Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt, Wizkid – Brown Skin Girlīeyonce’s 2020 collab with her daughter Blue Ivy and rappers SAINt JHN and WizKid, entitled Brown Skin Girl, captures a beautiful BLM sentiment which every mother should plant within their growing girl, carrying them through insecurity and strengthening them through the threat of racism Trace Adkins exploits the cheesiness inherent to the classic country sound in his track, You’re Gonna Miss This, crafting his lyrics into a radiant metaphor of appreciating your youth while you still can.Įach verse follows a daughter through a different era of her life from a father’s perspective, detailing occasions where she appears to be growing up too fast.įrom acting like a teenager in the back seat of the car, to wanting babies too soon after marriage, each evocative verse is anchored in the resonating message, “You’re gonna miss this, you’re gonna want this back, you’re gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast.”Ĥ. “’Cause it’s hard to know just what to do, when I still feel like a child in my mama’s shoes … Sometimes I wish I could just go back and say, ‘Take your time and let it last, little girl.’”Ĭountry music might not be for everyone, but it never fails to harbour heart-warming, story-based sentiments that just couldn’t slide by in the realms of generic radio pop. However, by the final chorus, it’s revealed that Carrie is actually giving a message to her younger self, displaying regret over how young she adopted the complexities of adult attitudes “Tiptoeing ’round the house in her mama’s shoes, colouring her lips red in her bedroom… Little girl, little girl, don’t grow up too fast, before you know it, you’ll be wishing you could just go back.” Carrie Underwood – Little Girl, Don’t Grow Up Too FastĬarrie Underwood’s country track, Little Girl, Don’t Grow Up Too Fast, harnesses a nostalgic mid-00s pop-rock sound which in itself transports younger listeners back in time, into wild, bright daydreams of growing up.Ĭarrie’s lyrics are embedded with cute descriptions of a young girl trying to act older than her age, its first chorus appearing to come from a mom’s perspective “I learned from you that I do not crumble, I learned that strength is something you choose, all of the reasons to keep on believing, there is no question that’s a lesson I learned from you.”Ģ. Uniquely splitting their track between father and daughter verses, I Learned From You not only reflects a dad’s deep-rooted influence upon his growing daughter, but also the incredible impact of a child upon the parent Featuring as the last song on Miley Cyrus’ debut album, I Learned From You is a collab between Miley and her dad, written from the perspective of a teen girl realising her father’s far-reaching influence in childhood upon her life and character.
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