“If I Were a Boy” is a commentary on the double standards that often exist between men and women and a story of role reversal. She explores what it would be like if she did all the things he did to her every day.
Written By: Glen Ballard, R. Hudson, Alanis Morissette, Larry Troutman, M. Hooks, Roger Troutman, C. Stainton, J. Cocker, Toby Gad & BC Jean
Drums: Syience & Jens Gad
Guitar: Syience
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Recording Engineer: Toby Gad & Jim Caruana
Assistant Engineer: Matt Green
Mastering Engineer: Tom Coyne
Mixing Engineer: Mark “Spike” Stent
Recorded At: Roc The Mic Studios, Strawberrybee Productions, GAD Studios
Release Date: October 12, 2008
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they’d think that I was sleepin’ alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
‘Cause I’d know that she’d be faithful
Waitin’ for me to come home
To come home
[Chorus]
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 (Wanted)
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted (Granted)
And everything you had got destroyed
[Bridge]
It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say, it’s just a mistake
Think I’d forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong
[Outro]
But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
(Yeah, you don’t understand, oh)
How it feels to love a girl
Someday, you’ll wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
‘Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you’re just a boy…
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