Like a Girl by Lizzo Song Info
On "Like A Girl", Lizzo celebrates femininity and identity, singing about succeeding in a male-dominated world. Whilst doing something “like a girl” is used negatively, Lizzo flips the narrative to make “like a girl” a positive. "We wanted take the old cliché and flip it on its head, shaking out all the negative connotations and replacing them with something empowering. Serena Williams plays like a girl and she’s the greatest athlete on the planet, you know? And what if crying was empowering instead of something that makes you weak? When we got to the bridge, I realized there was an important piece missing: What if you identify as female but aren’t gender-assigned that at birth? Or what if you’re male but in touch with your feminine side? What about my gay boys? What about my drag queens? So I decided to say, If you feel like like a girl/Then you real like a girl, and that’s my favorite lyric on the whole album.“ - Lizzo on Apple Music