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SZA

Awkward

Release date: 9th June 2022

From Ctrl (Deluxe)
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

A brief, sharp study in the aftermath of casual intimacy. SZA moves through the immediate regret and lingering desire with characteristic precision: the sex happened, it was good, and now the friendship has fractured under the weight of it. She doesn't apologise for the act itself, only for the rupture it caused. The chorus pivots on a simple question: can they still touch, still love, still exist together without judgment, even though everything has shifted? The song's real tension sits in that gap between "it was worth it" and "now I regret it all". SZA holds both truths at once, refusing easy resolution. By the outro she's asking the same questions again, as if repetition might wear a path back to something workable. The production is lean and direct, letting her voice carry the weight of contradiction. At just over a minute long, it lands and leaves before you can settle into it, which feels exactly right.

"Awkward" is a track by SZA, from the album Ctrl (Deluxe), released 9th June 2022. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about SZA.

About the Artist

SZA

SZA

Lyrics

Awkward

[Verse 1]

Time passing

Time, time passing

You wanted to know what the hype was all about

So I came by

Then we fucked a little bit and I was out

Did not say bye

[Chorus]

It was worth it (Ooh, it was)

I would do it again (Hey)

I know you hurt me, but (Hey)

This is more than a friendship

Now I made it awkward

Why did you let me do it?

I made it, I make it awkward (Hey, hey)

He wasn't ready for it (Hey, hey)

[Post-Chorus]

But can we still love on each other?

Can we still touch on each other?

Can we still not judge each other?

You know, you know

I make it awkward

[Verse 2]

I cannot love evеrybody, but you isn't anybody

You look at me different, so I lеt you see my body

(Body, body, body)

And now we don't speak at all

Now I regret it all

[Chorus]

Still, it was worth it

I would do it again

I know you hurt me, but

It is just deeper than friendship

Now let's keep it awkward

I think we're ready for it, yeah, mmm

Let's keep it awkward

I know I'm ready for it, you feel me?

[Outro]

Can we still love on each other?

Can we still touch on each other?

Can we still not judge each other?

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Ctrl (Deluxe)

2022
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SZA
9th June 2022
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2022
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    4:06
  3. —Jodie
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  4. —Awkward
    2:58
  5. —Percolator
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  6. —Love Galore (Alt Version)
    4:34
  7. —20 Something
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  8. —Broken Clocks
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  9. —Garden (Say It Like Dat)
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  12. —Miles
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  14. —The Weekend
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  15. —2AM
  16. —Love Galore (Alt Version)
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  18. —Normal Girl
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  19. —Doves In The Wind (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
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  20. —Drew Barrymore
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  21. —Go Gina
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  22. —Jodie
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