We teach girls to shrink themselves To make themselves smaller We say to girls "You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man" Because I am female I am expected to aspire to marriage I am expected to make my life choices Always keeping in mind that Marriage is the most important Now marriage can be a source of Joy and love and mutual support But why do we teach to aspire to marriage And we don't teach boys the same? We raise girls to each other as competitors Not for jobs or for accomplishments But for the attention of men We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings In the way that boys are Feminist - the person who believes in the social Political, and economic equality of the sexes
[Verse 3 - Beyonce] You wake up, flawless Post up, flawless Ride round in it, flawless Flossin' on that, flawless This diamond, flawless My diamond, flawless This rock, flawless My rock, flawless I woke up like this I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell 'em I woke up like this I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell 'em Say I, look so good tonight Goddamn, goddamn Say I, look so good tonight God damn, God damn
Momma taught me good home training My Daddy taught me how to love my haters My sister taught me I should speak my mind My man made me feel so goddamn fine
[Verse 4 - Beyonce] You wake up, flawless Post up, flawless Ride round in it, flawless Flossin on that, flawless This diamond, flawless My diamond, flawless This rock, flawless My rock, flawless I woke up like this I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell 'em I woke up like this I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell 'em Say I, look so good tonight Goddamn, goddamn Say I, look so good tonight Goddamn, goddamn