Summer Walker is one of R&B’s most talented artists of today. With her debut album, Over It, she received critical acclaim and notoriety for her pure, raw honesty in her music that many people can relate to in their own relationships. Since her first album, she has gone through a lot in her personal life dealing with a breakup and the birth of her new baby. A few years later, she returns with her sophomore effort, Still Over It, and she picks up right where she left off.
Now the rollout of her album was overshadowed at first with her publicized breakup with her go-to producer, London on the Track, she took the moments and put them in her songs for this 20 track project. The track starts off just as we expected her to feel, Bitter featuring a narration from Cardi B. From a few listens, you can tell that each of the songs were written during a time period of where she was emotionally, dealing with all of the things going on in her personal life. She led the project with the first single, Ex For A Reason, featuring JT from the City Girls. SZA, Ari Lennox, Lil’ Durk, Pharell Williams, Omarion & Ciara also round out the features for this album.
From the production standpoint, I’m glad that Summer Walker took the time to branch out to other producers, such as Timbaland and Neptunes. The emotional journey she takes listeners on is a perfect story from beginning to end; one can see how she went from being fed up from the events that happened to realizing her self-worth and moving on. Summer Walker will continue to be a reckoning force in the music industry. This album will be a soundtrack for a lot of women and will be featured on a lot of people’s social medias for the coming winter months. You can check out Still Over It on all music streaming services.
Bitter
Dealing with insecurities
Thinking you Issa
Your happiness shorter than a trailer
Not even a teaser
Not even sweating it no more that I couldn’t appease her
Leisure
Yeah I’m done playing games
Recess over
Relationship squid games
Couldn’t run your ass over
Unplugged from your heart
Since mine couldn’t controller
Couldn’t carry this to term
So I’m throwing away the stroller
Yes I treat love like it was our baby
Babe was the nickname you gave me
And I gave it back to that pig that you try to make me
I had to buckle up after it all
Driving through it all with the safety
You not gonna have me out here looking crazy
With your bitter ass
Circus
You love the theatrics
Saying it’s nothing but semantics
Done with your antics
And being taken for granted
Like I was the ticket to your circus
One of the stars in your show
Got me feeling like it’s a Verzuz
Between an MC and a trapeze artist
Hope those restraints in your mind
Hold up more than you can harness
Flipping to conclusions
While I’m concluding my thoughts
Saying this is what you bring to the table
This is what you brought
This is who you wanted
This is who you sought
You were the lesson
And you were that taught
And I was the best you ever had
And I hope you never forgot
Toxic
Fanning the fumes
But I’m loving the scent
Carnal sensations
Goddamn
Had me spent
Yeah spending all my time
While you spending all your money
Kisses were like cannabis
And I’ll take my love edible like honey
During that time
Couldn’t get you out my mind
That you made me forget about everything
And I just wanted what’s mine
Is yours
And what’s yours is mine
I’ll still write about that period from time to time
Toxic
Weezing and Koffing
Like we dealing with Pokémon
Playing with you is not a new phenomenon
You like when we play this game of one on one
Well lights on
Ball in your court
Come on
Reggie Johnson is a poet reigning from Cincinnati, Ohio. Starting at the age of nine, Reggie has been writing poetry through their love of music and life experiences. He has 9 books now available on Amazon. You can follow him on Twitter @r_d_johnson and on IG @rdjohnsonwrites.