Lyrics
(Beyonce) 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 and 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 stick up for me

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
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

(R. Kelly) If you were a boy
then girl you'd understand
you need to stop listening to your friends
love, respect and trust your man

So I go to clubs with the guys
and sometimes flirt with the girls
I should be able to roll out
as long as Im coming home to you
and give you the world

But you are not a boy,
so you dont have a clue (ey)
How I work and pay the bills
girl everything I do is for you (eh, eh)

(Beyonce) I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a Boy

(R. Kelly) If I were a Girl

(Beyonce) I would turn off my phone

(R. Kelly) I wouldn't play games

(Beyonce) Tell everyone it's broken
so they'd think that I was sleeping alone

(R. Kelly) Girl you know thats wrong


(Beyonce) I'd put myself first
and make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she'll be faithful,
waiting for me to come home, to come home.

(R. Kelly) But you are not a boy,
so you can't understand
You are not a perfect woman
and I am not a perfect man (remix, remix)

(Beyonce) I'd listen to her (R. Kelly: eh, eh)
Cause I know how it hurts (R. Kelly: and I know how you feel)
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed (R. Kelly: ...got destroyed)

(Kelly) Said Im sorry

(Beyonce) It's a little too late for you to come back

(Kelly) But I cant let you go
cause Im too attached

(Beyonce) If you thought I would wait for you
you thought wrong

But you're just a boy