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If I Were A Boy
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If I Were A Boy Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Music
Musically speaking, "If I Were A Boy" hardly varies at all from the verses to the chorus.This lack of variation works because of Beyoncé's incredible singing. Beyoncé is not afraid to use a voca...
Songwriting
"If I Were A Boy" sounds like a song about gender. But on another level, it's a full-fledged heartbreak song in which a woman bemoans the loss of her lover. In order to tell both stories, the son...