在我对自己的生活感到不满足之后，当我热切地想要加以改善时，我就更加谨慎小心，更加有所保留和自我节制。这时的我如同一颗坚果仁那样充满生命力，洋溢着平静和适度的快乐。我在盘算：我必须注意我的饮食；必须起得更早，早晨出去散散步；我必须带着乐趣做事，专心致志于灵感。——梭罗《梭罗日记》

美国乐坛从来不缺少音色出众的R&B女伶，也不乏现场火辣劲爆的女歌手，至于身材与面容姣好的就更是数不胜数。 然而，仿若身负天命一般，什么也不能阻止她脱颖而出。9岁出道，8年后拿下代表黑人音乐最高水平的Soul Train三项大奖，20岁，代表全美音乐最高荣誉的Grammy小唱机奖杯成了她的囊中之物。 无数男士为她曼妙的身材倾倒，而牵手天王Jay-Z更是让女孩们艳羡得妒火中烧。 哪个女孩也不及她美艳倾城，哪个女星也不及她光彩照人，哪个歌手的演艺生涯也不如她的令人羡慕。她是永远独一无二的巧克力美人，她是新一代的超级天后——Beyoncé。
她是全球150个奖项获得者，全球160次白金认证，全球1亿3千万张唱片销量，2001年年度艺人，全球23支冠军单曲，第一位获得ASCAP年度歌曲创作者的非裔美国女性，第一张个人专辑5项格莱美，183个杂志封面，参演4部票房佳作，DREAMGIRLS创音乐剧首日最佳票房，为全球5百万歌迷表演，在30个国家表演。

试听：If I Were A Boy - Beyoncé

MP3下载：地址1（百度MP3）

歌词：
Beyonce - If I Were A Boy

written by Toby Gad & BC Jean

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go

Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wated
And I'd never get confronted for it.
Cause they'd stick up for me.

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man.
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy
I could turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waitin' for me to come home (to come home)

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man.
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

It's a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you're just a boy
You don't understand
Yeah you don't understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you're just a boy