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Brittany Jean Carlson (born April 22, 1987), known better by her stage name BC Jean, is an American singer-songwriter and actress, perhaps best known for writing the song "If I Were a Boy" which was later sung by Beyoncé and achieved worldwide commercial success.
Jean was born in Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California to a piano and trumpet-playing stockbroker father and a mother who is a talent manager (John and Lori Carlson), and she lived in Ramona, Valley Center and Carmel Valley. At age 14, while attending Torrey Pines High School,. Jean was already a keen piano player and turned the poetry she was learning at school into song lyrics. She also got inspiration from songs on the radio as well as her parent's music collection, which included artist such as Queen, Rod Stewart and Aerosmith. Jean later became part of a cover band in high school and had her first on-stage experience at the Sahara Casino in Las Vegas at 15 years of age.
Jean was signed to J Records while working on a debut album with Dallas Austin, The Matrix, Max Martin and others. After signing with J, Clive Davis, The CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, said, "You eagerly wait for a multi-talented new artist to come along like BC Jean. We're all really delighted that BC has chosen us as her musical home." It was later announced on October 7, 2011 that the RCA Music Group were disbanding a dozen labels of theirs, including J Records, they said that all artists from those labels, including Jean, were to move and release future material through RCA Records.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY LOVE YOU HAVE
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NEVER HURT SO BAD
THIS IS FOR THE DREAMERS, THIS IS FOR BELIEVERS
GOTTA GIVE WHAT YOU HAVE
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY HEART TO BREAK
THIS IS FOR THE RISK YOU GOTTA TAKE
THIS IS FOR THE FIGHTERS, HOLD UP ALL YOUR LIGHTERS
GOTTA GIVE WHAT YOU HAVE
(b-sec)
NO MORE HOLDING ME DOWN
'CAUSE I NEVER WANTED TO BE LIKE THIS
GONNA TURN MY LIFE AROUND, YOU'LL SEE
ONLY ONE WAY LEFT TO GO
(chorus)
YOU GOTTA STAND UP,
'TIL YOU CAN'T GO NO FURTHER
MAYBE THEY DON'T DESERVE YA
MAYBE IT'S JUST A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
STAND UP, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANNA
IT'LL JUST MAKE YOU STRONGER
OH, JUST TO KNOW YOU TRIED
YOU GOTTA STAND UP
OH, HANDS UP TO THE SKY
YOU GOTTA STAND UP
OH, JUST TO KNOW YOU TRIED
(verse 2)
GOT ANOTHER RIP UP IN MY JEANS
I'M STARING OUT THE SCENES
THIS IS FOR THE FADED, UNDERESTIMATED
IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER
BUT I'VE NEVER FELT SO HIGH
AND FALLEN DOWN SO LOW
I'M ALL OUT OF CONTROL
BUT IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER
(b-sec)
GET UP OFF OF THE GROUND
CAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS
GONNA TURN MY LIFE AROUND, YOU'LL SEE
ONLY ONE WAY LEFT TO GO
(chorus)
YOU GOTTA STAND UP,
'TIL YOU CAN'T GO NO FURTHER
MAYBE THEY DON'T DESERVE YA
MAYBE IT'S JUST A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
STAND UP, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANNA
IT'LL JUST MAKE YOU STRONGER
OH, JUST TO KNOW YOU TRIED
YOU GOTTA STAND UP
OH, HANDS UP TO THE SKY
YOU GOTTA STAND UP
OH, JUST TO KNOW YOU TRIED
(bridge)
LIKE A HIT AND RUN
AND YOUR HEART GOES NUMB
AND PAIN YOU CAN'T ESCAPE
WHEN THE RUG IS PULLED
OUT FROM UNDER YOU
AND YOUR SOULS ABOUT TO BREAK
THE TRAIN IS CRASHING
THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING
YOU CAN'T GET OFF THE TRACK
YOU'RE AT AN ALL TIME LOW
BUT YOU CAN'T LOOSE HOPE
'CAUSE THERE'S AIN'T NO TURNING BACK
(chorus)
YOU GOTTA STAND UP,
'TIL YOU CAN'T GO NO FURTHER
MAYBE THEY DON'T DESERVE YA
MAYBE IT'S JUST A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
STAND UP, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANNA
IT'LL JUST MAKE YOU STRONGER
OH, JUST TO KNOW YOU TRIED
YOU GOTTA STAND UP
OH, HANDS UP TO THE SKY
YOU GOTTA STAND UP
OH, JUST TO KNOW YOU TRIED
(outro)
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY LOVE YOU HAVE
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NEVER HURT SO BAD
THIS IS FOR THE DREAMERS, THIS IS FOR BELIEVERS