Beyonce Set over 11 new, genre-hopping songs, the 20-time Grammy
winner emotionally wrecked fans everywhere through the powerfully
personal lyrics she sang in a collection of emotionally charged
vignettes: "Intuition," "Denial," "Anger," "Apathy," "Emptiness,"
"Accountability," "Reformation," "Forgiveness," "Resurrection," "Hope"
and "Redemption."
Here, Us Weekly has rounded up the most provocative lines from Queen Bey’s latest masterpiece.
“Sorry”
In
this DGAF jam, Beyoncé puts her middle finger in the air as she spouts
off sassy lyrics to the man who has obviously betrayed her trust by
having a tryst with another woman.
“Middle fingers up, put
them hands high/ Wave it in his face, tell him, boy, bye,” she cheekily
chants before reciting what has become the most controversial line from
the LP: “He better call Becky with the good hair.”
Fashion designer Rachel Roy hinted that she was “Becky”
when she posted an Instagram of herself and a few gal pals. “Good hair
don’t care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths,
always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens,” she captioned the
now-deleted pic. Since Roy, 42, spoke out, the Beyhive has accused her
of hooking up with Jay Z, 46, during his eight-year marriage to Beyoncé.
In 2014, it was reported that the highly publicized elevator fight between Bey’s little sis,
Solange Knowles,
and Jay Z started over the hip-hop mogul’s alleged indiscretions with
Roy — who used to be a close friend of the younger Knowles, 29.
“Pray You Catch Me”
In
the clip for this atmospheric ballad, a bare-faced Bey walks through a
pasture as she coos the following lyrics, seemingly telling the story of
a relationship gone awry:
“You can taste the dishonesty/
It’s all over your breath as you pass it off so carefully/ But even
that’s a test/ Constantly aware of it all/ My lone ear pressed against
the walls of your world.”
“Hold Up”
When
the Destiny’s Child alum transitions from “Pray You Catch Me” into the
bouncier “Hold Up,” the Roberto Cavalli-clad singer lets out her
aggression by swinging a baseball bat at cars, windows and fire hydrants
on a sunny, busy city block. She further expresses her contempt for
her disloyal beau though unapologetically honest lyrics.
“Let's imagine for a
moment that you never made a name for yourself/ Or mastered wealth, they
never had you labeled as a king,” she says. “You never made it out the
cage, to locked up, movin' in the streets/ Never had the baddest woman
in the game up in your sheets/ Would they be down to ride?”
“Don’t Hurt Yourself” feat. Jack White
In
this rock-infused anthem, the mom of one continues to take aim at her
unfaithful lover. The song’s following verse, in particular, could make
the most famous of rappers shake in their Air Jordans:
“Who
the f--k do you think I am?/ You ain’t married to no average bitch,
boy/ You can watch my fat ass twist, boy/ As I bounce to the next d--k,
boy/ This is your final warning/ You know I give you life/ If you try
this s--t again/ You gon' lose your wife.”
“Daddy Lessons”
In this infectious country track, written for Beyoncé’s father and former manager,
Mathew Knowles,
the pop diva divulges that her dad (with whom Beyoncé had once been
estranged) has warned her about the perils of being married to an
adulterous man.
“My daddy warned me about men like you/ He
said, ‘Baby girl, he’s playing you’” she belts. "'He’s playing you'/ My
daddy warned me about men like you.”
“Love Drought”
While
this tune was composed in the spirit of forgiveness (Jay Z and Beyoncé
share sweet moments in its video counterpart), a scorned Yoncé still has
some questions for the man who supposedly did her wrong.
“All
the love I’ve been giving goes unnoticed/ It’s just floating in the
air, lookie there,” she croons before asking, “Are you aware you’re in
my lifeline?/ Are you tryna kill me?/ If I wasn’t me, would you still
feel me?”
“Sandcastles”
Likening
her real-life relationship to the unsteadiness of a sandcastle, the Ivy
Park designer continues to lyrically explore the failing romance that
she just can’t seem to shake.
“Dishes smashed on my
counter from our last encounter/ Pictures snatched out the frame,” she
details. “Bitch, I scratched out your name and your face/ What is it
about you that I can’t erase, baby?”
“All Night”
Similarly to “Love Drought,” this reggae-tinged effort, co-produced by
Diplo, illustrates Beyoncé’s compassion and, yes, forgiveness, for her unchaste partner.
“Found the truth beneath
your lies/ And true love never has to hide/ I’ll trade your broken wings
for mine,” she intones. “I’ve seen your scars and kissed your crime.”
Beyoncé
and Jay Z married on April 4, 2008, in a secret wedding ceremony.
Together, they share their 4-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.
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