If I Were A Boy lyrics
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 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 boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleeping alone

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

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

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
And you don't understand, oh
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're taking her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you're just a boy

I think the persona has been hurt by a guy before. That guy must have left an impression that he is not a good man and might have given the writer the impression that all guys are not good. The writer thinks that the guy neglects her by not caring about whether she gets hurt and taking her for granted. The guy is useless as he does not know how to lie to his friends so that they will not be disturbed when they are alone. She thinks that the guy should make the decisions instead of the girl and that he should know that she will listen to whatever he says. He should not suspect her of going out with other men, he should know that she will be faithful. She feels that he has done her wrong and she will not forgive him and wait for him anymore because he broke all her dreams and hopes, and it's a little too late. She wants the guy to understand how it feels to love someone and she wants him to look back and feel guilty about what he did and wants him to wish that he were a better man.

The tone of the song shows that the persona is sad and pathetic which display how deeply she is in hurt. It seems that she wanted revenge, she hopes to treat the guy like how the guy treated her-drink beer with the guys, chase after girls and be with who she wants. She wish to revamp the relationship, but it is useless because the guy isn't going to change, and it cause her to lose her trust in him. The persona wants to be a man very badly, because she knows how it feels to be hurt, she don't want to follow in the guy's step, she will treat her better and the persona knows that she'd be faithful, waiting for the persona to come home. She would become a better man, and listen to her. The guy don't know how the persona feels so he don't know that he had hurt the persona in a way that cause her to be sad. The guy don't know how a girl feels, how a girl can be so sensitive. When the guy is being taken for granted then he knows how it feels and everything he got is destroyed. If you were a boy, you think you could understand, but you are not a boy, so you simply can't understand.

Why we chose this song:
For girls, it's easier to relate if the girl had been in a relationship, and because every girl would be hurt in a relationship and they would probably wish to become a guy because in a relationship, the guy is at a greater advantage and usually, the girl's is at the guy's beck and call and so the girl also wish to become a guy so as to "seek revenge".

What the song is trying to convey:
Boys don't understand how it feels to love a girl, how it feels to be hurt.