Doechii, girl, get up. | Song Review

Grammy-winning rapper Doechii, assisted by Grammy-winning R&B singer SZA, ate and left no crumbs in the single, “girl, get up.”

Woo! Doechii flexes on her single, “girl, get up.” The flex doesn’t come without assistance, courtesy of fellow Grammy winner, SZA.  Doechii penned “girl, get up.” alongside SZA, Jay Versace, DIXSON, Chad Hugo, Malice, Pusha T, Pharrell Williams, and Birdman.  Jay Versace produced it.  Why are there so many credited writers, you ask? Well, “girl, get up.” sampled “What Happened to That Boy” by Birdman featuring Clipse. Lots of credits, but the results are well worth it!

“Girl, get up.” thrives on its sweet, rhythmic percussive groove.  That is one key moment where the sample shines.  The sound has a chill, contemporary R&B and hip-hop vibe. Matching the sound of the musical accompaniment, Doechii drops fire with her easygoing, agile flow. “Life is but a dream for a dark skin bitch like me / Life gets dark when you’re dark like me,” she spits, and later adds, carefree, “I don’t read y’all tweets, I delete y’all threads.” As bold and potent as she is, she still sounds like she never breaks a sweat. SZA brings incredibly cool vocals during the chorus.  Her melisma is to die for.

“I be in the back, levitatin’

Doin’ meditation, leave me, girl, get up

Pickin’ on non-confrontation

Fuck a limitation, leave me, girl, get up

Somehow, I know that I’ll have everything, it’s mine

Mine, mine.”

The second verse by Doechii has a bit more bite, but the Grammy-winner still keeps relatively cool “All that industry plant shit whack / I see it on the blogs, I see you in the chats,” she bites, and continues, “You suck every rap nigga dick from the back.” Ooh-wee!  In another sharp moment, Doechii asserts, “And y’all can’t fathom that I earned this chart.” Facts! The third verse finds Doechii continuing to bring the heat over the relaxed, mellow backdrop. As she has with all of the verses, Doechii starts things off with a bang: “They callin’ me the intellect amongst the pussy rap / I still be poppin’ pussy, them my sisters, so I can’t agree with that / These niggas misogynistic, I’ll address that on the album / For now, let’s sink into the fact that hate don’t make you powerful.” Gah-day-um! All told, Doechii, assisted by SZA ate and left no crumbs on “girl, get up.” No cap!

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