Rihanna

Released: April 10, 2006

Songwriter: Rihanna Evan Rogers Carl Sturken

Producer: Carl Sturken Evan Rogers

[Intro]
Ohh
Ohh

[Verse 1]
Some girls play the game
They all walk and talk and they dress the same
Nothing new to say
Don't they realize
That it's so easy to see right through their disguise?
Makes me wonder why

[Pre-Chorus]
When the whole world's turning left
It's when I'm going right
I need someone to let me be
Just who I am inside

[Chorus]
'Cause a girl like me is just a little different from all the rest
And a girl likes me
Never gonna settle for second best
Could it be a boy like you
That would give me anything if I asked him to?
To take all my dreams and to make them true
Show me all the reasons that you oughta be, with a girl like me
Just like me

[Verse 2]
Possibility
Got me trippin', thinkin' of what could be
Between you and me
Still, I need to know
Should I keep this feeling or let it go?
I can't wait no more
So now's the time to speak your mind
And show me what you feel
So tell me if you wanna take a chance on something real

[Chorus]
'Cause a girl like me is just a little different from all the rest
And a girl likes me
Never gonna settle for second best (Never gonna settle)
Could it be a boy like you
That would give me anything if I asked him to? (If I asked him to)
To take all my dreams and to make them true
Show me all the reasons that you oughta be, with a girl like me
Just like me

[Bridge]
Mirror Mirror, on the wall
Catch me now before I fall
I wish I may, I wish I might
Find the answer here tonight
Mirror Mirror, on the wall
Catch me now before I fall (Before I fall)
I wish I may, I wish I might
Find the answer here tonight

[Pre-Chorus]
When the whole world's turning left
It's when I'm going right
I need someone to let me be just who I am inside

[Chorus]
'Cause a girl like me is just a little different from all the rest
And a girl like me
Never gonna settle for second best
Could it be a boy like you? (Could it be a boy like you?)
That would give me anything if I asked him to (If I asked him to)
To take all my dreams and to make them true
Show me all the reasons that you oughta be, with a girl like me
Ohh, just like me

[Outro]
Mirror Mirror, on the wall
Catch me now before I fall
I wish I may, I wish I might
Find the answer here tonight
'Cause a girl like me is just a little different from all the rest

A true pop icon, Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty is a singer, actress, and businesswoman from Saint Michael, Barbados. She was first discovered by American record producer Evan Rogers in 2003 and later signed a contract to Def Jam Recordings in 2004, after auditioning for its then-president, JAY-Z.

The following year, in 2005, she released her debut album Music of the Sun and its follow-up, A Girl Like Me, in 2006. Both albums did well commercially, but it wasn’t until the release of her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, in 2007 that poised Rihanna as an international pop star. It became her first album to receive a Grammy nomination (seven to be exact) and features one of her biggest hits, “Umbrella.”

Moving onto 2009, Rihanna released her fourth studio album, Rated R. It featured a darker and more atmospheric tone from her previous albums. She released her fifth studio album, Loud, the next year in 2010. It marked her return to making dance-pop records. That summer, she featured on Eminem’s smash hit, “Love the Way You Lie” and is one of her most popular features of all time.

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