If I Were a Boy

I don't know if anyone has heard this version of If I Were a Boy by Beyonce but I found it to be very stereotypical and gender bias. I'm sure this is the point of the song but listening to it made me think of how stereotypical we actually are toward the opposite gender. Think of other songs like Ciara's Like a Boy and Eamon's I Don't Want You Back; all of these completely degrate and and tear down the opposite gender. I just think its sad that this is what we use musical talent for.

Here are the Lyrics for Beyonce's song with 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 and 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 taking you for granted

And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a girl

Even just for a day

I'd get out of bed in the morning

And take forever to get ready

Complain to my friends

As if they got a man

They talk about you cause they're jealous

And I just stay and listen to it (I should get rid of them)

If I were a girl

I don't think I'd understand

How it feels to love a boy

I swear I'd be a better woman

I'd listen to him

Cause I don't know everything

I would always try to tell him that he needs to treat me better

Like I don't gotta change at all

If I were a girl

It's a little too late for you to come back

Say it's just a mistake, think I'd forgive you like that? (I don't)

If you thought I would wait for you,

You thought wrong (I did wrong)

But you're just a boy

And you're just a girl

You don't understand

No you don't understand

How it feels to love a girl someday

You wish you were a better man

You don't listen to her

And you don't listen to him

You don't care how it hurts (you don't care how I feel)

Until you lose the one you wanted

Cause he's taking you for granted

And everything you had got destroyed

But you're just a boy

And you're just a girl