G-Eazy is back with his new track, “Tulips & Roses” today via RCA Records. Serving as a bold re-introduction after a yearlong hiatus, the track was well worth waiting for. Grappling with the loss of his mother, Gerald took a months long reprieve from the spotlight to regroup and collect himself. Finding himself in a rental apartment in Paris, he put pen to paper resulting in an honest and self-reflective account of his life and career. Listen to the powerful track now below.
The song features a sample of “Blame,” a song from the critically acclaimed band Gabriels. G connected with the song instantly saying, “I discovered their music and became a big fan. I was inspired and excited to find a way to creatively interpret their music and work together.” He quickly found himself working through a song that happened to match the sentiment of “Blame,” with both exploring ideas of fault, shame and indulgence – the end result was “Tulips & Roses.”
The song is accompanied by a cinematic music video that follows G-Eazy living and loving in Paris, facing betrayal and leaving viewers with a cliffhanger. Does he pull himself out of this, how does it end? Only time will tell what’s next for G-Eazy.
“Tulips & Roses” lyrics:
Sitting on my terrace in Paris
Sun rising up as strangers leave my hotel
After parties thank God for NDAs
Everything you saw tonight
Don’t tell
I understand the urge but would you please not share this?
Get triggered when I see a camera open, it scares us
Posts it on her Close Friends to show off she’s near us
Actin’ off of impulse, she’s tipsy and careless
I swear there’s a scarcity of self-awareness
Was faded when I wrote this
Off the micro doses
Mushroom chocolates
N’ bottomless Mimosas
It’s been a decade
Since I knew what being broke is
Been living out rimowas and I
Barely know what home is
If I fell who would catch me?
If I was down who would grab me?
Is that the truth or you just tryna gas me?
In the Hollywood Hills I’m Los Angeles’ Gatsby
When you walk away they will miss you
But stay away too long and they’ll forget you
‘Cause nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever
Clouts a hell of a drug
I’m so off of it
My stars back shining bright I just polished it
This shit will get away from you if you ain’t on top of it
Take too long stirring the sauce, you’ll get lost in it
There comes a time as a man you gotta sack up
Watched it fall apart, time to pick the pieces back up
Had to get this off
Someone book a studio
Driver pull the Cadillac up
Jesse load a track up
Something in my spirit woke back up
Like I just sat up
Drop another album n’ hang a plaque up
Time to go to work, pick the slack up
Please no more comparisons, you ain’t gotta bring that up
Salute my brothers we can all coexist
Been cooking in the kitchen with the based God wrist
Took a hiatus I’m like
What did I miss?
Gerald’s back in his bag they don’t do it like this
A certified legend
If I quit at this moment
Should already know this
I’m really one of the coldest
So I need all my respect
I need my tulips n’ roses
I made my record label fortunes and I met all my quotas
Been a while had to come remind y’all who the GOAT is
Got me fucked up
It’s that time again
When you walk away they will miss you
But stay away too long and they’ll forget you
‘Cause nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever