Rihanna “Rude Boy” Lyrics Meaning {Fully Explained}

Rihanna Rude Boy Lyrics Meaning.

If you are a fan of Rihanna’s Rude Boy sped up version performed at the superbowl, and you are wondering what Rude Boy lyrics meaning by Rihanna entails. Well, here is Rude Boy Lyrics meaning by Rihanna served on popular demand.

Rihanna Rude Boy Lyrics Meaning 

It comes from the perspective of how ladies are attracted to men of “danger” and swagger who make mouth about their sexual prowess. Rihanna’s Rude boy makes her wonder what the big deal is anyway.

Hence, she taunts him to bring on his A-game- if he has any.

Rude Boy meaning begins by stating an intimate relationship the singer is about to have with a guy whom she calls –Rude boy.

She calls him Rude because, by inference, he must have been saying a lot about how he is good sexually and how he is able to satisfy a woman.

Rihanna thinks this makes him a rude boy who jumps to conclusion. She then calls out to him and says repeatedly: “Come on, Rude boy”. She does this as a form of challenge to him, for him to prove his so called “skills”

That’s Rude boy lyrics meaning by Rihanna

Rihanna Rude Boy Lyrics Meaning  {Chorus}

Come here, rude boy, boy, can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy, boy, is you big enough?
Take it, take it (Yeah), baby, baby (Yeah)
Take it, take it (Yeah), love me, love me
Come here, rude boy, boy, can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy, boy, is you big enough?
Take it, take it (Yeah), baby, baby (Yeah)
Take it, take it (Yeah), love me, love me

Rude boy lyrics meaning at the chorus sees the singer stating that the guy who thinks he has so much experience should come and get her then. She taunts him by asking if he can get his manhood up to even start the activity.

And even if he could, would he be big enough to satisfy her sexually?

Here, Rihanna uses him as metaphor for his private part. Meanwhile, she also states that it isn’t about having sex with her alone, that he should love her in the process too so the activity doesn’t get limited to sex alone.

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Rihanna Rude Boy Lyrics Meaning {Verse 1}

[Verse 1]
Tonight, I’ma let you be the captain
Tonight, I’ma let you do your thing, yeah
Tonight, I’ma let you be a rider
Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, babe
Tonight, I’ma let it be fire
Tonight, I’ma let you take me higher
Tonight, baby, we could get it on, yeah, we could get it on, yeah

Verse 1 implies she wants the guy to take control so she could have the time of her life during the activity.

She even describes what she wants him to do during the sexual activity- she wants him to ride her and prove that he has the skills he claims to have

It also seems that it is more about her than it is about him. He is the one that claims he can make her feel satisfied; hence, he is the one who is up to the test and Rihanna wants to know that he can “deliver” on his promises.

Rihanna Rude Boy Lyrics Meaning {Verse 2}

[Verse 2]
Tonight, I’ma give it to ya harder
Tonight, I’ma turn ya body out
Relax, let me do it how I wanna
If you got it, I need it, and I’ma put it down
Buckle up, I’ma give it to ya stronger
Hands up, we could go a little longer
Tonight, I’ma get a little crazy, get a little crazy, baby

In verse 2, Rude Boy lyrics meaning takes a turn when we see Rihanna taking charge of the activity and states that if the guy is not up to the task, she definitely is and she is going to make him feel like the happiest man in the world because unlike him, she can do crazy things that will make him come alive.

Rihanna Rude Boy Lyrics Meaning

Like it?
Boy, I want, want, want whatchu want, want, want
Give it to me, baby, like boom, boom, boom
What I want, want, want is what you want, want, want
Nah, nah-ah

I like the way you touch me there
I like the way you pull my hair
Babe, if I don’t feel it, I ain’t faking, no, no (Oh no)
I like when you tell me ‘kiss you there’
I like when you tell me ‘move it there’
So giddy-up, time to get it up
You say you a rude boy, show me what you got now
Come here right now
Take it, take it, baby, baby
Take it, take it, love me, love me

Another angle that Rude Boy lyrics meaning brings is that, it comes from the perspective of how ladies are attracted to men of “danger” and swagger who make mouth about their sexual prowess. Rihanna’s Rude boy makes her wonder what the big deal is anyway. Hence, she taunts him to bring on his A-game- if he has any.

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