@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Ooh it's something about
Just something about the way she move
I can't figure it out
It's something about her
Say, ooh it's something about
Kinda woman that want you but don't need you
Hey, I can't figure it out
It's something about her
'Cause she walk like a boss
Talk like a boss
Manicure nails just sent the pedicure off
She's fly effortlessly
And she move like a boss
Do what a boss
Do, she got me thinking about getting involved
That's the kinda girl I need, ooh
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Won't you come and spend a little time
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Ooh, the way she shine
Miss independent
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah, oh
Ooh there's something about
Kinda woman that can do for herself
I look at her and it makes me proud
There's something about her
Something ooh so sexy about
Kinda woman that don't even need my help
She said, she got it, she got it no doubt
There's something about her
'Cause she work like a boss
Play like a boss
Car and the crib she 'bout to pay 'em both off
And her 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
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Won't you come and spend a little time
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Ooh, the way we shine
Miss independent, yeah, mm
Her favorite thing to say, don't worry I got it, mm
And everything she got best believe she bought it, mm
She goin' steal my heart ain't no doubt about it, girl
You're everything I need
Said you're everything I need
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah
She got her own thing
That's why I love her (that's why I love her)
Miss independent (independent)
Won't you come and spend a little time
She got her own thing (she got, she got)
That's why I love her (that's why I love that girl)
Miss independent (oh)
Ooh, the way you shine
Miss independent
That's why I love her
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Ooh it's something about
Just something about the way she move
I can't figure it out
It's something about her
Say, ooh it's something about
Kinda woman that want you but don't need you
Hey, I can't figure it out
It's something about her
'Cause she walk like a boss
Talk like a boss
Manicure nails just sent the pedicure off
She's fly effortlessly
And she move like a boss
Do what a boss
Do, she got me thinking about getting involved
That's the kinda girl I need, ooh
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Won't you come and spend a little time
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Ooh, the way she shine
Miss independent
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah, oh
Ooh there's something about
Kinda woman that can do for herself
I look at her and it makes me proud
There's something about her
Something ooh so sexy about
Kinda woman that don't even need my help
She said, she got it, she got it no doubt
There's something about her
'Cause she work like a boss
Play like a boss
Car and the crib she 'bout to pay 'em both off
And her 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
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Won't you come and spend a little time
She got her own thing
That's why I love her
Miss independent
Ooh, the way we shine
Miss independent, yeah, mm
Her favorite thing to say, don't worry I got it, mm
And everything she got best believe she bought it, mm
She goin' steal my heart ain't no doubt about it, girl
You're everything I need
Said you're everything I need
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah
She got her own thing
That's why I love her (that's why I love her)
Miss independent (independent)
Won't you come and spend a little time
She got her own thing (she got, she got)
That's why I love her (that's why I love that girl)
Miss independent (oh)
Ooh, the way you shine
Miss independent
That's why I love her
Lyrics submitted by Rafael Moliv
Miss Independent Lyrics as written by Shaffer Smith Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I agree with you. I like the song.:) I think it's very good.
I also agree...He's after a girl with a bit of class... Also he likes the fact she can look after herself...and shes with him because she wants to be not because she needs to be.... Shes doesnt need no guy to look after and provide for her because she does all that herself.....Fabulous song...x
woah.. 1st post.. i love this song.. and clearly she's looking for a classy woman.
i jus love this song!!!!!! and i agree with kid 69 about the songs meaning
excellent song, sounds even better live, like on jimmy kimmel
i mean he's looking for a classy woman. lol
i agree great song good meanin
whenever i hear this song i can't help feeling it's subtley quite sexist. somehow it seems like he's implying women who are 'independant' are very rare. maybe it's just me... anyway not a fan of the song
Dope. Ne-yo is a great singer. Great topic. An Independant woman is something all us men want. I got mine, My woman takes care of me. And I gotta say she's way more independant than me, word up.
Well, lately in society, there has been an epidemic of women being unable to exist on their own, thinking they need to have another source of income, and emotionally need someone else to go out into the world. I think what Ne-Yo is trying to say that he has found a woman who is unlike this, and it excites him.