If I Were A BoyCalifornia LoveYou Oughta Know Lyrics - Beyoncé

1 If I were a boy even just for one day

2 I'd roll out of bed in the morning

3 And throw on what I wanted

4 And go drink beer with the guys

5 And chase after girls

6 I'd kick it with who I wanted

7 And I'd never get confronted for it

8 'Cause they stick up for me

9 Oh, if I were a boy

10 I think I could understand

11 How it feels to love a girl

12 I swear I'd be a better man

13 I'd listen to her

14 'Cause I know how it hurts

15 When you lose the one you wanted

16 'Cause you've taking her for granted

17 And everything you had got destroyed

18 If I were a boy

19 I would turn off my phone

20 Tell everyone it's broken

21 So they'd think that I was sleeping alone, yeah right

22 I'd put myself first

23 And make the rules as I go

24 'Cause I know that she'd be faithful

25 Waiting for me to come home

26 To come home, to come home, to come home

27 It's a little too late for you to come back

28 Say it's just a mistake, think I'd forgive you like that

29 If you thought I would wait for you, you thought wrong

30 I want you to know that I'm happy for you

31 And I want nothing but the best for you both

32 And all the version of me, Mr. Duplicity

33 I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner

34 It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced

35 Baby, weren't you thinking of me when you, what?

36 'Cause the love that you gave that we made

37 Wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide, no

38 And every time you speak her name

39 Does she know how you told me you'd hold me until you died

40 Till you died but you're still alive

41 And I'm here to remind you

42 Of the mess you left when you went away

43 It's not fair to deny me

44 Of the cross you bear when you did that

45 You, you, you oughta know

46 It's for just a boy, baby, you don't understand

47 Until you lose the one you wanted

48 'Cause you've taken her for granted

49 And everything you had got destroyed