck those eurocentric beauty ideals, sis! 🌸
That prefrontal cortex developed 😂✨
But you didn’t know u were perfect the way you are/were
This song really hits different when you are forever chasing an impossible beauty standard and trying to be liked and wanted by everyone... this song makes me appreciate myself in ways I never have before thank you SZA
yes kinda it makes me accept that im not a normal (perfect) girl . I am me and i'm proud if that
Yup
So its not just me🫶🏽 ok good
that was me, i’m trying to just do me now
🥺me too
all these "awkward" or "weird" black girls make me feel so welcome i wish i could give you all a big hug we got this black is beautiful.
black girls lol
Aw, the way I relate to this comment weird black girls unite 😊
@@aestheticaillies441FR ME TOO❤😭😊
I needed this💙💙
this song gives off poc main character vibes
how i feel run 😭
Genuinely.
Imma sound so stoopid but what does poc mean?
@@araragikoyomiiii person of color
@@araragikoyomiiii people of color (minorities)
"this time next year I'll be living so good won't remember no pain, I sweeaarrr " I swear😉
CRYSTAL PAYNE my favorite part
CRYSTAL PAYNE I read this right when she sang it!😃😹
a bitch that never gets likes.. Me too 😂
i thought she said “its time to chill, gon be living so good wont remember no pain i swearrr”
You did?
I know sza will never see this but I just want her to know how much this song impacts me and how much I relate to it. I am a transgender woman and all my life I have just wanted to be a normal girl. I know that no matter what I do I will never be that but I have to realize that the people who put me down and degrade me are nothing. Just like she says this time next year I'll be living so good won't Remember anyone who has ever doubted me. This song is so amazing and I really feel touched and I absolutely love you for this. 💖
Joslyn Flawless And you're so wonderful to coming to that positive conclusion. I hope you've reached that feeling at this point! :)
Be happy with what god made you and also what he gave you (LIFE). be THANKFUL!!!!
lol i came here to write basically this comment
Im gonna be honest. Im 16 and it seams that alot of people my age are trans or part of the lgbtq+ comunity. When i see these trans woman they really and truly woman. ( or their preferred pronouns) honestly no one is "normal" which in a wayb makes everyone normal :) just wanted to say be you, your doing fine and you deserve so much more out of this life!
Joslyn Flawless Aaawwww!!! That warmed my lil heart.
As girl with late diagnosed autism this song cuts deep. I tried to be a ‘normal girl’ for years and never felt like I fit in. Men take advantage of me easily and treat me like a manic pixie dream girl, while always keeping our relationship on the low. I’m a lot more comfortable in my own skin now but when I see a group of normal girls I can’t help but wish I was like them.
This album weirdly suppresses my anxiety, I'm officially obsessed with SZA!
OMG I feel the same ...I listen often maybe more than "normal"lol
That makes the 2 of us lol
3, same!
same
Same 😌
As a weird black girl I feel connected to this✨
Right
Saaaammmme
im pretty sure ur not werid you just dont dress like every girl n they think ur weird
never that. u and who u r is valid
Genuinely. Bryson did a cover to it, it made me cry frl
*That moment when you like before listening 'cause you know SZA will never deceive you*
Literally add every song to my playlist before pressing play. Cause you just know already, you don't even have to question because it's Solana we're talking about here. She can do no wrong lol.
i just passed by there #ThatPart!!
ikr
yeah
Me 🙏💕
Amo essa❤ ouvindo 👂 em Macapá Amapá Brasil 2024
the next album should be called Alt. then the next Delete.
Lmao that is probably what she's doing
😂
And then Shift and Backspace
YESSS
lmfaooooooo i love this comment
as a black girl with social anxiety this song is relatable 💞🥺
That makes two of us 😌
@@tylasutton9438 that makes three of us 😔
@@dookieshart that makes four of us:(
@@oumymorgan9880 that makes 5 of us
@@kierabrown2379 6 of us :)
SZA × Frank Ocean???? would be fire
bon0boy OMG, that would be amazing!!!!
i want daniel caesar, sza, khalid, and frank ocean to collab
Funny you said this because after I listened to this, I listened to Nature Feels.
BeeBee Tee major throwback!! I miss 2011😩
Yes, I love that song.
This song makes me wanna happy cry. Knowing it exist, knowing somebody like her that feels this way exist, knowing other people out there feel this way too. It's comforting and sad at the same time. Just know time heals all wounds, these feelings are pure and true to who u are, so if nobody else will, be proud of yourself for finding a way to push through these thoughts and be okay knowing someone else will treat u how u should be for being yourself. Never stop being u for nobody. U have my support on that. This song really do just hit different.
THIS WHOLE ALBUM IS FUCKING AMAZING HOLY SHIT
yutodsynp I couldn't agree more with you my bro.
i need more album like this
the best album so amazing
yutodsynp like
yutodsynp yes it is 😍😍😍
As a brown, bisexual girl with depression living with strict parents this hits different
Omg twinnn🙃✋🏾
twins asf
twins😩😩
i hope one day it will get better for all of us
are we living the same life??
How many people feel that SZA music will forever be timeless 🙋🏽♀️
It's the new year's eve of 2022, and I came here just to hear "this time next year, I'll be living so good, won't remember no pain."
Mee
May this year be prosperous and full of love and peace for anyone reading this ❤
SZA IS SLAYING MY EARS EARLY THIS MORNING
1:00 am for me
Sza is slaying my life and has been for years
*every moring
THIS YEAR OR ME START THE YEAR OF WITH SZA
Brandon Marshall I know right
The lyrics depress the shit out of me bc I’ve always struggled with respecting myself and wishing to be something else but the sound and tune is just too blissful it turns all of this sorrow into hope
I love this song so much, It truly helps me and other people who are considered "weird" and "different" in our society. It shows us, that we don't have to conform to what society deems as "normal" and to stick to our roots, our personality, and our morals. No matter if it's our family, our significant other or people we come across in our lives trying to change us. This song helped me cope with leaving a toxic relationship, the boy was trying to mold me into his perfect, normal girl which I simply am not. I lost a lot of myself, my personality, my hobbies, and my friends to stabilize that relationship. This song showed me, we must celebrate ourselves and be proud of our so-called "weirdness", no matter who comes into our life. Stay true to yourself and don't change yourself for anyone, all our weird and different traits make us individual and unique in our own way. Thank you SZA
Isabella cotte love this❤️
This should have more likes ❤️
yessirrrr i feel what you said @Isabella cotte
Sza + ariana grande
Sza + Nicki Minaj
Girl, you should have way more likes after the spiritual truth you just dropped😊
as a gay man this song hits in a different way, all of my friends are girls and i always feel left out because i can’t relate to them, but i also can’t relate to boys, sometimes i wish was a “normal girl” so boys would like me and i could fit in with the girls fully, i am always chasing the need to fit in and feel like i don’t belong anywhere sometimes.
I know this is late but I understand exactly how you feel. Us queer people don't fit with the heteronormative majority, so it's crucial for us to find our queer friend groups to feel like we actually belong. You'll find that friend group someday, all of us colorful llamas will❤🌈
June is clearly the month of amazing music
Nina Simone' coincidentally black music month or naw 👀
Leela S nah Lorde ain't black
InHouse who lorde 👀
Leela S no way. check her out, she's dope
InHouse I was being sarcastic I just don't know what she has to do with the conversation lol
her pen game is amazing
318tae fr I love all her music
Factssss
Agreed
318tae yes it is amazing.
She just freestyle 💜💜😍👌 such a goddess
Sza makes me feel ok to be an adult and still insecure and haven’t figure anything out yet
Yesssss
Aka still a loser
yes def
No one has figured their life out 😂 people are 50 years old and just going with the flow like all of us
@@tssx11 i just realised this recently. I’m the one who wrote the comment just one year older and different account lol
Little bit of a rant but this song hits hard, especially at 0:51 when she talks about how she wishes she was different. When I was younger I would actually wish on stars that my hair was straight cause I had always been told that curly hair wasn’t desirable or pretty. Looking back I realize how sad that actually was 😭😭 however I’ve learned to embrace my curls and get a ton of compliments so I’m glad I stopped trying to change myself .
CTRL is fucking amazing
As an asian girl that is expected to do very well on everything, I felt this.
As a black girl I feel the exact same way 😔 we can get through this though 💗
same girl, same
As a African girl with strict parents I felt this in many leves
same girl
School is starting up again, and so I sit in silence waiting for my mental health to leave again. Asians feeling like they have to strive for perfection is just a thing for some reason and I don't know why, but I'm pretty sure it isn't good for me.
These comments are so amazing I hope SZA sees these comments and realises her music isn’t just something fun to dance to...every song on the ctrl album connects with your soul...she’s those special artists that make music from that heart that’s supposed to reach out to another heart ❤️
Easily the best song on the album. It's like all the different styles on the album combined into one - boom bap production, synths, piano, clever lyrics, amazing vocals, a little bit of SZA sing-rapping, its about love, its personal. God damn I love this album already.
this is devistatingly dreamy
Yessss exactly
This song just got me zoned 😔😢 "I wish I was a normal girl" Maybe it's just me or you feel the same.. But I'm loving this feeling. This vulnerability. This sunken place 🙇♀️
"Get out" reference?
💯❤😩
the amount of times ive cried to this song...
same here :( but better days are coming!
@@shamiyasanders8841 thanks sis!
as a lgbtq black girl this song really hits
ihonestlydk x yup
same, sometimes i feel like my own community is against me.
@@chrysalism7375 dude I’m a bi African and its so mf hard like-
@@slickdirt I'm African American but my family is from the south sOoOoO damn it
@@chrysalism7375 lol I’m from the north🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️
I feel this on a spiritual level.
Im riding this wave of pure bliss thru this album . thank u Sza 🌹
Shawna Wright Yasssss!! #summer17
Shawna Wright you on every video girl lmao um going thru the songs now... um loving em too
feel good music
Shawna Wright lmso ur name is so close to my moms hers is Shauna wright
Tbh I was a day one and now people act like they know her so much fam
As a neurodivergent first gen Nigerian American, I’ve faced a lot of conflict from within. In surrounded myself with ppl I couldn’t relate but I was lonely so i masked and forced myself to enjoy it. Also the pressures that come from being an all achieving first gen was tough. Now I’m embracing my “weirdness” and I’m the happiest I’ve been since I was a child! Shout out to all weird girls, especially weird black girls🥰!
❤️ first gen Nigerian girl too. I felt this so deeply.
You were cheated out of your grammy
this comment aged well sheesh!!!
exactly like she got snubbed
right like how did she get like 8 nominations but not one grammy
facts
it is a crime that there is no music video for this song
Being a bisexual male who has fallen in love with a straight guy this song hits me every time, I am always wondering "maybe if I was a girl he would love me, take me to his house, show me to his mama and fellas" and all of that stuff. It hurts tho
i hope you're doing better and have found someone who loves you
That's actually so painful wtf😭😭😭
Same(I’m bi too). I think that what if I was considered “normal” and I didn’t have to worry about people judging for something I can’t ctrl.
i felt this sooo much.
me but im a bisexual girl, this shit is hard 😭
How many people feel that SZA music will forever be timeless 🙋🏽♀
SZA goes in soo hard on this right here! Only reason she is getting more hits is cuz she is just watching that short on my channel explaining how all these rappers out here be blowing up so big
If SZA & Daniel Caesar made a song together I could die happy.
Mary Rose Mitchell Chill that's too much Fire power 💨🔥
worrrrd. Somebody make it happen
I agree, that's toooooo much on one song
I think her and Miguel would be nice also.
OMG THEY’D BE PERFECT TOGETHER
yess
This is the waviest, most relaxing and relatable shit ever man. I'm in love
Never heard of her, glad TH-cam pointed me in her direction
Urlisa Sankey ohh make sure you check her first album too ~~~
Urlisa Sankey yees she speaks facts been a fan since 2011
Me tryna find the lie 😂😂 😂😂 #StraightFacts
God has blessed your ears my beautiful melanin child ✨
Urlisa Sankey same here.... #notdisappointedatall
As a brown girl, this is the one song that actually stings. Crazy how SZA can hit your raw emotions and heart.
*Hears '"You like it...when I get...aggressive..."'
*Thinks 'Drake? Controlla? Contro'- WAAAAAAIT a damn sec... The album is called CTRL. Genius shit, SZA.
😍😍😍😍
i think thats just a coincedence lol
Lord now we just found out her and drake used you be together 😳💀
@@azavierpines6565 It gets deeper
😂
this hits different when you struggle to love yourself and you wish you could just be someone else sometimes. just to feel like you fit the standard
Yup
Do you get to the point where you see yourself as beautiful or do you get stuck in this loop of feeling depressed because of your looks
I fear that me being this insecure is really me just wasting my teen years.... I tried loving me but I just keep relapsing
FRR:(
@@emergencyblack2562 Same😔
Yeah :/
"i was i was a normal girl" and "This time next year I’ll be living so good won’t remember your name I swear!” WAS MY FAV lines i can relate so well she really imacts me and I LOVE U SZA
Jesus te ama muito seja forte e continue
this song hits different when you’re a disabled girl...
Honestly
your're a normal girl in my eyes
aw baby :(( ily
Ha crippled
@@dysanmccray2900 no funny at all
as a brown 1st gen Hispanic young woman raised by immigrant parents this song hits so hard. never been told that they are proud of me, and always in charge of others and their responsibilities. I hope I can heal my inner child one day
This might not mean much since I'm an internet stranger, but I'm proud of you, Jennifer. You will definitely find true peace one day.
you’re doing great, and you will heal
It’s okay girl same. We will 🤍
Hope everything is going good for u J.Ma
Same ❤️
Already one of my fave tracks on the album (the entire thing is amazing though).
FACTS!,
Salome Francis sameeeee😭💗
"This time next year I'll be living so good." As a girl, still living in a environment that gives me religious trauma and really trying hard to get out of this place, this song is like a hug. It's so comfortingly assuring
This time next year I'll be livin' so good
Won't remember your name, I swear
Livin' so good, livin' so good, livin' so good
This time next year I'll be livin' so good
Won't remember no pain, I swear
ANTHEM
SiDarTanto probably one of the greatest bridges of a song ever!!
True.
SiDarTanto YESSS
Yes
That's one of the best parts of the song 💝💙💙
This song comforted me a lot when I was really depressed, and all I thought about was death. I wanted to be normal, and be happy like others, it's a feeling I held for a long time, idk what it is about sza's music but its just so comforting when you're sad
I have schizophrenia and ocd and this songs helps because it relates to me so much
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Stay strong!! U ARE STRONG!! :) ❤️
i have OCD (pocd to be more specific) and that shit sucks...i hope ur okay ❤️
As a 25 year old mother of soon to be 3 babies(just hit my 3rd trimester) that has suffered from bipolar, PTSD, anxiety & depression since I was 17. Who doesn't wear makeup who likes to write poems who doesn't party and never was really into that kind of stuff I'm glad to see in the comments I'm not the only one❤️🤞🏾thanks to every comment I read it makes me smile and PSA we are normal in our own unique weird ways never think less of ourselves Queens and Kings 👑
I understand what you are coming from
I haven't bought an album in 10 years. just bought hers. 😍
I'm a new listener I must say I'm vibing too this music it's so refreshing too my soul 😍
rekisha wyatt mine too
The bridge on this song is the greatest bridge of any song I've heard... EVER!!
"This time next year I'll be livin' so good
Won't remember your name, I swear" shes so real for that
At one point, Garden used to be my favorite song of hers, but in time, I came to cherish this song as her best. The range, vocal acrobatics, meaning and tempo change; an excellent piece of artistry
As a Black 15 year old girl I felt this “Be proud of” that hit me
Same
Same
i see that controlla reference👀👅
StarByNight "You like it, when I get, aggressive"
+ERBOCH like
StarByNight she quoted drake song controlla
thought i was the only one
why do I have to be the 666th like?
I LOVE how this was used in Jentry Chau vs the Underworld. It fit so well too
i want sza to know that i relate to this song so badly that it makes me cry. cry painful tears. she speaks the truth. this song is for girls who are going thru shit on the inside. luv u all.
i luv this comment, it makes me feel less alone :,)
As a Muslim black girl (like Sza) this song hits different, I connect and relate to all her music I love it ❤️
sameeeee
She’s Muslim ??
@@loictag4794 yes she grew up in a muslim household. she wore a hijab up until after 9/11, she stopped wearing it bc of bullying :((
SAAAAAAMEEE
Same
As a 15 yr black girl I felt this ✨
Just watch my hero academia
@@andrecabalde3135 what does that have to do with anything?
same sis 😌
same but 16
I think im in the wrong anime
As an arab trans guy living in a strict North African muslim household
Them lyrics hit sooo hard
Sending big hugggg 🫂
loneliness of the black woman.
Yessss totally.
This song makes me want to introduce SZA to my mama. SOMEONE INTRODUCE HER TO THEIR MAMA PLEASE
Lmao IKR
sanjeeda uddin already did that
SZA, H.E.R., Kelela, Kehlani, Willow.S and Rihanna has that same vibe and I love itttt 😈😍💪✊👍
Asha Settle Willow so slept on. Her voice gives me chills.
9 is everything. would love to hear them collab more. their voices sound like a spa day. 😍😍😍
You just put me on to two extra people just now
Asha Settle and solange knowles
No, they actually don’t . Stupid
As someone who is lost as an individual working on what pathway to go I feel a gravitational pull towards this song
Whether I'm crushing hard, alone and fine with it or optimistic enough to look out for the 'right person', this song (and basically her whole album) couldn't be any better to relate to in all of my conflicting moods of love and almost love.
[Verse 1]
You love the way I pop my top
Or how I lose my cool
Or how I look at you
Say why?
It ain't no fighting, no I can't stop it
This took a while, yeah
For the way I pump my fist or how I bust my hip
For your affection, tryna be down
No fighting and no stoppin'
Stick around
[Pre-Chorus]
Wish I was the type of girl you take over to mama
The type of girl, I know my daddy, he'd be proud of
Yeah, be proud of
Be proud of, be proud, you know, you know
I wanna be the type of girl you take home to your mama
The type of girl, I know your fellas would be proud of
Be proud of, be proud of, be proud of, boy you know
[Chorus]
Normal girl
I wish I was a normal girl, oh my
How do I be? How do I be a lady?
Normal girl, oh
I wish I was a normal girl
I'll never be, no, never be uh
[Verse 2]
You like it, when I be, aggressive
You like when I say to you
"Get it if you got it, I'm ready and waitin' for it
I'm callin' to put it on," yeah
Like it, when I be, aggressive
Love when I say to you
"Get it if you want it, I'm waiting, I'm gonna find you
I'm ready to put it on you," yeah, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Type of girl you wanna take home to mama
Wanna be the type of girl my daddy, he'd be proud of
Be proud of, be proud of, be proud of you know, you know
The type of girl you wanna take home right up to mama
The kind of girl, I know your fellas, they'd be proud of
I'll be probably, I'll be proud like, I'll be probably a problem, oh
(No fantasy, no fantasy)
[Chorus]
I really wish a was a normal girl, oh my
How do I be, how do I be a lady?
Normal girl, oh
I wish I was a normal girl, oh babe
I'll never be, no never be, uh
[Bridge]
This time next year I'll be livin' so good
Won't remember your name, I swear
Livin' so good, livin' so good, livin' so good
This time next year I'll be livin' so good
Won't remember no pain, I swear
Before that you figured out, that I was just a normal girl
[Outro]
Normal girl, what do you say now?
We own the world, 'cause it ain't going away now
Wait on yourself 'cause you can figure your way out
Normal girl
How do you be?
Tysm !!!
thank you
Sza's musicality is otherworldly. She can turn anything into a bop just with the way she flows. It's truly amazing.
growing up with strict religious parents i always wished that i was able to do things that normal girls do. i love this song sm 💚
Controlla interpolation was dope.
Found out SZA has ADHD like me and now I remember why I’ve related to this song so hard. To all my ladies with ADHD feeling lost and broken, wishing they were normal girls, I swear you’re not broken.
song makes me think of when i was little. i always wanted to be that skinny, sporty, popular girl. i envied everyone around me because i didnt have those "parents" normal people spoke about. that "normal" childhood everyone had. i love sza for this song 😭
as a freshmen in high school, i can really relate to this song,i see other girls at school and how pretty they are and i wished i looked like them
Ya'll know, this song gave me the vibe the thought I always had when I was with my ex. He used to always make me look down on myself. He sounded like my personality, my attitudes always have problem, that made him never wanted to introduce me to anyone close to him cuz he was worried that i will embarrass him in front of people. He always made me feel like I'm abnormal. But we broke up, I found someone new, the new guy likes me, understands me and he said he understands my attitudes, my personality. He proudly introduced me to anyone in his life. We might just stay as friends, but I just wanna say " Girls, you have no problems when you are being who you are. People want to love you, they will stay and keep their patience! Remember that! "
This time next year I'll be livin' so good
Won't remember your name, I swear
Livin' so good, livin' so good, livin' so good
This time next year I'll be livin' so good
Won't remember no pain, I swear
People got you figured out, I was just a normal girl
Huyen Vo good for you girl
zeynep tuzlu thank you!!!
I feel this way 💯🥺 & I hope you’re doing well!! 💕
Jennie Vang thank you so much. Im doing well. I moved on and dating someone right now. I hope you doing well too!!!! 🥰
If you were always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be - Maya Angelou
I can't listen to this song without crying
i used to listen to this 24/7 when I was about to come out to friends as a trans guy and then some. god it hits so hard. sometimes I get so worn down I just wish I was “normal” just so my life would be easier. but I love myself as is and am not willing to change for anyones “love” and am finally surrounded with people who love me as I am.
this time next year I’ll be living so good won’t remember no pain I swear!!!!!
This album was well worth the wait! Now are we gonna get A or we're just gonna let Ctrl take it's place? I need more SZA in my life & I'd be happy if she were to complete the trilogy.
Bongumenzi Jigster yes, bcuz I be wanting to run all three in order and just float!
I feel like she wrote this for me.
no me
@@loveyloveydovey no me
For all of us
I relate to this song because, I feel like in the lyrics “you like it when I be aggressive” it reminds me of how poc get sexualized for their anger, further more making it harder for woc to express themselves
Her vocal delivery is so masterful.
One of the biggest slept on songs on the album .. I keep coming back here 😫
Same🤓
This album is still so beautiful and relevant. I am still struggling through my 20’s and i listen to this often for comfort. SZA you did the damn thing girl
SZA bringing back being beautiful Queens with intelligence Yasss 🙌🙌 real recognize real !
nunca seremos como elas meninas
She's a fucking goddess man it blows my mind😩
Sure is ! I love me some SZA frfr ! Her music STAYS on repeat !
as a wlw, this song hits hard. i hope my dad will be proud of me but idk if he will
as long as you love and are proud of yourself, I think that’s all that matters. If he isn’t proud of u, he can kick rocks. you’re THAT bitch
I've listend to this album almost everyday in 2018. It's the most emotionally raw album I'd heard in a longtime since Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. SZA's songs touched upon every insecurity I had and her music helped me survive that year. I'm at a different place in my life now, but man, this album is definitely in my top 10.
Been a black teenager girl...this hit different
june just started and its already a blessing