Meredith Brooks sebetulnya telah bermusik sejak usia belasan.
Namun single debutnya, Bitch, baru rilis saat ia berusia 38
tahun. Di usia yang bisa dibilang tak muda lagi, Brooks melahirkan lagu yang
judulnya sempat menuai kontroversi tersebut.
Lewat lagunya, Brooks ingin mengatakan lagu itu tentang edukasi
ulang dan penataan kembali tentang konsep perempuan. Ia membuat penyebutan
beraneka tentang sosok perempuan: perempuan jalang, kekasih, anak, ibu, orang berdosa, orang suci. Sedari
awal juga Brooks sudah menyadari kemungkin ini judul lagu bakal mengundang
kontroversi. Tapi ia juga sudah melihat lagu Elton John bertajuk The Bitch Is Back melenggang saja di
pasaran, diputar di stasiun-stasiun radio. Meskiiiii..ditemukan fakta, penyiar
radio tak menyebut judulnya dengan jelas dan hanya membuat pengantar ‘sebuah
lagu dari Meredith Brooks’
Meredith Brooks punya kesepakatan dengan Interscope Records. Namun tak satu pun lagunya yang diterbitkan. Suatu kali, penulis lirik, Shelly M Peiken menyaksikan Brooks manggung di sebuah klub di Hollywood pasca diperkenalkan oleh sang manajer. Peiken melihat Brooks punya nyali dan layak dapat kesempatan. Ia masih berpikir tentang lagu apa yang cocok buat Brooks saat suatu kali mendapati hari yang buruk dan mulai menulis lirik berawal kalimat 'I hate the world today.’ Kalimat yang mengantarkan pada perjumpaannya kembali dengan Brooks. Kali ini adalah untuk menulis lagu bersama. Berdua, mereka menuntasan lagu tersebut hingga rilis sebagai single pada 1997. Tak cuma itu, Brooks dan Peiken berikutnya menulis enam lagu lain yang kemudian rilis bersama album Blurring The Edges yang terjual lebih dari satu juta copy.
Bitch
I hate the
world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I
cried
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one
I'm a bitch,
I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
So take me as I
am
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing
I'm a bitch,
I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
Just when you
think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me
I'm a bitch,
I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a bitch,
I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way
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