


The song was also featured on World Star Hip Hop in Septemfor its racy and "damaging male self-esteem" theme. The song first leaked to online urban blogs on Augand initially saw an official digital release on iTunes in September 17, 2009. In response to the male public discrediting the song for its "male-bashing" lyrics, Michelle stated that she wanted the song to be empowering for women as a whole and added that there may be women in relationships who might have a man who "lacks bedroom skills" or "common sense." She also implied that "Fakin' It" was a response to Young Money's " Every Girl," describing: " wanted to say, 'I wish I could fuck every girl in the world ' my thing was to say, 'Okay, well while you're doing it, we're faking. Michelle also felt that the record went into detail about sexual issues in regard to relationships and stressed the need to bring it to light in the record. Michelle described "Fakin' It" as a fun record that is a "part that women go through," and went on to add that the remaining tracks of her debut weren't like that.
