If I Were A Girl

Francois Bessing – World Artist

Empowerment Beyonce-Inspired Trap-Pop Track | If I Were A Girl by Francois Bessing | Free Download

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This song is a look through the eyes of a man who has been the brunt end a woman's desire for the material, making love an object of manipulation.

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Francois Bessing

Melodian/Lyricist of all genres. Some songs I write are for me. Some are given to me for others. I enjoy co-writing and collabing.

Francois Bessing is an USA music artist specializing in World, active on SoundClick since 2009. With a growing catalog of 6 tracks available on SoundClick, the catalog spans world releases available for streaming and licensing.

The catalog has a consistent signature sound: laid-back in energy and dark in tone. The music spans Alternative, New Age and Country, drawing influence from Beyonce, John Legend and Love Lost. Productions carry a subtle groove quality throughout. The overall sound is niche and distinctive, making it well-suited for a range of placements and projects. Production relies on acoustic, giving the catalog a consistent sonic identity. Across releases, the mood is consistently empowerment, electro-pop and alternative pop, making the catalog easy to navigate for artists seeking a specific feel.

The catalog includes notable releases that highlight the artist's range and production quality. "It Only Needs Love" brings a dark and laid-back energy to the alternative space. "(Please) Don't Get Tired of Me (Duet Cover)" is a focused country-pop production that charted at #19 on the SoundClick Country-Pop chart. "Come Away" is a dance-pop production that charted at #25 on the SoundClick Dance-Pop chart.

Francois Bessing's catalog includes 4 tracks available for licensing, starting at $1,500.00, with MP3 and WAV delivery formats available directly through SoundClick. Licenses are suitable for recording artists, content creators, sync placements, and commercial projects worldwide.

Francois Bessing has generated 1.0K streams on SoundClick, earning 1 top-50 chart position on SoundClick. Discover the full discography on SoundClick.

SoundClick artist Francois Bessing presents "If I Were A Girl", an outstanding release in the Trap-Pop genre. The arrangement reflects a careful attention to detail that rewards repeated listening. With a tone that is empowerment, drake and lil baby, Francois Bessing's track connects on an emotional level. "If I Were A Girl" has peaked at number 3 on the SoundClick Trap-Pop chart. Stream "If I Were A Girl" and explore more from Francois Bessing on SoundClick.

Song Info

Genre

Pop • Trap-Pop

Charts

#599 in subgenre Peak #3

Charts

Peak #30

Author

Francois Bessing/Music: Britney Carlson;Toby Gad

Rights

Instrumental : Britney Carlson & Toby Gad

Uploaded

January 22, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.8 MB • 128 kbps • 4:12 minutes

Story behind the song

I saw the popular version of this song, " If I Were A Boy" and thought it was a vocally potent song sung by Beyonce Knowles. But after reading the lyrics, I winced thinking of how many time Beyonce has used this topic in her song to put men down and portray us as sniveling imbeciles. So I thought at first as a joke what it would sound like to respond to such a song and this song came together. 

I rewrote the lyrics to be "If I Were a Girl" and sang it for fun.

Note: I do recognize that there are very lovely ladies out there, and I applaud them. Also Lyrics Copyright held by SocoPop Records.

Lyrics

If I Were A Girl
(Originally: “If I Were A Boy” By: Britney Carlson, Toby Gad and Beyonce Knowles; Rev. Lyrics by: Francois Bessing)

If I were a girl,
Even just for one day,
I’d get out of bed in the morning,
Worry bout each thing as I go.
Complain how time flies,
Chase that cash ‘til I die,
I’d play with fire ‘til it burnt me,
And never change my mind on what, why? 
What defines as a guy.

If I were a girl,
I couldn’t dare understand,
What it means to be a guy,
To fight and work to be a man.
I’d want to be first,
Make perfection a curse,
Play around with emotions,
Control them with my notions,
And play the love while mining for gold.

If I were a girl,
I would want so to own,
The finest makeup and perfume,
To make myself appear as grown.
I’d make myself fine,
And suggest what to buy,
Let the boys pay the big bills,
Making life revolve ‘round my own. (Round my own!)

If I were a girl,
I couldn’t dare understand,
What it means to be a guy,
To fight and work to be a man.
I’d want to be first,
Make perfection a curse,
Play around with emotions, (emotions)
Control them with my notions, (notions)
And play the love while mining for gold.
 

It’s a little too late to have you call me back,
Say I made a mistake,
Think that my reasoning’s crap,
If you thought I would pay for all,
You thought wrong!


But you're just a girl,
You cannot comprehend, (no you can’t comprehend No!)
How it feels to be a guy,
You’ll never fight or work  to be “the man”.
You just want to be first,
You don’t care if it hurts!
Accustomed to play with emotions,
Seductress without notion,
And everything you have isn’t yours!
But you're just a girl…

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WRECKLESS MUSIC (EJAY)

Feb 01, 2009

i like this one here

Marnie Brown

Jan 31, 2009

HAHAHA!!! I LOVE IT!!!   Nice work!!!  These other people obviously don't see your angle on this and the humor involved.  lol

Mr. Wayne

Jan 24, 2009

The vocals are good...don't know about the lyrics tho....

TOOGIE

Jan 23, 2009

this song sucks!!

Frankfurt Dialog Company

Jan 23, 2009

Francois, 

I have to admit I don´t know the original song, but what I hear here I do like. 
Don´t have a clue if you took a whole playback of the original, so I won´t be commenting on the music but on voice and lyrics. 

The idea is great, the lyrics interesting, change the angle and you get something entirely new. Great thing to do, also there are some pretty good ideas concerning the girl boy topic hidden inside your lyrics. Very good. 

I sincerely do hope you don´t MEAN every word you sing, and rather look at the lyrics as poetic thing, because if you meant it all, I´d have a problem. 
I personally LOVE women, first of all my wife, my daughters, though I would never claim I´d understand them, but hey, you can´t have it all, can you?
So that is that. 

But now the best thing: Your voice. Man you really got an asset here. Very very good. Listening to the current song: The higher the pitch, the better you get. Had a feeling that on the low end it was getting a little thinn