《If I Were A Boy》是美国性感女神Beyonce 《IAm...Sasha Fierce》中的一首主打曲,并在2008年10月作为《I Am...》碟中的首支单曲,并与《Sasha Fierce》碟中的《Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)》并行发行。
歌曲在小字组内横跨2个八度,高音很高,低音很低,伴奏缓慢抒情,高潮部分碧昂斯强有力地唱出了歌曲的灵魂:“如果我是男孩儿,我也可以和喜欢的人混在一起,我也可以毫无顾忌的去泡妞”,讲述了当你失去你爱的人的时候,男孩儿们应该怎样去好好爱一个女人。
《I Am...Sasha Fierce》是碧昂丝第三张个人录音室专辑。在这张双碟专辑中,碧昂丝分饰情歌本尊碧昂丝,和舞台上动感的虚拟莎夏(Sasha Fierce),打破传统发行单曲模式,每次发行两首单曲,上演抒情碧昂丝与动感莎夏的对手戏。
由碧昂丝身份演唱的《I Am...》大胆启用新锐制作Toby Gad(Donna Summer、Natasa Bedingfield)掌控第一主打“If I Were A Boy”,以女人的角度审视男人对爱的态度,感人催泪之演绎获得乐迷广大回响,覆盖大量钢琴和弦乐柔美交织的“Halo”,《I Am…》深深感受碧昂丝光鲜亮丽背后小女人的一面,对爱的渴望、对人的省思、对生活的认真,展现新都会女性自信成熟的态势。
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 wated
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 [n_b_s_e_o]0[/n_b_s_e_o] 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 could turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleepin' [n_b_s_e_o]1[/n_b_s_e_o]one
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 [n_b_s_e_o]2[/n_b_s_e_o] 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 its 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
How it [n_b_s_e_o]3[/n_b_s_e_o] 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