In the song “that thing” by lauryn hill, she says to a girl in that song, “showing your ass off cause you think it’s a trend, girlfriend lemme break it down for you again, you know I only say it because I’m truly genuine”. Lauryn is telling the girl in the song to stop acting sexual and objectifying herself and is only telling her the truth. Compared to the guy code, this is the complete opposite. Lauryn Hill tell this girl to control herself while the guy code lets a man do whatever he pleases.One other similar song by Lauryn Hill, “when it hurts so bad”, she talks about how her heart was broken saying
“I loved real, real hard once But the love wasn't returned Found out the man I'd die for He wasn't even concerned I tried, and I tried, and I tried To keep him in my life I cried, and I cried, and I cried But I couldn't make it right But I, I loved the young man And if you've ever been in love Then you'd understand". This is also the opposite of the guy code since she is able to express her feelings towards what happened but men can’t do it since they would be looked at as feminine or unmanly. If we look at the current rapper Nicki Minaj in the song “Truffle Butter”, she says “pretty women wassup, is you here right now you stand up or is you in a chair right now, uhh do you hear me I can’t let a wack n**** get near me”. These couple lines represent how she wants more females to support her and show her that females don’t need a man in their lives. In the guy code it seems to be every man for themselves while these female rappers show that they should work together. |