Doechii has joined forces with SZA for a new song — and she has a few things to get off her chest.
Released by surprise on Tuesday (December 30), “Girl, Get Up” finds the burgeoning superstar addressing her detractors’ claims that she’s a so-called “industry plant.”
“All that industry plant shit wack / I see it in the blogs, I see you in the chats / ‘You sucked every rap n*gga dick from the back’ / But what’s the agenda when the ‘it’ girl Black? / Y’all can’t fathom that I worked this hard / And y’all can’t fathom that I earned this chart,” she spits in a defiant second verse.
Produced by Jay Versace and sampling the instantly-recognizable percussion from Birdman and Clipse‘s “What Happened to That Boy,” the track also finds Doechii hinting at more strong words for her critics on her upcoming album.
“These n*ggas misogynistic, I’ll address it on the album / For now, let’s sink into the fact that hate don’t make you powerful,” she raps, before adding: “The album six months old, it need a fuckin’ babysitter / I did eight years of failin’, plus a lot of cold winters / Used to be a starvin’ artist, now I want the whole dinner.”
SZA, meanwhile, complements her fellow TDE labelmate with a smooth chorus that showcases her vocal range, surging from a laidback flow to a piercing falsetto.
“Girl, Get Up” is the second collaboration between Doechii and SZA, who previously linked up on “Persuasive (Remix)” from the former’s 2022 EP she / her / black bitch.
The song caps off a banner year for the self-proclaimed Swamp Princess, who stole the show at the 2025 Grammy Awards where she delivered an enthralling performance and emotional acceptance speech after becoming just the third woman to win Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal.
“I know that there is some Black girl out there, so many Black women out there, that are watching me right now, and I want to tell you, you can do it. Anything is possible,” she said to a standing ovation inside the star-studded Crypto.com Arena.
“Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you that tell you you can’t be here, that you’re too dark or not smart enough or too dramatic or too loud. You are exactly who you need to be, to be right where you are — and I am a testimony!”
Doechii could add to her trophy collection at next year’s Grammys in February where she’s up for five awards including Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Rap Song — all for her Gotye-sampling hit “Anxiety.”
