I would be complex, I would be cool / They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to / And that would be okay for me to do / Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you / I’d be a fearless leader, I’d be an alpha type / When everyone believes ya, what’s that like?
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can / Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man / And I’m so sick of them coming at me again / ’Cause if I was a man / Then I’d be the man / I’d be the man…
They’d say I hustled put in the work / They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve / What I was wearing, if I was rude / Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves / And we would toast to me, oh, let the players play / I’d be just like Leo, in Saint-Tropez
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can / Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man / And I’m so sick of them coming at me again / ’Cause if I was a man / Then I’d be the man / I’d be the man…
What’s it like to brag about raking in dollars and getting bitches and models? / And it’s all good if you’re bad and it’s okay if you’re mad / If I was out flashin’ my dollas / I’d be a bitch, not a baller / They’d paint me out to be bad / So it’s okay that I’m mad
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can / Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (you know that) / And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (coming at me again) / ’Cause if I was a man (if I was man)
Then I’d be the man (then I’d be the man)
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can (as fast as I can) / Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (hey!) / And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (coming at me again!) / ’Cause if I was a man (if I was man) / Then I’d be the man / I’d be the man…
[By Joel Little – Taylor Swift © Sony / ATV Music Publishing LLC, 2020]