Gaidaa’s Jealous Unpacks Vulnerability in a Soulful R&B Cut
On Jealous, Amsterdam-based, Sudanese-raised R&B singer-songwriter Gaidaa lets discomfort take the lead. Her voice moves like a bruise in slow bloom—soft but never fragile.
The repeated guitar loops are soaked in reverb, creating a meditative pulse that’s both hypnotic and suffocating.
“Jealous of the world / And all the beautiful girls,” she confesses, her delivery shifting from fluid to fractured, as if self-control is wearing thin by design.
Pulled from her EP YARN, Gaidaa calls the project “an emotional odyssey” built on years of unlearning and healing.
That context echoes loudest here, where jealousy isn’t petty—it’s existential.
Lines like “Feelin’ I’m afraid of / Feedin’ I’m a failure” don’t land like poetry, they feel overheard—like a looped thought she’s trying to quiet with melody.
Her cadence tugs against the beat with intention, especially in the latter half when the vocals start to blur into pleading.
It’s understated, but it hits. The production never overreaches. It stays narrow, warm, and claustrophobic—matching the song’s interior tension perfectly.
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Gaidaa Jealous Lyrics
I don’t wanna be there
Bitter off sweeter
Life will give you all the things that you deserve
But I don’t know what I’m worth
Feelin’ I’m afraid of
Feedin’ I’m a failure
No one ever knew but I looked at her
I looked and hurt
Open my phone
Oh you a grown up
And what about me?
There’s nothing to see now
Our journey’s alone
Got nothing to show out fear
The yearning unfolds
Enough left to grow out here
I’m jealous of the way
You done put me to shame
Jealous of the world
And all the beautiful girls
Jealous of the way
And there’s no one to blame
I’m jealous of world
I’m jealous of the girl
You been right
You been wrong now
You been wrong bout
You alone, doubt
You been right
You been wrong now
You been right
You been wrong now
You been wrong bout
You belong, doubt
You been right
You been wrong now
Write on me, write on me ah
Don’t know but you been spiting me, spite on me nah
No I don’t wanna fight in me, fight on me oh I
Don’t wanna hide on me, hide on me no more
Bout to ring the alarm in
Bout to bring me a warning
I been scared and I’m falling
I’m Jealous of the way
You done put me to shame
Jealous of the world
And all the beautiful girls
Jealous of the way
You don’t know who to blame
I’m jealous of world
I’m jealous of the girl
You been right
You been wrong now
You been wrong bout
You alone, doubt
You been right
You been wrong now
You been right
You been wrong now
You been wrong bout
You belong, doubt
You been right
You been wrong now
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