| Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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This is probably one of Prince's most misunderstood songs eva. However from the first time I heard it I knew what it's message was... It was a man's plea to his woman for her to give him the closeness she share with her best friend while speaking from the point of view as if he and she (the friend) have already switched roles. Much like "Male Bonding", women share a mutual closeness that mean could never rival and at times even rationalize!!! So from the onset he beg... "If I was your girlfriend Would U remember 2 tell me all the things U forgot when I was your man?" Women will admit they tell their friends, especially lifelong friends secrets their man may never know!!! Towards the end Prince is so desperate to be everything and then some for the object of his desires he states... "Sugar do U know what I'm saying 2 U this evening? Maybe U think I'm being a little self-centered But I, I said I want 2 be (All of the things U are 2 me) Surely, surely U can see "... to show that if for one moment if he could be her girlfriend, she would realize that with some people boyfriends may come and go(good and bad), and friends last a lifetime... with him: she would have both rolled up into one!!! People probably would have had a better chance at understanding this song and not make any incorrect sexual biases about the subject matter if Prince would have named this song "If i Was u'r Best Friend" would they?? Which in all actuality could be an unofficial title for this track. What do you think??? |
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