"If I Were A Boy (Remix)" lyrics

"If I Were A Boy (Remix)"
(feat. R. Kelly)

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it
'Cause they'd stick up for me

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If you were a boy
Then, girl, you'd understand
You need to stop listening to your friends
Love, respect, and trust your man
So I go to clubs with the guys
And sometimes flirt with the girls
I should be able to roll out
As long as I'm coming home to you
And give you the world

But you're not a boy
So you don't have a clue, babe
How I work and pay the bills
How everything I do is for you
Hey, hey

I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy (If I were a girl)
I would turn off my phone (I wouldn't play games)
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleeping alone
(Girl, you know that's wrong)
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
'Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waiting for me to come home, to come home

But you're not a boy
So you can't understand
You are not a perfect woman
And I am not a perfect man

I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts (And I know how you feel)
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed (Said I'm sorry)

It's a little too late for you to come back
But I can't let you go, 'cause I'm too attached
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you're just a boy


Thanks to careybear for adding these lyrics.
BC Jean, one of the co-authors of this song along with Toby Gad, told Hartford Courant, "...we were walking through Times Square, and I said, 'I wish I were a boy,' and he's like, 'Why would you say that?' ...I said, 'That pizza smells really good, and I'm trying not to eat carbs, and I wish I were a boy so I didn't care.' That's how the song started, and he was like, 'What else would you do if you were a boy?'"
Beyoncé said about this track, "It's not a traditional R&B song. ...I feel like at this point, I wanted people to hear songs with stronger lyrics and songs that made you feel. I love singing ballads because I feel like the music and the emotion in the story is told so much better."
In this song Beyoncé explains society's double standard about men and women: e.g. a man usually can drink with his friends and chase any girl and not be criticized for it, whereas did a woman do something similar, she would be reproached with such a behavior.
The singer told Billboard magazine about the idea behind the music video, where she plays a police officer, "It's kind of like Freaky Friday. ...My husband's at work and has attractive girls flirting with him but he declines their advances. I have a guy flirting with me, and I flirt back."
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