"If they leave me alone, let it be for being myself"
About this Quote
The phrasing matters. “If they leave me alone” implies he expects scrutiny as the default setting of fame and of public life in Latin pop, where masculinity is often policed through clothing, gestures, dating choices, even softness. The condition “let it be for being myself” flips the usual bargain celebrities are offered: conform and we’ll stop bothering you. Instead, he suggests the only acceptable quiet is the kind earned by authenticity, not compliance. It’s a boundary disguised as a plea.
Context sharpens it. Bad Bunny’s career has been a sustained experiment in mainstreaming nonconformity inside a genre that sells swagger. He wears skirts, paints nails, plays with gendered aesthetics, then fills stadiums anyway. That visibility invites celebration and backlash, and the quote reads like a response to both: the applause that can feel like possession, and the outrage that tries to discipline difference.
Subtextually, it’s also a statement about the cost of representation. People project politics onto him, demand statements, demand symbols. He’s asking for something rarer than praise: the freedom to be untranslatable, to be left unassigned. In a culture that insists on labeling, “myself” is the most radical category he can claim.
Quote Details
| Topic | Confidence |
|---|---|
| Source | "Si me van a dejar solo, que sea por ser yo" from song: Booker T, YHLQMDLG (2020) |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bunny, Bad. (2026, January 30). If they leave me alone, let it be for being myself. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-they-leave-me-alone-let-it-be-for-being-myself-184791/
Chicago Style
Bunny, Bad. "If they leave me alone, let it be for being myself." FixQuotes. January 30, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-they-leave-me-alone-let-it-be-for-being-myself-184791/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If they leave me alone, let it be for being myself." FixQuotes, 30 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-they-leave-me-alone-let-it-be-for-being-myself-184791/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.










