JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Man" adalah lagu dari penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat, Taylor Swift. Lagu ini merupakan singel keempat dari album Swift yang berjudul Lover (2019).
Membahas tentang permasalahan yang dialami perempuan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari seperti diskriminasi dan objektifikasi, Swift bertransformasi menjadi seorang pria bernama 'Tyler Swift' untuk video klip dari lagu tersebut.
"The Man" mendapat banyak pujian karena membahas tentang feminisme, diskriminasi dan objektifikasi terhadap perempuan, standar ganda terhadap gender, juga women empowerment.
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "The Man" dari Taylor Swift.
F G
I would be complex, I would be cool
C Am
They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to
F G
And that would be okay for me to do
C Am
Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you
F
I'd be a fearless leader
G
I'd be an alpha type
C
When everyone believes ya
Am
What's that like?
F G
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
C Am
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man
F G
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
C Am
'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man
F G
I'd be the man
C Am
I'd be the man
F G
They'd say I hustled, put in the work
C Am
They wouldn't shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve
F G
What I was wearing, if I was rude
C Am
Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves
F G
And they would toast to me, oh, let the players play
C Am
I'd be just like Leo in Saint Tropez
F G
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
C Am
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man
F G
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
C Am
'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man
F G
I'd be the man
C Am
I'd be the man
F
What's it like to brag about raking in dollars
G
And getting bitches and models?
C
And it's all good if you're bad
Am
And it's okay if you're mad
F G
If I was out flashing my dollars, I'd be a bitch not a baller
C
They'd paint me out to be bad
Am
So, it's okay that I'm mad
F G
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
C Am
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man (You know that)
F G
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)
C
'Cause if I was a man (If I was a man)
Am
Then I'd be the man (Then I'd be the man)
F G
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can (As fast as I can)
C Am
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man (Hey)
F G
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)
C Am
'Cause if I was a man (If I was a man), then I'd be the man
F G
I'd be the man
C Am
I'd be the man (Oh)
F G
I'd be the man (Yeah)
C Am
I'd be the man (I'd be the man)