Isaiah Rashad BOY IN RED lyric clarification
by Patel Aminata: Music
Isaiah Rashad clarified that the 'BOY IN RED' lyric 'if I can't be your boyfriend, I can be your girlfriend' is not about his sexuality. He said, 'I was on some yearning sh*t…like, whatever you want me to be vibe…just wanting to be with someone.'
Transcript (en)
What track was it? What are you saying? It's uh, Boy and Reb. Boy and Reb. Something about, if I can't be your boyfriend then I'll just be your girlfriend. Yeah. And there was a couple records that reminded me of Prince, but that one reminded me of a specific song, If I Was Your Girlfriend by Prince. I definitely was on trying to, that was like on some yearning and shit too. As I was writing it, I was like, you know that I'll be whatever you want me to be vibe. And you can take, I guess depending on who they was, you can take that as fluid as you wanted to take it, but definitely on some just matching desire. Like sometimes, and just wanting to be with somebody. And then just my, yeah, just wanting to be with somebody.
