Song: You Don't Own Me

Grace feat. G-eazy - You Don't Own Me

 

Listen to this VIDEO without watching the lyrics and choose the correct word

You don't own me
You don't own me

G-eazy: Woah, 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 ho

Grace: You don't own me
I'm not just one of your much/many  toys/joys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with another/other   voice/boys

Chorus: Don't tell me what to do/to go
And don't tell me what to play/to say
Please, when I go out/meet with you
Don't put me on display

You don't own me
Don't try/cry to change me in any way/day
You don't own me
 Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never try/stay

Chorus: ...

G-eazy: R-r-r-really though, honestly/seriously
I get bored of basic b******
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/man
She ain't for the shelf
No, she's the one
Smoke with her till the w*** is gone
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

Grace: I don't tell you what to play/to say
I don't tell you what to do/to go
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask/answer of you
I'm strong/young and I love to be strong/young
I'm free/wild and I love to be free/wild
To live my life/live the way I want
To say/to tell and do whatever I please

Hey hey (you don't own me) oh, no
Oh no no
Hey no no no
Don't you, don't
You don't own me
Na na na na
You don't own me (easy)
You don't own me

What do these words rhyme with in the song?

me:

say:
shelf:
done:
toys:

Answers (select this area-->): me-free; say-display, way, stay; shelf-yourself; done-sun, toys-boys

Questions to think about:
1. What is feminism?
2. What would the boy (G-eazy) do with the girl? (paragraph 1, first part)
3. Why is his wish impossible? (paragraph 1, second part)
4. When the boy asks her "What are you doing? Can you send me some photos of you now?", what does she say? (paragraph 5)
5. Why does she never ask for the boy's help? (paragraph 5)?

Glossary:
you don't own me: no te pertenezco
to flaunt: hacer alarde de
ain't: not
dough: money
to put on display: exponer algo
to tie: atar

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