Two songs for comparison, from the French and English female artists respectively, both with powerful voices and here commenting with different perspectives on gender and masculinity. Jehnny Beth, aka Camille Berthomier, bisexual frontwoman of Savages and one half of John & John, recorded her recent aggressively punchy number for the soundtrack of the show Peaky Blinders. The no less passionate Anna Calvi, who is in a relationship with another woman, whose song is more intimate, recorded it as part of her 2018 album, Hunter. They have also performed together.
I'm the man
I'm the man
I'm the man
I'm the man, the evil man
I'm the man
I'm the man
The one you hate
Don't you understand?
He's like me, the man
I'm the man
I'm not different
We're all human
Oh, this is who I am (who I am, who I am, who I am)
I'm the man
All my friends are men
When we come to town
You should fear the man
I'm the man
I fuck all I can
Cause I'm the man
Not a pussy
I'm the man
The clever man
Oh, I'm the man I want to be
I'm the man
There's no bitch in town
Who doesn't understand
How hard my dick can be
Cause, I'm the man
I'm the man, I'm the man
I'm the man
One hundred percent
I'm the man
Yeah, I'm the man
I'm the man
Do you understand, yeah, I'm the man?
Look at my love, look at my hands
Look at my heart
Yeah, I'm the man
I'm the man
I can feel
I can feel
I'm the man
I'm the man
I'm the man
I'm the man, one hundred percent
I'm the man
If I was a man in all but my body
Oh would I now understand you completely
If I was a man in all but my body
If I was walking and talking
As a man
Oh it is dark
And now you will meet me
Something has changed I feel it discreetly
Oh now I feel; now I feel you completely
When you're not walking and talking
As a man
Closer, closer closer
To one breath
When you're not walking and talkin
As a man
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