Rihanna’s Fighting Words
If you have lived long enough, you have heard fight songs come and go. When the news broke of horrific pictures of what Chris Brown did to Rihanna’s face, the internet searches for the domestic violence picture almost halted the internet. Almost everyone had an opinion especially after it looked like she went back to him.
Something changed. Soon after that update, something changed and Rihanna was not dating Chris brown. A lot of fan mail, a lot of calls from other celebrities, women’s organizations, family perhaps. Then, you didn’t hear from her at all until she released her latest CD, Rated R and released the following song, So Hard.
If you hear this blare from your teen’s room, you might make the mistake of thinking; it’s just another Rihanna song. If you only watch the video you might just think there goes Rihanna being Rihanna. But if you read the lyrics you know that Rihanna has a message about what happened to her. A message she only touched on in her interview with Good Morning America’s Diane Sawyer. A message that echoes like Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive, it is less polite and more concrete as if Rihanna understood the psychological development of her teen audience and so sought to make the message very clear. See, one thing that Rihanna said contributed to her decision to separate from Chris was that she had the fans who were girls. She references them in the line “fan mail from 27 million.” More than anyone else, she knew they were watching. She understood that they might not be as lucky as she was in their abusive relationship. She knew they were dying in these relationships.
The lyrics are here for you to read and ponder. Hear the strength of her understanding that he was aiming for her status “I see you aiming at my pedestal.” Hear her tell him that she thinks too much of herself to be placed in this position, “I live where the sky ends up…Rihanna reign just won’t let up.” Hear her strength, “tougher than a lion.” Hear her resolve, “Brilliant, resilient..”
So hats off to Rihanna for a fight song that will find as much street credibility on Martin Luther King Boulevard as it will on the streets of Manhattan.
So Hard by Rihanna off the Rated R CD
They can say whatever
I’ma do whatever
No pain is forever Yup!
You know this
Tougher than a lion
Ain’t no need in tryin
I live where the sky ends Yup!
You know this
Never lying
Truth teller
That Rihanna reign just won’t let up
All black on
Black top shades
Black top maybach
I’ma rock this sh*t
Like fashion
As in goin to this Gang stop
And my runway never looked so clear
But the hottest bit** in heels right here
No fear
And while you’re gettin your cry on
I’m gettin my fly on
Sincere
I see you aiming at my pedestal
I better let you know
Chorus
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
So hard, So hard, So hard, So hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
So hard, So hard, So hard, So hard
All up on it
Know u wanna clone it
Aint like me (that chick to flaunt it)
Ride this beat beat beat (like a pony)
Meet me at the top (top) top
(Getting loaded)
Who think they test me now?
Run through this town I shut it down
Brilliant resilient fanmail from 27 million
And I want it all
Gonna take more than that
Hope that I know you got
I need it all
The money the fame the cars the clothes
I can’t just let you run up on me like that (all up on me like that) yeah
I see you aiming on my pedestal
So I think I gotta let u know
[Chorus]
[YOUNG JEEZY]
Where them girls talkin trash at? x2 Where they at? x3
Where them bloggers at? x2 Where they at? x3
Where your lighters at? x2 Where they at? x3
So hard, So hard, So hard, So hard
[Chorus]
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