The Straw soundtrack includes music by Ice Cube, Aretha Franklin and Ledisi. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Tyler Perry’s 2025 Netflix movie. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings.

Straw stars Taraji P. Henson as Janiyah Wiltkinson, a single mother. Sherri Shepherd co-stars as Nicole, the branch manager at a bank. The storyline follows Janiyah as her life spirals out of control after losing her job. Composer Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar) scored the 105-minute Netflix film; music supervisor Joel C. High (Monster’s Ball) picked the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in Straw.

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Straw Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2025 Netflix Movie

• “Let Her Cook” by GloRilla (00:00:00): The Straw soundtrack song scores the opening sequence. An interior scene begins. An eviction note appears. Janiyah dreams of carrying her sick daughter, Aria (Gabby Jackson), in a hospital. She wakes up in her bedroom and stares at the ceiling. The track plays from a speaker system in the protagonist’s apartment building.
• “It Was a Good Day” by Ice Cube (00:03:00): Janiyah exits her building. The Straw music plays from a speaker system as the title graphic appears. Janiyah talks to Aria and Benny (Sinbad).
• “Say a Little Prayer” by Aretha Franklin (00:04:00): Janiyah starts her vehicle. The Straw soundtrack song plays from the speaker system. Janiyah speaks to Aria and drives a silver car. She drops off her child and talks about receiving a paycheck. Janiyah waves to a woman who seems confused by the encounter.
• “BLKWMN” by Ledisi (01:38:00): The music scores the film’s end credits.

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The Straw soundtrack also includes:

• “Stay Down” by Aimme
• “Bussin 20’s” by Court Knoxx
• “Never Know” by Wendell “UTK” Nelson

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