🎵 If I Were a Boy (Maurice Joshua UK Remix Radio Edit) // by Beyoncé

1 Contributor If I Were a Boy (Maurice Joshua UK Remix Radio Edit) Lyrics [Intro] If I were a boy If I were a boy [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 (Ah) I'd listen to her (Ah) 'Cause I know how it hurts (Ah) When you lose the one you wanted (Ah) '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 (Go) 'Cause I 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, oh-ooh How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man (Ah) I'd listen to her (Ah) 'Cause I know how it hurts (Ah) 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 [Chorus] If I were a boy I think I could understand, oh-ooh How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man (Ah) I'd listen to her (Ah) 'Cause I know how it hurts (Ah) When you lose the one you wanted (Wanted) 'Cause he's taken you for granted (Granted) And everything you had got destroyed