Découvrez les paroles de la chanson « If I Were a Boy » de Beyoncé, accompagnées des explications de leur signification, d’anecdotes et de contexte.
Paroles de la chanson
If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll outta 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 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 know that she'd be faithful
Waitin' for me to come home (to come home)
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
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
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
But you're just a boy
You don't understand
Yeah 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
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
Explication des paroles de If I Were a Boy de Beyoncé
‘If I Were a Boy’ de Beyoncé est une chanson qui aborde le thème de l’émancipation et de l’inégalité entre les sexes. La chanteuse y interprète le rôle d’un homme pour mettre en lumière les avantages et les privilèges qu’il pourrait avoir dans une relation amoureuse. La chanson a été écrite par la chanteuse auteur-compositeur BC Jean et a été un énorme succès à sa sortie en 2008.
Une anecdote intéressante sur la chanson est que BC Jean, qui a co-écrit la chanson, l’a réalisée à l’âge de 19 ans, mais elle a été reprise par Beyoncé et est devenue un hymne pour l’empowerment féminin.
‘If I Were a Boy’ de Beyoncé reste une chanson puissante qui continue de résonner avec de nombreuses personnes en raison de son thème universel de l’égalité des sexes et de la remise en question des normes de genre.