Now You Know lyrics

Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know

What’s it like to be a girl, in the music world

The scene is so sexist, believe me I get it, we’d probably sell more records if I flaunted my ass and chest but forget it

I work like one of the boys, and I’m as true as they get

But I’m a lady through and through, like give me some credit

I knew I’d regret it if I tried to blend in and pretend

Be something other than I am

Like have you noticed I’m a woman

Didn’t come to downplay it, or to play it up either

And I’m not trying pick a fight or be nobody's leader

But it feels like everybody’s just a little too interested

In the fact that females can indeed make music

Our interviews, our bios, - they all make it a point

"Female Fronted Band, from Decatur, Illinois"

And just once, I’d like to see some other band’s resume go out of their way to say they’re fronted by a male, ok?

And while we’re on it, let me say

Women don’t all sound the same

Who gave us the idea that "Female Fronted” is a genre anyway?

Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know

What’s it like to be a girl, in the music world

Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear

If truth ain't pretty will you all stay with me

Will you love me, love me ugly

And I know it’s not fair, and I can’t complain

'Cause with girl in our band, people don’t look away

But you know what, it feels like they look just a little too long

Stare me up and down, forget to listen to the song

I take the stage and before I even open my mouth, the audience assumes that they got us all figured out

"Oh your band’s got a chick, must be some kinda trick

There’s no way she got this far without sucking somebody's"

Did you really think that’s how it works, I’m not fucking eye candy

I’m here to do my job, I’ll be the last man standing

Boys in crowd asking, for me to flash them, well here you go, news flash

You’re ignorant and that’s that

I bet you’d never say that to your little sister

The media’s got you all jacked up, little mister

'Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle

Walking a tightrope, don’t know which way to go

Hypersexualize, or downplay your femininity

Dress like the dudes, or pray to God that you’re pretty

Are you kidding me? And I don’t even know who’s to blame

Beauty sells, I buy it too, I’m trying to sell it back it you

Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know

What’s it like to be a girl, in the music world

Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear

If truth ain't pretty will you all stay with me

Will you love me, love me ugly

So tell me, what’s a woman to do-no, scratch that

Tell me what’s a human being to with the fact that

What gets us ahead just holds us back more

Is a level playing field too much to ask for?

And I know that by saying it, I'm bringing attention

To an issue that might be better left unmentioned

But someone's gotta say it, gotta call out the scene

The scene is obscene, my sanity's split at the seams

So to all of ya’ll making this just about ass and tits

Here to set the record straight, it don’t gotta be this way

We can change the game, rearrange the way to fame

And make a bigger deal about the talent than the face

See I got little girls watching me, wanting to be like me

And I wanna show them that they don’t gotta be like me

They can do their own thing, they can rewrite the rules

They can get respect without acting like fools

So let's not make it harder than it has to be

I’ll keep making music, you stop asking me

What’s it like to be a girl in the entertainment world

'Cause now you know

Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know

What’s it like to be a girl, in the music world

Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear

If truth ain't pretty will you all stay with me

Will you love me, love me ugly

• Artist:Icon for Hire
• Album:You Can't Kill Us