" Little Game"
Lyrics
Play us like pawns and relentlessly confine,
Into living up to gender roles and having absent minds
Don't you think it's funny how they tell us how to live?
Don't you think it's funny how we're all delinquent kids?
Like, hush now, don't say, don't say
Hush boy, oh hush boy, don't say a word
Throw on a jersey and no one gets hurt
Hush girl, oh hush girl, just bat your eyes
Play our little game, play our little game
Bounded all thoughts and corrected common sense
You're raising suicidals with your predetermined titles
Like "a mess, distressed, I am unimpressed, you're excess
A dress is all you'll ever be."
Gender roles impose control and deceive progressive times
Welcome to the land of the broken minds
Hush boy, oh hush boy, don't say a word
Throw on a jersey and no one gets hurt
Hush girl, oh hush girl, just bat your eyes
Play our little game, play our little game [2x]
We feign opulence just to get by
Put on false confidence just to feel alive
They can't hurt me anymore
There's nothing left to break of me
There's nothing left to take from me
'Cause, baby, it's easy to fake a smile
When you've been doing it for a while
Baby, it's easy to fake a smile
When you've been doing it for a while
Hush boy, oh hush boy, don't say a word
Throw on a jersey and no one gets hurt
Hush girl, oh hush girl, just bat your eyes
Play our little game, play our little game [2x]
Hush boy, oh hush boy
Hush girl, oh hush girl
Play our little game
Play our little game
Play our little game
Play our little game
Won't you play with me?
The music video “Little Game” deals with society’s gender roles and how people are pressured to fit into their born biological sex. Categorized by royal blue, the boys in the video are seen wearing jerseys and expected to reach for sports equipment and trucks. In bright pink, the girls are expected to constantly apply makeup, wear high heels, and monitor their waistlines. However, there is one boy who reaches for one of the bright pink Barbie dolls, and is then judged and cornered by the other boys. Similarly, the girl attempts to read a book, rather than using it to practice her posture. Both the boy and the girl are excluded by their gender counterparts. Society puts a strict force on what girls and boys should do. Gender is not a concrete thing and it’s different for every person. People should not have to live in fear simply because of what (or who) they like or what gender they identify with. This music video “ Little Game” is a great help in showing people that there is nothing wrong with them. The real issue lies within society. People should feel free to express themselves in any means they choose, whether those are typically female or male. Gender is not pink or blue. It is whatever color you want it to be.
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