Anitta’s single “Used to Be a Hoe” may be a tongue-in-cheek way to make light of her promiscuous past, but the singer revealed that the track was born out of a difficult time in her life. It’s from her three-song collection “Funk Generation: A Favela Love Story,” with lyrics like: “I used to be a hoe, but now I ain’t no more / Been swimming through the water, now I’m back to shore / I look at who I did and I’m like, ‘Oh, my Lord.'”
In an interview with InStyle, Anitta revealed that the song was made to reflect back on a more reckless time in her life. At the end of 2022, the singer found herself facing serious health problems that shifted her perspective on her past. “I had problems in my lungs, I had a cancer [scare]. I spent months in the hospital. Nobody could figure out what I had,” she mentioned, adding that she eventually sought the help of a shaman. “I came back completely changed,” she said, admitting that she was miraculously healed after undergoing a spiritual journey.
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While Anitta may say she “used to be a hoe,” the singer doesn’t need a man to tie her down. “Girls don’t need men for sh**. We got vibrators, we got friends. We got gay friends, which is way better than any other f**king husband. Trust me,” she told Nylon.
