In March 2020 Amsterdam based newcomer A boy named ROSA released ‘Phone’. A left field alt-R&B/pop track tackling our growing fascination with the technology we hold in the palm of our hands. It was the first of a trilogy of singles to be released ahead of his forthcoming debut album ‘FEMALE’. A...
[Verse 1]
I think I’m addicted
It’s kind of a sickness
I’m trying to quit this
But it’s all in my business now
And I’m looking for love
But in all the wrong places
I’ve seen a million faces, a million places
Still I don’t know what my case is
I think I’m addicted
[Chorus]
I guess I’m addicted
I guess I’m addicted now
[Interlude: Wolf of Wallstreet sample]
“You’re able to do drugs during the day and still function, still do your job?” How the fuck else would you do this job?”
[Verse 2]
I’m going to the after party
The dealers gonna be here shortly
But I don’t have enough money on me
Can somebody please pay for me? Oh
I’ll pay you back I promise
Maybe Monday
Maybe Tuesday or Sunday
But, I think I’m addicted
[Chorus]
I guess I’m addicted
I guess I’m addicted
[Verse 3]
So what am I supposed to do without?
Man I can’t quite figure it out
But I guess if you’re a lonely child
All you wanna do is numb the crowd
And numb the pain
Make it go away
So you self-medicate just to help your brain
So is this the path of a misfit?
[Interlude: Wolf of Wallstreet sample]
"Right. Cocaine my friend"
[Bridge]
Oh, don’t know what I’m doing
Don’t know what I’m losing now
I can’t be so loaded
I gotta be focused
[Refrain]
I wanna know where I gotta go
Where can I find me some goddamn blow?
I guess I’m addicted
I said I think I’m addicted
I wanna know where I gotta go
Where can I find me some goddamn blow?
I guess I’m addicted
[Outro: Jenifer Lewis]
My purpose is to confront it
No matter what it is
Feel it
You gotta feel it
Because if you don’t?
You’ll BLOW
[Interlude]
I know you wanna get high
So let that rush come inside
I know cocaine numbs your brain
But take that sniff anyway
I know you wanna get high
So let that rush come inside
I know cocaine numbs your brain
But take that sniff anyway
BLOW was written by A boy named ROSA.
BLOW was produced by Joveek Murphy & Axe Hessel & A boy named ROSA.
A boy named ROSA released BLOW on Fri Jun 12 2020.
On the day of release, June 12th 2020, ROSA posted the following message on his Instagram page providing insight and context to the meaning and the lyrics of the song:
“Suffering from depression since an early age, I was always aware that my mental state was something I could either master or fall...