Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: indian
Song Meaning of “My Homeboy’s Girlfriend” by Freddie Gibbs
This track off Freddie Gibbs’s 2009 mixtape, ‘The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs’ is a hard hitting look into the complicated relationships that his peers, his so-called homeboy, have with their girlfriends. The song seems to come from a place of genuine concern, as Freddie is exposed to a variety of displays of domestic violence from the woman his homeboy is seeing.
Although he calls out his homeboy for his lack of action in the face of this violence, it’s clear that the rapper himself is also at fault for not speaking up against it; instead allowing apathy and culture of acceptance to be the prevailing sentiment. Through his lyrics, Gibbs is challenging his fellow men to stand up and take responsibility in protecting their women rather than looking the other way.
The chorus, ‘My homeboy’s girlfriend, she’s just a victim; there’s no reason for the beatings’, serves as a call to arms for good men to speak up and act in order to put an end to domestic violence. Ultimately, ‘My Homeboy’s Girlfriend’ is an urgent and timely reminder that, no matter the circumstances, no one should ever be subject to physical or emotional abuse.