buzzy new single, «Grrrls.» Initial reviews of the song were warm and receptive of the track's uplifting lyrics and vibe, but shortly after its release, fans took to social media to call out the singer for her use of the word «sp*z» in the song's opening verse, calling it a derogatory term.«Hold my bag, b***h/ Hold my bag/ Do you see this s**t?/ I’m a sp*z/ I’m about to knock somebody out/ Yo, where my best friend?/ She the only one I know to talk me off the deep end,» Lizzo sang in the original version of the song.
host Charlamagne tha God told Lizzo he was «mad» at her for changing the lyrics to suit fans' demands. «Words matter,» he said, rattling off the common American definition of the word. «It's a nuanced conversation,» Lizzo responded. «For me, everybody is talking about it now, there are think pieces everywhere.
I thought, what's the best thing I can do? I can say my opinion on it and just add to everyone's opinion or I can do something about it.»She added, «And really, I wanted to be a leader in what we should be doing as a culture, making this world a better place.
If they could do that for Black people, that would be amazing. When we call things out out, if they could make changes that quickly for us — if I could do it that quickly, I did it on a Sunday night and it was fixed by Monday.
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