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Seem like everywhere I go,
Everybody wanna know
What’s it like to be a girl,
In the music world

The scene is so sexist,
Believe me I get it,
We’d probably sell more records if I flaunted my ass and chest but forget it
I work like one of the boys,
And I’m as true as they get
but I’m a lady through and through,
Like give me some credit

I knew I’d regret it if I tried to blend in and pretend
Be something other than I am
like have you noticed I’m a woman
Didn’t come to downplay it,
Or to play it up either
and I’m not trying pick a fight
Or be nobody's leader
But it feels like everybody’s just a little too interested
In the fact that females can indeed make music
Our interviews, our bios,
- they all make it a point
"Female Fronted Band, from Decatur, Illinois"
And just once,
I’d like to see some other band’s resume go out of their way to say they’re fronted by a male, ok?

And while we’re on it, let me say
Women don’t all sound the same
Who gave us the idea that "Female Fronted” is a genre anyway?

Seem like everywhere I go,
Everybody wanna know
What’s it like to be a girl,
In the music world
Wanna make it disappear,
Tell them what they wanna hear,
If truth ain't pretty will you all stay with me
Will you love me, love me ugly

And I know it’s not fair,
And I can’t complain,
'Cause with girl in our band,
People don’t look away
But you know what,
It feels like they look just a little too long

Stare me up and down,
Forget to listen to the song
I take the stage and before
I even open my mouth,
The audience assumes that
They got us all figured out
"Oh your band’s got a chick,
Must be some kinda trick,
there’s no way she got this far
Without sucking somebody's"
Did you really think that’s how it works,
I’m not f***ing eye candy

I’m here to do my job,
I’ll be the last man standing
Boys in the crowd asking,
For me to flash them,
Well here you go, news flash:
You’re ignorant and that’s that
I bet you’d never say that to your little sister
The media’s got you all jacked up,
Little mister
'Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle
walking a tightrope,
Don’t know which way to go
Hypersexualize,
Or downplay your femininity
Dress like the dudes,
Or pray to God that you’re pretty
Are you kidding me?
And I don’t even know who’s to blame
Beauty sells, I buy it too,
I’m trying to sell it back it you.

Seem like everywhere I go,
Everybody wanna know
What’s it like to be a girl,
In the music world
Wanna make it disappear,
Tell 'em what they wanna hear,
If truth ain't pretty will you all stay with me
Will you love me, love me ugly

So tell me, what’s a woman to do
- no, scratch that -
Tell me what’s a human being to
With the fact that
What gets us ahead just holds us back more?
Is a level playing field too much to ask for?
And I know that by saying it,
I'm bringing attention
To an issue that might be better
Left unmentioned -
but someone's gotta say it,
Gotta call out the scene
the scene is obscene,
My sanity's split at the seams
So to all of ya’ll making this
Just about ass and tits
here to set the record straight,
It don’t gotta be this way

We can change the game,
Rearrange the way to fame
And make a bigger deal
About the talent than the face
See I got little girls watching me,
Wanting to be like me,

And I wanna show them that
They don’t gotta be like me
They can do their own thing,
They can rewrite the rules
They can get respect
Without acting like fools
So lets not make it harder than it has to be
I’ll keep making music,
You stop asking me
What’s it like to be a girl
In the entertainment world,
'Cause now you know

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