Alright, Mr. President: let’s talk. You’ve spent the entire campaign season degrading women, people of color, LGBTQ+ folx, and many more. We women have to face plenty of men like you in our lives, but never have we encountered someone with a mind (or hands) smaller than yours.
But, you know what? No. No, no, no, no, no. No. You cannot and will not win. Women in the United States and around the world have been dealing with people like you since the beginning of time. We’re too busy crushing the patriarchy, empowering little girls, saving the environment, and standing up for those under attack by your government and other regimes across the world to bow down to the oppressor. Lucky for us, we have some fierce ladies helping us achieve female greatness through music.
Nasty women unite!
1. Andra Day, “Rise Up”
Nasty lyric:
“I'll rise up
In spite of the ache
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousands times again.”
2. Beyoncé, “Run The World (Girls)”
Nasty lyric:
“Boy I know you love it
How we're smart enough to make these millions
Strong enough to bear the children
Then get back to business.”
3. Alessia Cara, “Scars To Your Beautiful”
Nasty lyric:
“So to all the girls that's hurting
Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer
The light that shines within.”
4. Lily Allen, “Hard Out Here”
Nasty lyric:
“If I told you 'bout my sex life, you'd call me a slut
When boys be talkin' about their b******, no one's makin' a fuss
There's a glass ceilin' to break, uh-huh, there's money to make
And now it's time to speed it up 'cause I can't move at this pace.”
5. No Doubt, “Just A Girl”
Nasty lyric:
“Oh I'm just a girl
Take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype
Oh, I've had it up to here!”
6. Christina Aguilera, “Beautiful”
Nasty lyric:
“I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring me down
Oh no
So don't you bring me down today.”
7. Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi”
Nasty lyric:
“Hey farmer, farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees.”
8. Beyonce & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “***Flawless”
Beyonce’s nasty lyric:
“You wake up, flawless
Post up, flawless
Ride round in it, flawless
Flossin' on that, flawless
This diamond, flawless
My diamond, flawless
This rock, flawless
My rock, flawless
I woke up like this
I woke up like this.”
Adichie’s nasty lyric:
“Because I am female
I am expected to aspire to marriage
I am expected to make my life choices
Always keeping in mind that
Marriage is the most important
Now marriage can be a source of
Joy and love and mutual support
But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage
And we don't teach boys the same?”
9. Mary Lambert, “She Keeps Me Warm”
Nasty lyric:
“And I can’t change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can’t change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm
She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm.”
10. Sara Bareilles, “Brave”
Nasty lyric:
“You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up.”
11. Katy Perry, “Roar”
Nasty lyric:
“I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am the champion, and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar!”
12. Rachel Platten, “Fight Song”
Nasty lyric:
“Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion.”
13. Alicia Keys & Nicki Minaj, “Girl On Fire”
Nasty lyric:
“Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down.”
14. Sia, “Unstoppable”
Nasty lyric:
“I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no brakes
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game.”
15. Demi Lovato, “Confident”
Nasty lyric:
“I used to hold my freak back
Now I'm letting go
I make my own choice
B****, I run this show
So leave the lights on
No, you can't make me behave.”
16. Pink & Indigo Girls, “Dear Mr. President”
Nasty lyric:
“How can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell.”
BONUS:
“Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh.”
17. Indigo Girls, “Closer To Fine”
Nasty lyric:
“I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain.
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line.
And the less I seek my source for some definitive,
the closer I am to fine. The closer I am to fine.”
18. Meghan Trainor, “NO”
Nasty lyric:
“Thank you in advance,
I don't wanna dance (nope)
I don't need your hands all over me
If I want a man,
Then I'mma get a man
But it's never my priority.”
19. Yuna, “Rescue”
Nasty lyric:
“That girl is you, yeah
And that girl is me
That girl is stronger than the raging sea.”
BONUS:
“Yeah, she's got a light in her face
She don't need no rescue and she's okay.
Yeah, she's got life in her veins.
She don't need no rescue and she's okay.”
20. Grace & G-Eazy, “You Don’t Owe Me”
Nasty lyric:
“I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please.”
21. Sia, “Bird Set Free”
Nasty lyric:
“There's a scream inside that we all try to hide
We hold on so tight, we cannot deny
Eats us alive, oh it eats us alive, oh
Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide
We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die, yeah.”
22. Bea Miller, “Young Blood”
Nasty lyric:
“But in dark times when we close our eyes
It's a nightmare, it's a nightmare
When the sun don't shine we lose our minds
But I swear, we can get there.”
23. Beyoncé, “Sorry”
Nasty lyric:
“Middle fingers up, put them hands high
Wave it in his face, tell him, boy, bye.”
24. Sia, “Elastic Heart”
Nasty lyric:
“Well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart
But your blade it might be too sharp
I'm like a rubber band until you pull too hard
But I may snap when I move close
But you won't see me fall apart
'Cause I've got an elastic heart.”
