#36 of 366: Weaker Girl, BANKS

I think this song is probably right up the ballpark of what my friend Mike may have identified as one of my musical “tells”, or patterns emerging in my list. I think female vocals over any sort of electronic beat rates very high on the popularity list for me. 

BANKS seems to have this pull-no-punches grittiness to her vocals and lyrics. They are raw and honest. This one is an anthem for anyone that’s ever been hurt by another though.

“Tell me what you want from me, I think you need a weaker girl, Kind of like the girl I used to be, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (that’s 7 yeahs, if you’re wondering), I’ma let you do what you wanna do, I’ma let you say what you wanna say, ’cause I’ma need a bad motherfucker like me”

“I’ma need a bad motherfucker like me” implies a lot of amazing things in the situation, most notably being that whoever hurt you is NOT a bad motherfucker. Immediately outclassing them, nice. 

Second, it implies that we’re finally standing up for ourselves, right? We’ve discovered something about ourselves…that we’ve just about had it with this bullshit. DEFCON1, NUCLEAR WAR IMMINENT.

There’s something cathartic about that massive explosion too. The releasing of that negative energy that’s been stewing inside you. Expelling that leads to one of the deepest exhales you’ve felt in a long time. 

Thirdly, it implies we have raised our standards. We’ve figured out our own worth and now won’t accept anything below it. Instant win. 

It’s a process necessary for growth in those situations. It’s almost like you manifest super-human powers after this growth. Once you’ve gotten out from under the yoke of a bad situation, you’re much less likely to end up in that bad situation again. Smarter. Stronger. Evolved.

“I let you go, you can tell ’em something ’bout the way you moved on, I let you go, tell ’em you were made about the way I grew strong, oh, nah nah”

Go be a bad motherfucker today! Thanks for reading. Enjoy BANKS!