Pandagaul.com – If I Were a Boy adalah lagu yang ditulis oleh BC Jean dan Toby Gad dan aslinya dibawakan oleh Jean pada tahun 2008. Lagu tersebut mendapat perhatian internasional pada tahun yang sama dalam versi penyanyi Amerika Beyoncé, dari album studio ketiganya I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008).
Kedua lagu tersebut menampilkan kontras antara kepribadian Beyoncé dan kepribadian agresifnya di atas panggung, Sasha Fierce.
If I Were a Boy adalah balada introspektif pop dan R&B yang menarik pengaruh dari folk rock melalui instrumentasinya yang meliputi gitar akustik, drum, dan string. Lirik lagu meratapi kesalahpahaman antara jenis kelamin dan mendakwa sisi laki-laki dari hubungan.
If I Were a Boy diterima dengan baik oleh para kritikus, yang memuji penampilan vokal Beyoncé yang tersiksa dan emosional dan menyebut lagu itu sebagai karya terbaiknya hingga saat ini.
Lirik If I Were A Boy oleh Beyonce Yang Masih Populer
If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I’d roll outta 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 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 (wanted)
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted (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
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 wish you were a better man
U 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 had got destroyed
But you’re just a boy
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