We all love singing along to great music. Even more when the songs we love stand for something. We love to sing along to lyrics that make us feel good! Here are some songs that you might have not realized bring forth women empowerment, along with some favorite lyrics. And guess what? Male artist are proud of strong women as well!
Can’t Hold Us Down (Feat. Lil’ Kim) – Christina Aguilera
“So what am I not supposed to have an opinion
Should I be quiet just because I’m a woman
Call me a bitch cos’ I speak what’s on my mind
Guess it’s easier for you to swallow if I sat and smiled”
Miss Independent – Ne-Yo
“Cause she work like a boss
Play like a boss
Car and the crib she ’bout to pay ’em both off
And bills are payed on time, yeah
She made for a boss
Only a boss
Anything less she telling them to get lost
That’s the girl that’s on my mind”
*** Flawless (Feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) – Beyoncé
“We raise girls to each other as competitors
Not for jobs or for accomplishments
Which I think can be a good thing
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”
Video – India.Arie
“I’m not the average girl from your video
And I ain’t built like a supermodel
But I learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen”
Run The World (Girls) – Beyoncé
“I’m repping for the girls that’s
Taking over the world
Help me raise a glass for the college grads.
Forty-one roll and to let you know what time it is, cheque!
You can’t hold me!
I work my nine to five, better cut my check!
This goes out to all the women
Getting it in you on your grind”
All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
“I see the magazine workin’ that Photoshop
We know that shit ain’t real, come on now, make it stop
If you got beauty, beauty, just raise ’em up
‘Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top”
Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauren Hill
“Girls you know you’d better, watch out
Some guys, some guys are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing
That thing, that thing, that thing”
Keep Ya Head Up – 2Pac
“And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it’s time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women
And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies
That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
And since a man can’t make one
He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one”
Independent Women, Pt. 1 – Destiny’s Child
“Question: How’d you like this knowledge that I brought
Braggin’ on that cash that he gave you is to front
If you’re gonna brag make sure it’s your money you flaunt
Depend on no one else to give you what you want”
U + Ur Hand – P!nk
“In the corner with your boys you bet ’em five bucks
You’d get the girl that just walked in but she thinks you suck
We didn’t get all dressed up just for you to see
So quit spilling your drinks on me yeah”
Respect – Aretha Franklin
“(Ooh) All I’m askin’
(Ooh) Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)”
Just a Girl – No Doubt
(Sarcastic Tone)
“’Cause I’m just a girl, a little ‘ol me
Well don’t let me out of your sight
Oh I’m just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don’t let me have any rights”
(Beyoncé Voice)
Who Run The World?
Girls!