“Girls Need Love” is Summer Walker’s breakout hit single. It serves as a confessional, candid vent on the plights facing girls who speak truthfully about the very normal need for affection, love, sex, or any other form.
[Intro]
Honestly
[Verse 1]
Honestly, I'm tryin' to stay focused
You must think I've got to be joking when I say
I don't think I can wait
I just need it now, better swing my way
I just need some dick, I just need some love
Tired of fucking with these lame niggas, baby
I just need a thug
Won't you be my plug, ayy
You could be the one, ayy
We could start with a handshake, baby
I'ma need more than a hug
[Chorus]
Girls can't never say they want it
Girls can't never say how
Girls can't never say they need it
Girls can't never say now
Girls can't never say they want it
Girls can't never say how
Girls can't never say they need it
Girls can't never say now oh now
[Verse 2]
Give it to me like you need it, baby
Want you to hear me screaming, heavy breathing
I don't need a reason, baby
I want it 'til you can't fight
I can give it to you right, babe, oh
I wanna be your healing
I can be real good
Please don't get in your feelings
Ayy, I need some lo-o-o-o-ove
Ayy, I need some lo-o-o-o-ove
Ayy, I need some lo-o-o-o-ove
Ayy, and you can't judge
[Chorus]
Girls need love, too (Yeah)
Girls, girls need love, too (Ooh)
Girls need love (Let me tell you something)
Girls need love (Girls need loving, too, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Girls need love, too
Girls need love, too
(So what's a girl to do when she needs loving, too?)
Girls need love, too
Girls, girls need love, too
Girls Need Love was written by Arsenio Archer & Summer Walker.
Girls Need Love was produced by Arsenio Archer.
Summer Walker released Girls Need Love on Thu Jul 26 2018.
Trey Songz had said in a virtual interview with “The Quicksilva Show" that he heard the sample beforehand and wanted to sign Summer, but he couldn’t figure out who she was:
I text every producer that I know personally like, ‘Do you know who is singing this song? I love this girl. I wanna sign this...
Yes. “Girls Need Love” was certified 3x platinum on August 20, 2020.
She performed the song as part of an intimate Tiny Desk Concert set at the NPR offices. “Girls Need Love” starts at about 5:25: