BOYS
Schaffer the Darklord Lyrics

B-B-B-B-B-Boys will be boys
Boys will always act like boys

Will be boys, will be boys
They will continue to be boys

Makin' all of their noise
Making all kinds of noise

Breakin' all of their toys
Breaking their toys while playing

Will be boys, will be boys, all the b-boys
All kinds of boys will act like boys

Best Boys
The best boys who act like boys

Big Boys
The bigger boys who act like boys

Small Boys
The smaller boys who act like boys

Ball Boys
The boys who play ball

Tall Boys
The boys who are tall and still act like boys

I'm callin' all boys
Calling out to all boys

No Girls Allowed" read the sign on your club house door
The sign on your club house read that girls aren't allowed

When you were like 9, now you're what 24, 34, 44, lordy lord
When you were a child and now you're a grown adult

Sure, you've gotten older but you're still the little boy that you were before
Although you've aged, you still act like a child

Furthermore, it's worse because you feign to be progressive
It's even worse because you pretend to be progressive

But when challenged by a woman you get sexist and defensive
When a woman challenges you, you become sexist and defensive

It's offensive how normally you would probably defend her
It's offensive how you would have defended her under normal circumstances

But when you're debating her you have to mention her gender
But during a debate with her, you have to bring up her gender

To remind her that in your eyes her chromosomes define her
To remind her that you think her chromosomes define her

A tired distinction that our society's assigned her
A distinction that society has assigned to women

Even in your "geek scene" boys are such pricks
Even in your geek scene, boys can be rude and unpleasant

You're like "Yay we're all nerds! Well, the women are still chicks."
You say, "Hooray! We're all nerds! But the women are still girls."

Dicks are all "Girls can't rap" and they might do
Guys say, "Girls can't rap," or they might say

"Girls can't game," except for Tetris, right dude?"
"Girls can't game," except for Tetris according to them

That's why I fight you, to burst your balloon
That's why I fight you, to prove you wrong

You're just a bully, bro, a big, bald, bearded, buffoon!
You're a bully, a big, bald, bearded buffoon!

There's a storm coming little boy, batten down the hatches
There's a storm coming and you should prepare for it, little boy

Say I'm "good for a girl" one more time, see what happens
If you say I'm "good for a girl" again, you'll see what happens

Cuz I got news for you, nerd dudes, about your sexist attitudes
I have news for you, nerd dudes, about your sexist attitudes

And I got a whole crew, just finna plow through you fools
I have a crew who are ready to take you down

I used to play nicely, I used to stay quiet
I used to be quiet and keep to myself

But you believe you're right, now I can't stay silent
But now that you believe you're right, I can't stay quiet

And hell hath no fury, like a riot grrl scorned
A scorned riot grrl is a force to be reckoned with

Oh my god, my gloves are off, I can't be stopped, you've been warned
My gloves are off and I'm unstoppable, you've been warned

I grow hotter under the collar at your lame attempts to holler
I get angrier at your lame attempts to pick up girls

Assuming I'm just a play thing, some eye candy? Disgusting
Assuming I'm just a toy or eye candy is disgusting

You man-children destroying our once unified community
You man-children are ruining our once unified community

Well we can be nerds too, cuz nerds are human beings
Well, we can be nerds too, because nerds are human beings

R-E-S-P-E-C-T means a lot to me and STD
Respect means a lot to me and STD

And if you're down with quality, Unh! Holler back at me!
If you're down with equality, holler back at me!

Call 'em out when you see 'em cuz we don't love those scrubs
Call them out when you see them because we don't like those guys

I'm staying on my warpath, 'til you boys grow the hell up
I'll stay on my warpath until you guys grow up

This goes out to the boys who just don't get it
This is for the boys who don't understand

An equally alarming and upsetting percentage
A significant portion of boys share this alarming attitude

Those who chose belittling women's the simplest plan
Those who choose to belittle women because it's easier

Well you are really the villain
You are the real villain when you do that

Shut up little man!
Stop talking, little man!

To the boys who hide anonymously behind their computer screens
To the boys who hide behind anonymous computer screens

Self righteous, slut shaming, hating, are you kidding me?!
Being self-righteous, slut shaming and hating, are you kidding me?

We almost forgot the side-kicks and enablers
We almost forgot the people who support and enable them

As guilty in your silence, as your buddies mock and label her
Your silence is just as guilty as your friends who mock and label her

Do you fear they'll think you're soft if you're sympathetic, homey?
Are you afraid they'll think you're weak if you show sympathy?

You can bring change, don't be a sycophantic toadie
You can bring change, don't be a sycophantic follower

To the boys who make jabs, in your tongue-in-cheek style
To the boys who make jabs in a joking, quasi-serious manner

You say "It's just a joke", well you sound just like a child
You say "It's just a joke," but you sound like a child

Look, us girls aren't so weak, as a matter of fact
Girls are not weak, in fact,

They can play you in your own game and hit twice as hard back
They can play and hit you back twice as hard

But we're past that, so we did this track
But we're past that and that's why we made this track

To demonstrate the fact that
To prove the point that

This ain't anything girls can do
Girls are capable of anything

That boys can do better
Boys cannot do better than girls

We're here to set a new standard
We're here to create a new benchmark

We're in this together!
We're in this together!