This song tells about a woman who is voicing her opinion about someone who feels that she belongs to him. Maybe she is in a relationship with a man who is always curtailing her freedom.
You don't own me
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys
We can see from this stanza which states that "I am not just one of your many toys and don't say I can't go with other boy". From this Stanza, we can see that all this time, when the freedom of a woman is constrained by someone, she feels a very strong discomfort. In addition, this stanza also illustrates that some men still think that women is a toy that can be arranged and ruled as what he wants.
And don't tell me what to do
Don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display 'cause
You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay
In these two stanzas, the lyric says that a woman doesn't want someone to dictate what she should say and do. In this case, we can see that women want freedom for what they have to choose in life. The lyric also says that when a woman goes somewhere with someone (in this song is the person she is addressing, maybe her partner), she doesn't like being given various displays (conditions) that might limit her expression. Furthermore, the fifth Stanza talks about the objections given by women when someone tries to change and bind them into a condition or relationship.
Well, let's go
But I'm Gerald and I can always have just what I want
She's that baddest I would love to flaunt
Take her shopping, you know Yves Saint Laurent
But nope, she ain't with it though
All because she got her own dough
Boss bossed if you don't know
She could never ever be a broke hoe
Re-really though, honestly
I get bored of basic (No)
She's the baddest, straight up vicious, texting her asking her
If she's alone and if she'd sent some pictures, she said no (what)
Well goddamn, she said come over and see it for yourself
Never asking for your help, independent woman
She ain't for the shelf
Nah, she's the one
Smoke with her till the (Ahh)
Stayin' up until we see the sun
Baddest ever, I swear she do it better than I've ever seen it done
Never borrow, she ain't ever loan
That's when she told me she ain't never ever ever ever gonna be owned
In the part where G-Eazy sings, the lyrics explain about independent women who don't need any help from the 'you' that this song is aiming for. She also never borrows or even asks for anything from other people. In this case, the depiction of a strong and independent woman is strongly explained. Women are indeed figures who can stand alone without the help from others, especially if the 'other person' limits all their freedoms.
I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
And I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please
In the final Stanza, the emphasis of all his resistance is given. The conclusion can be seen in this Stanza. The lyrics again explain that women don't like being regulated about what to say, choose, and do in her life. Women are young at heart and love freedom. She also said that she wanted to live according to what she wanted by saying "to live my life the way I want, to say and do whatever I please".
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