One woman just added a feminist twist to the lyrics of ;a Drake hit, and it’s pretty damn awesome. ; On Oct. 3, ;27-year-old ;Javetta Laster ;rewrote the lyrics to “Hotline Bling” ;in a Facebook post. Her new words give the song, which was originally released this past July and got a much-discussed video full of ;(not so fresh) dance moves ;just this week, a distinctively feminist bent. ; Here is a sample of Drake’s ;original “Hotline Bling” lyrics: These days, all I do is wonder if you’re bendin’ over backwards for someone else. And here is a sample of the rewritten feminist lyrics from Laster: ; These days, all I do is wonder if you are in a…
One woman just added a feminist twist to the lyrics of ;a Drake hit, and it’s pretty damn awesome. ;
On Oct. 3, ;27-year-old ;Javetta Laster ;rewrote the lyrics to “Hotline Bling” ;in a Facebook post. Her new words give the song, which was originally released this past July and got a much-discussed video full of ;(not so fresh) dance moves ;just this week, a distinctively feminist bent. ;
Here is a sample of Drake’s ;original “Hotline Bling” lyrics:
These days, all I do is wonder if you’re bendin’ over backwards for someone else.
And here is a sample of the rewritten feminist lyrics from Laster: ;
These days, all I do is wonder if you are in a consensual relationship with someone who is still here in the city where I left you.
Let’s take another look at the two sets of lyrics. From ;Drake:
Why you never alone? Why you always touching road? Used to always stay at home, be a good girl. You was in the zone, yeah. You should just be yourself. Right now, you’re someone else.
And Laster’s spot-on “translation”: ;
You used to stay at home and be someone I saw fitting into the patriarchal expectations of women to be infantilized good “girls” which is some bizarre father/daughter husband/wife dynamic left over from women being considered adult children & property.
Read Laster’s full post below to ;bask in the genius of her feminist translation. ;
Well done, Javetta. Drake would ;definitely bust an awkward move or two to these lyrics. ;
H/T BuzzFeed
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