People be saying “wow if Beyoncé gets cheated on, then what hope do we have?” But that’s bull crap. The answer isn’t that Beyoncé wasn’t woman enough, it was that Jay-Z wasn’t man enough. The problem wasn’t with her, it was with him. The problem isn’t with you, it’s with your significant other. There is never an excuse to cheat.
There is no excuse for cheating, but we can't deny that Beyonce is a hard person to work with, let alone live with. She's type A personality and her biggest error (mentioned in this song) was thinking that being sexy/pretty was supposed to be enough, when relationships require far more work than that. Jay-Z clued us in when he rapped about her at the age of 23 being far more absorbed in her career than in him. There were also clues with the way she treated her girl group members, and how she overworks her staff. She can be a bit of a dictator, sweet on the outside, but undermining you at the same time. Beyonce relied too much on the surface, focusing her value on her beauty, sex appeal, and her talent. Jay-Z probably hungered for someone with substance and a bit more refined in class (less ass shaking and hip grinding), which is why the woman he cheated with is known for her smarts and elegance. Ultimately, Jay-Z was wrong for cheating, but I can absolutely see why someone like Beyonce could get cheated on. Our perception of her perfection is intentionally curated by her. Her manufactured brand image can mislead us to believe she's perfect, but truth is we don't know what happens behind closed doors. We only know she tends to get possessive, jealous, insecure, controlling, overbearing, etc. Her husband should've divorced her, and gave them both the peace they needed. Beyonce is too invested in their brand of "black royalty" to break up, so he should've been the one to end it. Now bc of his weakness, they're both trapped in the brand & empire that they (mostly she) built.
YourMajesty143 how do u KNOW all of this? U know the lady? Interviews, opinions and all a that can be curated like.....ur really sitting there acting like jay z was a complete saint, like loving him was the easiest thing she could have done. Relationships take work, and obviously he wanted the whole black royalty thing cuz he didn’t divorce her neither like what are u even saying
I came back to watch this years later, and I can’t believe that I didn’t realize back then that Lemonade is like an art show/movie. This “segment” of lemonade is showing how being cheated on can drive you crazy. Beyonce is smiling while she destroys everything in her path. She’s truly lost her mind lol. The opening monologue is her expressing her desperation of not be cheated on. Her words were so dramatic, because that’s exactly how it feels when you’re in love with someone, and then you find out that your partner has been unfaithful or lied to you. It’s said that being in love is a chemical imbalance after all. I feel like I need to watch lemonade again. I wonder what else I missed.
Bee Davis period. Ima watch it again this weekend. I was reading about the inspiration behind the Love Drought video, and basically it is about female slaves that killed themselves when they came to america, because they felt dying was better than being slaves in America. Powerful stuff
During the production of this music video, I was the operator of the Air Horn!!! Four years at music college for this!!! Beyonce personally thanked me after the final cut!!! Very proud of myself.
No one truly realizes how freeing it's to let the crazy out and just break things when you're heartbroken. Takes you to a whole other level. This video shows that in it's purest form. Every woman has an inner Harley Quinn and on this day Beyonce met and let hers shine ❤❤
LOVE the underwater shots. I don't think people really appreciate how hard it is to look natural. Most people puff their cheeks up, swuint their eyes, or get water up their nose and freak out. As an underwater performer I gotta say she slays thi
For all of those people criticizing Beyoncé about the introduction, she didn’t actually do any of these things. She is reading a poem by Warsan Shire, a British 27 year-old poet who was referenced in the visual album for Lemonade.
The way she channeled her grief and pain into incredible art Beyoncé is so dope. I can't stop watching this track again and again. I am sure she will be #1 soon due to 💖a u t h e n t I c v i e w s 💖
She said girls would lie and hide from Jay if he didn’t have the money and fame. She basically called his ass ugly, which he truly is, in every sense of the word. I love that she put this on wax. That’s how you put somebody on blast.
that’s so weird that she can agree he’s ugly as fuck but still be with him. like beyoncé really could’ve got herself such a fine man... but i suppose it doesn’t matter what male it is because the knowles genes will dominate period
Honestly jayz isn't a bad guy and yea he made a lot of mistakes in the past and mistakes that's really fucked but he's not truly a bad guy but that's my opinion
What I love about Beyoncé is that she never goes public when there’s a polemical involving her name, she tells the story for us through her music. That’s how she confim it.
Beyonce has been with Jay Z since she was 18 so I know that sh*t rocked her to the core! And just like a great artist does, she channeled it in her music.
I understand the concept behind asking: “How could someone cheat on Beyoncé?” But how many good women, like her, get mistreated and taken for granted? You’ll never be pretty enough, tall enough, kind enough, compassionate enough, smart enough, sexy enough for someone to do you wrong when THEY choose to. Update: Just seen this tweet from 2 years ago acquired 6.2 likes - I see you all 😊
How easy it is when you have everything you want in a woman to want just a little more. It's a fight that I think everyone with their dream woman has, I know I had it, and it led me down a path I shouldn't have gone down. I imagine the man loses the fight when the relationship takes a sour turn, we broke up a few months later, completely unrelated, she never knew.
Is never the fault of the person who gets cheated, is always the choice of the person who cheats. And men cheat because, as much as they claim to respect and love us, deep down they don't really see us as fully human. They either sanctify our qualities (i cheat because i dont feel good enough for you) or demonize our flaws (i cheat because you're not good enough for me). i would say anyone who isnt reciprocal is a potential cheater... But specifically the men who dont care about your sexual, emotional, intelectual and financial needs once theirs are covered. Men who just give you time and affection when they want something from you, and ignore you once they get what they want.
I tried to change, closed my mouth more tried to be softer, prettier, less awake. Fasted for 60 days, wore white abstained from mirrors, abstained from sex. Slowly did not speak another word In that time my hair grew past my ankles I slept on a mat on the floor I swallowed a sword I levitated Into the basement confessed my sins and was baptized in a river. Got on my knees and said Amen And said I mean I whipped my own back and asked for dominion at your feet I threw myself into a volcano I drank the blood and drank the wine I sat alone and begged and bent at the waist for God I crossed myself and thought I saw the Devil. I grew thickened skin on my feet, I bathed in bleach, and plugged my menses with pages from the holy book. But still inside me coiled deep was the need to know "Are you cheating on me?" Like this so others can see
The fasting, wearing white, and not having intercourse and stuff are all muslim traditions for the mourning period after a womens husband dies. I love the poetry.
Listening to this album after I got cheated on by my first love. I gave him everything. Put in so much effort, was patient, loved him so much to only get cheated on. I was with him for 5 years. He was cheating on me for a year and 4months. Shit hurts a lot. It sucks. He lied to me, deceived me, manipulated me and killed a big piece of me. I feel this album. Every word of it.
Never live this but i yeah, destroy and just take how long to go through ?? so hard.. i really wish you have found peace and let you try and fall in love again.. with no piece of his shit he made to you, time you had to repair you. i nerver cheated i am lucky , i really don't see another person attractive or what if i am in love already... for me if i have one day the idea to cheat, i think i will quit him.. i will know that s not my the good one ! two relation... THATS INSANE
I tried to change Closed my mouth more Tried to be soft, prettier Less... awake Fasted for 60 days Wore white Abstained from mirrors Abstained from sex Slowly did not speak another word And that time my hair I grew past my ankles I slept on a mat on the floor I swallowed a sword I levitated Into the basement Confessed my sins And was baptized in a river Got on my knees and said, "Amen" And said, "I mean" I whipped my own back And asked for dominion at your feet I threw myself into a volcano I drank the blood and drank the wine I sat alone and begged and bent at the waist for God I crossed myself in thought I saw the devil I grew thickened skin on my feet I bathed in bleach And plugged my menses with the pages from the holy book But still inside me coiled deep was the need to know Are you cheating? Are you cheating on me?
You didn't get it right? She's not happy, she was so desperate and upsdt because of this, that she went crazy. And I think that's that what she wants to show us.
In Lukumi cosmology when Ochun is angry she laughs. There’s a story where she joyously destroys a village. There is no question that she is embodying this divine feminine force.
that’s the point. she is losing her mind but putting pretending as if everything is okay. “hopping out the bed” like the cheating is not utterly crushing her.
He lied to make her think she was jealous and crazy to the point where she thought she needed antidepressants. But she knew he was lying. Not jealous and crazy she was right. What a wicked way to treat the one who loves you...
@@brandnew9834 nigga what??? U is tripping bruuh. So ur basically saying its partly her fault he cheated cause she was acting like a diva (which she actually is) ohmygawww i can’t even
@@brandnew9834 just say you're sexist and leave. jay-z travels and leaves home a lot too. he chose to cheat. lmao. and dont be in black women's business like that. she is a victim because she had all those kids with him and married him and treated him like the love of her house just for him to cheat and that's very much micro aggressively racist to say a lot of rappers sleep with a lot of women. you're just disgusting.
@@josephine1084 1) It’s going on 6pm, dinner isn’t gonna make itself. 2) Y’all stay trying to play the victim. You complain and cry, and people really get tired of you. 3) She knew his track record, she knew how much access he had to women, she knew who he used to date. She was told better, and she still wanted what she wanted. So live with it.
@@brandnew9834 hmm so you're a grown up who is unable to take care of yourself. got it. maybe if you stopped being an incel and looked at this from both perspectives both are equally bad...and lastly...if two people decide to get married. they put their differences aside especially their past and and trust into each other. so if either party cheats it's both bad
Loving someone and giving yourself to them makes you so vulnerable, and if they cheat, they break more than just trust, they break a part of you. If you love them, don’t cheat, because even if they forgive you, they will never look or love you the same as before.
Maybe you shouldn't expect someone who has options like JZ does to not want to exercise them. He wants the best life possible, and Bey + other women would have been that for him. Do you think she would have been open to that conversation? Probably not. Most of you arent. So...
@@freddiesimmons1394 What conversation? To be cheated on? lol Some couples are swingers, some have open relationships, he could have found a woman that was into that. But it has to go both ways, if the man can sleep with other women, then the woman can sleep with other men. This isn’t sister wives for eff’s sake! 😂
@@everevelyn1094 1) it isnt cheating if she'd give the ok, she just is probably too emotional about it to talk about it. 2) he has attachment and history with Beyonce, not some random other woman who happens to not bitch about this. He could just have both. Again, if she isnt willing to talk about it, she's putting up barriers to his happiness. Which is bs. 3) where did anyone say he wouldnt let her do what she wanted if he got to?
I'll admit, i never used to be a fan of Beyonce, but you know what I love about her now? She took a massive risk by doing something completely out of her comfort zone, considering she's known to be an RnB artist. She's a hard working female artist and is a flawless performer. Her lemonade album is probably the best album that has ever been released. Watch Lemonade in full...trust me. "Daddy Lesson" (country), "Don't Hurt Yourself" (Rock), "All Night" (Alternative), "Sandcastle"/"Pray You Catch Me" (ballad). It's a mixture of genres. People complain that Beyonce is boring and does the same thing all the time. Lol if only haters knew. Appreciate art and get over yourselves. Btw, those who are saying she's overrated, let me just say your "overrated" word is overrated. Beyonces toe nail is worth more than your house. Sorry not sorry!
someone had to be honest? so you're saying that you are being honest when claiming this is the best album ever? riiiiiiight.. the fact that this song sounds just like r kelly trapped in a closet while trying to steal yeah yeah yeahs lyrics word for word.. i wouldnt call that artistry.. sorry, but if you have to have others hand you songs that were created by somebody else only to do a piss poor version of it? well then you just suck.
I love the part where she goes "are you cheating on me?" Cause up to that point she was being all poetic and then she just gives it to us straight. Are you cheating on me?
Can I just ask: what makes fans believe that these lyrics are a reflection of real life situations? Beyoncé sang many songs about being heartbroken including “irreplaceable” and “broken hearted girl”. Why was this one suddenly taken so seriously? Serious question. I’m genuinely curious 🧡
@@homegirl4155 because this song was released right after jay z cheated and everyone speculates that this song is about how she felt and I’ve heard jay z knew she made this song before releasing and gave permission as he was sorry for being unfaithful towards her.
I love how in the opening she is drowning herself in water(which is often a simple of purity) while the poem is about trying to purify herself even though her worries linger. Then later she destroys the fire hydrant and dances in the water-joyous in the truth(the purest thing there is) that she once drowned herself with
Beyonce is confessing to us how she sold her soul and cheating on the devil with jesus and how she is a warlock.. Jay-Z is just a cover up for the people still stuck in the matrix...you have to go deeper down the rabbit hole to really understand.
After being cheated on, I finally understand the symbolism at the beginning of the video. Bear in mind the Lemonade epic was full of spoken word artsy stuff…but that first bit of Beyonce in water is like her holding everything in. It’s like inhaling and attempting to be different for the sake of appearing sane, nice and okay. When she opens the doors it’s like she finally says “fuck it” I’d rather be crazy than jealous and so she lets all the “water” go and starts bashing up the whole darn town 😂 I know it may look obvious but you literally feel like you’re holding your breath/tongue when you know smn aint right and so I understood the opening of the doors and letting the water escape…. “You either say nothing and let it fuck you up, or say something and fuck it up yourself”
I dont listen to this album often (lets be honest a lot of these songs arent casual jams), but from start to finish it incapsulates so many of the stages, thoughts and feelings you go through after experiencing this its really a masterpiece in that way. As someone who experienced it too, going through the songs in order hits.
That's what happens when someone you're in love with cheats on you... You could be the baddest bitch on the planet and think you're ugly and worthless because you think you can't compare to the other woman
I don't think he ever insulted her or berated her, I can't see him doing that. He just happened to cheat with a really beautiful woman who looks different from his wife and that made Beyonce feel some type of way.
@@anana8389 Lol, I don't know about that. If both of them took off the make up, had no fake hair Rachel Roy might be a little better looking. Beyonce is still hot though. Jay didn't just cheat with her because of looks though, he's a really intelligent guy. Rachael is educated, and a successful designer. She seems more sophisticated than Beyonce.
@@gregkosinski2303 No, if you quote the WHOLE line, worst is right. She's comparing three things, not two: Jealous or crazy, or like, being walked all over lately? I'd rather be crazy."
lmao more what? this album was a huge success. it was her most acclaimed album. she even won two grammys. i think everyone knows what a masterpiece this is
Shes a super succesful black woman whos probably more talented then their favorite artist. It's been happening since the beginning of time. With every hater are a thousand more fans though :).
Denial (Poem) I tried to change Closed my mouth more Tried to be soft, prettier Less... awake Fasted for 60 days Wore white Abstained from mirrors Abstained from sex Slowly did not speak another word And that time my hair I grew past my ankles I slept on a mat on the floor I swallowed a sword I levitated Into the basement Confessed my sins And was baptized in a river Got on my knees and said, "Amen" And said, "I mean" I whipped my own back And asked for dominion at your feet I threw myself into a volcano I drank the blood and drank the wine I sat alone in begged and bent at the waist for God I crossed myself in thought I saw the devil I grew thickened skin on my feet I bathed in bleach And plugged my menses with the pages from the holy book But still inside me coiled deep was the need to know Are you cheating? Are you cheating on me?
Faith Maritim she also says in the song “can’t you see there’s no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you”. She’s talking about God, she’s tricking us thinking she’s talking about Jay-Z 😭
Except that she credited them on it and they would royalties from it so she didn't rip anyrhinf off and she sure as hell as more talent than you could even imagine.
Rob Marshall Beyoncé has more talent in her pinky than anyone else currently breathing on this planet. Go somewhere else with your negativity and hatred.
It's a smile showing her relief of finally admitting to herself/finding out that he WAS cheating on her. He gaslit and lied to her constantly and made her feel crazy and she said fuck it, I will be crazy. She's destroying things and showing her anger but she's also relieved because she knows she's not crazy and finally is allowed to vent her emotions
And what’s crazy is, I saw her from the front row of the beyhive on her Mrs Carter tour and she’s literally even prettier in person. How can you be prettier than edited and airbrushed pics/videos?! You can’t... but Bey can. Straight woman to straight woman, she’s absolutely stunning!!!
![RIFLE X DAW - จะรีบไปไหน(ทำไมไม่นอนนี่) [Official Music Video]](/img/n.gif)
Beyonce: I tried to be pretier
Me:sorry?
just me lol right I’m like excuse me how, not even to hype her up. But she’s an extraordinary looking BLACK WOMAN!!
Angel Johnson sure jan
Ahhhahahaha me toooo!!!
PERIODT
Really!
People be saying “wow if Beyoncé gets cheated on, then what hope do we have?” But that’s bull crap. The answer isn’t that Beyoncé wasn’t woman enough, it was that Jay-Z wasn’t man enough. The problem wasn’t with her, it was with him. The problem isn’t with you, it’s with your significant other. There is never an excuse to cheat.
Omega 1217 STRAIGHT FACTS!
Eh I did like the song and the concept behind it. But I mean I’m not talking about Beyoncé but relationships are both
There is no excuse for cheating, but we can't deny that Beyonce is a hard person to work with, let alone live with. She's type A personality and her biggest error (mentioned in this song) was thinking that being sexy/pretty was supposed to be enough, when relationships require far more work than that. Jay-Z clued us in when he rapped about her at the age of 23 being far more absorbed in her career than in him. There were also clues with the way she treated her girl group members, and how she overworks her staff.
She can be a bit of a dictator, sweet on the outside, but undermining you at the same time. Beyonce relied too much on the surface, focusing her value on her beauty, sex appeal, and her talent. Jay-Z probably hungered for someone with substance and a bit more refined in class (less ass shaking and hip grinding), which is why the woman he cheated with is known for her smarts and elegance. Ultimately, Jay-Z was wrong for cheating, but I can absolutely see why someone like Beyonce could get cheated on.
Our perception of her perfection is intentionally curated by her. Her manufactured brand image can mislead us to believe she's perfect, but truth is we don't know what happens behind closed doors. We only know she tends to get possessive, jealous, insecure, controlling, overbearing, etc. Her husband should've divorced her, and gave them both the peace they needed. Beyonce is too invested in their brand of "black royalty" to break up, so he should've been the one to end it. Now bc of his weakness, they're both trapped in the brand & empire that they (mostly she) built.
YourMajesty143 bruh, first of all nobody is gonna read this and people always blame the victim 💀
YourMajesty143 how do u KNOW all of this? U know the lady? Interviews, opinions and all a that can be curated like.....ur really sitting there acting like jay z was a complete saint, like loving him was the easiest thing she could have done. Relationships take work, and obviously he wanted the whole black royalty thing cuz he didn’t divorce her neither like what are u even saying
The way she channeled her grief and pain into incredible art
Beautiful ❤️🌹
It's amazing
@@lifeofTartarhlitterallt
That’s why it’s called lemonade 😊
Definitely a mental breakdown. That laugh is apart of her fight or flight mode and in this video, she chose to fight
6 years later and i’m still not over how beautiful she looks in the yellow dress 😭😩 Literal goddess!
Those flops when she's standing on the car tho 🤭
she is changing her face trought the time like everybody, but here is one of her best time of Beyonce.
Wow she looked very beautiful!!!!
yellow?
Oshun
You should read about her and the rest of the Orishas 🫶🏾 you'll see where a lot of artists get their inspiration
I love how she realises her worth and knows that it’s not her fault that he cheated, she was there, she did everything, still he did it
And he is still doing it 🤐
@@jessika3584 yeah, he is sooo being a bitch rn.
this.
So true 👏👏👏
@@jessika3584 right 💀
I came back to watch this years later, and I can’t believe that I didn’t realize back then that Lemonade is like an art show/movie. This “segment” of lemonade is showing how being cheated on can drive you crazy. Beyonce is smiling while she destroys everything in her path. She’s truly lost her mind lol. The opening monologue is her expressing her desperation of not be cheated on. Her words were so dramatic, because that’s exactly how it feels when you’re in love with someone, and then you find out that your partner has been unfaithful or lied to you. It’s said that being in love is a chemical imbalance after all. I feel like I need to watch lemonade again. I wonder what else I missed.
Real shit lil durk
Lil Durk you captured it! Yesss!!!
Bee Davis period. Ima watch it again this weekend. I was reading about the inspiration behind the Love Drought video, and basically it is about female slaves that killed themselves when they came to america, because they felt dying was better than being slaves in America. Powerful stuff
Because if you are pure n body n soul n sole n bowdie it pains like no other.
Lil Durk so right man
During the production of this music video, I was the operator of the Air Horn!!! Four years at music college for this!!! Beyonce personally thanked me after the final cut!!! Very proud of myself.
Well done g
You wish
Congrats on your musical accomplishment🎶
Can confirm, I was the Air Horn.
Yeah buddy! Congrats!
LEMONADE is easily my all-time favorite album ever. Across all genres and through all the years. This woman created a MASTERPIECE through her pain.
Black woman in yellow is God’s gift to us
Period ‼️
Period 😌😌✋🏾
Goddesss Oshun
Perioddd ! 💛
Period
Beyoncé: "tried to be prettier..."
Me: See this what we not finna do
LOL
Me: FUCK THAT SHIT HE NOT EVEN CUTE
@@manayamcbride5465 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@manayamcbride5465 tu mamá por si al casa :v
@@ANGELJIMENEZ-oz8mu 🤨 what?
No one truly realizes how freeing it's to let the crazy out and just break things when you're heartbroken. Takes you to a whole other level. This video shows that in it's purest form. Every woman has an inner Harley Quinn and on this day Beyonce met and let hers shine ❤❤
#dope
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
this
They don't care l mean these cheaters
LOVE the underwater shots. I don't think people really appreciate how hard it is to look natural. Most people puff their cheeks up, swuint their eyes, or get water up their nose and freak out. As an underwater performer I gotta say she slays thi
would you happen to know how they filmed that part?
not specifically but likely just in a small pool with green back drop so they could green screen in the background
+Lynda Harris bitchcraft and wiggitry
you mean computerized special effects
She's a witch
For all of those people criticizing Beyoncé about the introduction, she didn’t actually do any of these things. She is reading a poem by Warsan Shire, a British 27 year-old poet who was referenced in the visual album for Lemonade.
Thanks so much for explaining to these people.
@David Lang
What’s the name of the poem?
@@nervousnori it's called denial
Thank you! I thought it was hers and was mesmerized by the poem!! I'll read more of that author.
9/5/20: thanks for the clarity, I would have not known this.
I’m being cheated on currently by my husband and LORD this album has saved me. I loved this album back when it came out and even more now
Dump his ass
The way she channeled her grief and pain into incredible art
Beyoncé is so dope. I can't stop watching this track again and again. I am sure she will be #1 soon due to
💖a u t h e n t I c v i e w s 💖
Lemonade is a masterpiece
She, for sure, didn’t write this song..
She said girls would lie and hide from Jay if he didn’t have the money and fame. She basically called his ass ugly, which he truly is, in every sense of the word. I love that she put this on wax. That’s how you put somebody on blast.
that’s so weird that she can agree he’s ugly as fuck but still be with him. like beyoncé really could’ve got herself such a fine man... but i suppose it doesn’t matter what male it is because the knowles genes will dominate period
true proof that love is blind to facts
Honestly jayz isn't a bad guy and yea he made a lot of mistakes in the past and mistakes that's really fucked but he's not truly a bad guy but that's my opinion
true
Blankie Plays he...cheated? To me that automatically means you’re a trash human being.
What I love about Beyoncé is that she never goes public when there’s a polemical involving her name, she tells the story for us through her music. That’s how she confim it.
THATS WHY I LOVE THAT WOMAN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️
Truee 🔥
Yea the story of how she sold her soul
@@nytik4303 you’re so annoying I keep finding you everywhere go away
I agree with the 1999 people that liked this comment. Lemme just click like to make it 2k😎
2024 anyone? I repeat 2024 anyone?
I’m here 🎉
No
First time even! Virgin to this song
Yes
Still here ya
Beyonce has been with Jay Z since she was 18 so I know that sh*t rocked her to the core! And just like a great artist does, she channeled it in her music.
Jay-Z really was out there cheating like he cute.
😂🤣🤣too funny😂🤣😭
XD
I really don’t know why Beyoncé was with him anyways he’s so ugly
Combat Wombat what happened
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I understand the concept behind asking: “How could someone cheat on Beyoncé?” But how many good women, like her, get mistreated and taken for granted?
You’ll never be pretty enough, tall enough, kind enough, compassionate enough, smart enough, sexy enough for someone to do you wrong when THEY choose to.
Update: Just seen this tweet from 2 years ago acquired 6.2 likes - I see you all 😊
How easy it is when you have everything you want in a woman to want just a little more. It's a fight that I think everyone with their dream woman has, I know I had it, and it led me down a path I shouldn't have gone down. I imagine the man loses the fight when the relationship takes a sour turn, we broke up a few months later, completely unrelated, she never knew.
Fact
Is never the fault of the person who gets cheated, is always the choice of the person who cheats.
And men cheat because, as much as they claim to respect and love us, deep down they don't really see us as fully human.
They either sanctify our qualities (i cheat because i dont feel good enough for you) or demonize our flaws (i cheat because you're not good enough for me).
i would say anyone who isnt reciprocal is a potential cheater...
But specifically the men who dont care about your sexual, emotional, intelectual and financial needs once theirs are covered.
Men who just give you time and affection when they want something from you, and ignore you once they get what they want.
@@deliaalvis2630 Girl, this was deep. And also 100% true.
Prophets Of Rock TV say that again so the whole world can hear not just good women but just humans period no matter the sex
Who's here in 2024??😂
Me😊
Shit kinda creepy
Me, another Lya
I'm watching because a blogger analyzed it and called out a few points. I hope the right people watch this video and draw some parallels.
These people blind asf back truth is was right😂
“Less awake” i felt that. She’s such a beautiful soul
Can't believe this was 3 years ago... Feels like a year ago it was released...
IKR It was released on iTunes about a year ago tho
meeeeeee
Lemonade is timeless
I know,huh? I listen to this weekly, still. I COULD NEVER get tired of this.
brown sugar ICONIC
I tried to change, closed my mouth more tried to be softer, prettier, less awake.
Fasted for 60 days, wore white
abstained from mirrors, abstained from sex. Slowly did not speak another word
In that time my hair grew past my ankles
I slept on a mat on the floor
I swallowed a sword
I levitated
Into the basement confessed my sins and was baptized in a river.
Got on my knees and said Amen
And said I mean I whipped my own back and asked for dominion at your feet
I threw myself into a volcano I drank the blood and drank the wine I sat alone and begged and bent at the waist for God
I crossed myself and thought I saw the Devil.
I grew thickened skin on my feet, I bathed in bleach, and plugged my menses with pages from the holy book.
But still inside me coiled deep was the need to know
"Are you cheating on me?"
Like this so others can see
YOUR PROFILE IS GOALS
i love you sooooooooo ,munch 😀😀😀😀
I love your profile pic
Esta intro me encanta ❤
di wow
The beginning of this video always gives me chills and makes me cry. Wow. So intense.
How is this 7 years AGO?!
The fasting, wearing white, and not having intercourse and stuff are all muslim traditions for the mourning period after a womens husband dies. I love the poetry.
ALSO after amen she said ameen
LMAO i thought that was what she was saying..!
she got it from a Somali poet
+Mohammed Abdulkarim which poet?
Warsan shire
"THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS A MAN, IS A MAN WHO WANTS TO BE KEPT"
Pinterest quote! don't know original source unfortunately
Period
It's as simple as that ,thank you for saying it as it should be
This is CRAZYYYY th-cam.com/video/LVRfqSekHns/w-d-xo.html
ALREADY🥂🥂🥂 WELL SAID.... C. CHEERS🥃🥃
Listening to this album after I got cheated on by my first love. I gave him everything. Put in so much effort, was patient, loved him so much to only get cheated on. I was with him for 5 years. He was cheating on me for a year and 4months. Shit hurts a lot. It sucks. He lied to me, deceived me, manipulated me and killed a big piece of me. I feel this album. Every word of it.
Never live this but i yeah, destroy and just take how long to go through ?? so hard.. i really wish you have found peace and let you try and fall in love again.. with no piece of his shit he made to you, time you had to repair you. i nerver cheated i am lucky , i really don't see another person attractive or what if i am in love already... for me if i have one day the idea to cheat, i think i will quit him.. i will know that s not my the good one ! two relation... THATS INSANE
I love how Beyonce expresses her feelings ❤
"Whats worse? Looking jealous or crazy? Or like being walked all over lately?
Id rather be crazy"
ICONIC
edit: 2:39
I agree
Yep
My favorite verse
This quote is everything
That part alone made me look up the video & play it again lol
I tried to change
Closed my mouth more
Tried to be soft, prettier
Less... awake
Fasted for 60 days
Wore white
Abstained from mirrors
Abstained from sex
Slowly did not speak another word
And that time my hair I grew past my ankles
I slept on a mat on the floor
I swallowed a sword
I levitated
Into the basement
Confessed my sins
And was baptized in a river
Got on my knees and said, "Amen"
And said, "I mean"
I whipped my own back
And asked for dominion at your feet
I threw myself into a volcano
I drank the blood and drank the wine
I sat alone and begged and bent at the waist for God
I crossed myself in thought
I saw the devil
I grew thickened skin on my feet
I bathed in bleach
And plugged my menses with the pages from the holy book
But still inside me coiled deep was the need to know
Are you cheating?
Are you cheating on me?
This is powerful
And said "Amin", not "I mean".
powerful
Me going down the lines as she speaks, hits deeper 😔
"I saw the devil.....😈."
The serenity and just giddy excitement while she relishes in her crazy here.. Just so well done! She ate this album downnn
I’ll always love this song. And every once in a while I’ll watch this video and every time Beyoncé still takes my breath away, she’s a f*ing goddess
She looks so happy
Slightly scary how happy she is
Oh my god very true 😭😭😭😭 but i like that other side of queen bey
Ochun.
You didn't get it right? She's not happy, she was so desperate and upsdt because of this, that she went crazy. And I think that's that what she wants to show us.
In Lukumi cosmology when Ochun is angry she laughs. There’s a story where she joyously destroys a village. There is no question that she is embodying this divine feminine force.
that’s the point. she is losing her mind but putting pretending as if everything is okay. “hopping out the bed” like the cheating is not utterly crushing her.
He lied to make her think she was jealous and crazy to the point where she thought she needed antidepressants. But she knew he was lying. Not jealous and crazy she was right. What a wicked way to treat the one who loves you...
Lol also he probably cheated on her because he got tired of the diva b.s. and ego.
@@brandnew9834 nigga what??? U is tripping bruuh. So ur basically saying its partly her fault he cheated cause she was acting like a diva (which she actually is) ohmygawww i can’t even
@@brandnew9834 just say you're sexist and leave. jay-z travels and leaves home a lot too. he chose to cheat. lmao. and dont be in black women's business like that. she is a victim because she had all those kids with him and married him and treated him like the love of her house just for him to cheat and that's very much micro aggressively racist to say a lot of rappers sleep with a lot of women. you're just disgusting.
@@josephine1084 1) It’s going on 6pm, dinner isn’t gonna make itself. 2) Y’all stay trying to play the victim. You complain and cry, and people really get tired of you. 3) She knew his track record, she knew how much access he had to women, she knew who he used to date. She was told better, and she still wanted what she wanted. So live with it.
@@brandnew9834 hmm so you're a grown up who is unable to take care of yourself. got it. maybe if you stopped being an incel and looked at this from both perspectives both are equally bad...and lastly...if two people decide to get married. they put their differences aside especially their past and and trust into each other. so if either party cheats it's both bad
Loving someone and giving yourself to them makes you so vulnerable, and if they cheat, they break more than just trust, they break a part of you. If you love them, don’t cheat, because even if they forgive you, they will never look or love you the same as before.
Maybe you shouldn't expect someone who has options like JZ does to not want to exercise them. He wants the best life possible, and Bey + other women would have been that for him. Do you think she would have been open to that conversation? Probably not. Most of you arent. So...
@@freddiesimmons1394 What conversation? To be cheated on? lol
Some couples are swingers, some have open relationships, he could have found a woman that was into that. But it has to go both ways, if the man can sleep with other women, then the woman can sleep with other men. This isn’t sister wives for eff’s sake! 😂
@@everevelyn1094 1) it isnt cheating if she'd give the ok, she just is probably too emotional about it to talk about it. 2) he has attachment and history with Beyonce, not some random other woman who happens to not bitch about this. He could just have both. Again, if she isnt willing to talk about it, she's putting up barriers to his happiness. Which is bs. 3) where did anyone say he wouldnt let her do what she wanted if he got to?
That 3:14 to 3:37 verse always gives me chills
From what book? 😕🤔
He was already famous when she got with him. That's why this lyrics never made sense to me.
@@RoxanaLorenaD She didn’t write this..
I'll admit, i never used to be a fan of Beyonce, but you know what I love about her now? She took a massive risk by doing something completely out of her comfort zone, considering she's known to be an RnB artist. She's a hard working female artist and is a flawless performer. Her lemonade album is probably the best album that has ever been released. Watch Lemonade in full...trust me. "Daddy Lesson" (country), "Don't Hurt Yourself" (Rock), "All Night" (Alternative), "Sandcastle"/"Pray You Catch Me" (ballad). It's a mixture of genres. People complain that Beyonce is boring and does the same thing all the time. Lol if only haters knew. Appreciate art and get over yourselves. Btw, those who are saying she's overrated, let me just say your "overrated" word is overrated. Beyonces toe nail is worth more than your house. Sorry not sorry!
Yes.Some one that is speaking total sense in this comment section.
Noanoa 7196 someone had to be honest to all these haters
+Jonah kingi lol
+Paisley Stovall No she meant sorry not sorry!!!!
someone had to be honest?
so you're saying that you are being honest when claiming this is the best album ever?
riiiiiiight..
the fact that this song sounds just like r kelly trapped in a closet while trying to steal yeah yeah yeahs lyrics word for word.. i wouldnt call that artistry..
sorry, but if you have to have others hand you songs that were created by somebody else only to do a piss poor version of it?
well then you just suck.
She had fun smashing all those cars
I would lol.
Is me You I would have show have I live smashing cars I mean like cars my dad let me use to smash that is old that he had
@Susel lmao
Who wouldn’t
Beyonce in the kitchen
So proud of you Beyonce ❤ I wish you and your family much love and peace
So brave.... get this comment one billion likes bravo sob sob
RIP Cathy White❤
I love the part where she goes "are you cheating on me?" Cause up to that point she was being all poetic and then she just gives it to us straight. Are you cheating on me?
that's kind of the point...
Q
HAHAHAHA TRUE
I know right
me to then it echoed
Beyonce: "tried to be prettier"
Me: *confusion intensifies *
She was cheated on, felt not enough. Happens to a lot of women feeling ugly because of their partners infidelity
😂😂😂😂
Can I just ask: what makes fans believe that these lyrics are a reflection of real life situations? Beyoncé sang many songs about being heartbroken including “irreplaceable” and “broken hearted girl”. Why was this one suddenly taken so seriously? Serious question. I’m genuinely curious 🧡
@@homegirl4155 because this song was released right after jay z cheated and everyone speculates that this song is about how she felt and I’ve heard jay z knew she made this song before releasing and gave permission as he was sorry for being unfaithful towards her.
Right? 😭
I'm starting to wonder if she is evil that first part is pretty scary
This whole album is iconic
I love how in the opening she is drowning herself in water(which is often a simple of purity) while the poem is about trying to purify herself even though her worries linger. Then later she destroys the fire hydrant and dances in the water-joyous in the truth(the purest thing there is) that she once drowned herself with
Ooof. ❤
Wow
Beyonce is confessing to us how she sold her soul and cheating on the devil with jesus and how she is a warlock.. Jay-Z is just a cover up for the people still stuck in the matrix...you have to go deeper down the rabbit hole to really understand.
@@naughtiea1810
????
Stop capping, drowning isnt purity? It means anxiety and pressure
After being cheated on, I finally understand the symbolism at the beginning of the video. Bear in mind the Lemonade epic was full of spoken word artsy stuff…but that first bit of Beyonce in water is like her holding everything in. It’s like inhaling and attempting to be different for the sake of appearing sane, nice and okay. When she opens the doors it’s like she finally says “fuck it” I’d rather be crazy than jealous and so she lets all the “water” go and starts bashing up the whole darn town 😂 I know it may look obvious but you literally feel like you’re holding your breath/tongue when you know smn aint right and so I understood the opening of the doors and letting the water escape….
“You either say nothing and let it fuck you up, or say something and fuck it up yourself”
I love this insightful take, this reading makes so much sense after also being cheated on. I hope you're healing :)
Yes! Love this comment
I dont listen to this album often (lets be honest a lot of these songs arent casual jams), but from start to finish it incapsulates so many of the stages, thoughts and feelings you go through after experiencing this its really a masterpiece in that way. As someone who experienced it too, going through the songs in order hits.
Omg you Know your'e Hella smart for this ? 😅 Why did i Not think of this ..
Underrated comment.
You can literally be Beyoncé and men will still cheat. 😭
Most artistic mental breakdown I've ever seen 😂
When you give an ugly guy a chance and he starts acting like you're the ugly one
THAT PART! It happened to me too...
Jay ain't ugly
you're RACIST
@@luizapolinario5768 i can't see on what bases you called me racist
Sami Kanoun
😂😂😂😂 you not blind
Did JAY-Z really make Beyoncé feel like she was ugly
That’s right.
Its crazy how a ugly mofo can make a pretty girl feel like shit.
That's what happens when someone you're in love with cheats on you... You could be the baddest bitch on the planet and think you're ugly and worthless because you think you can't compare to the other woman
I don't think he ever insulted her or berated her, I can't see him doing that. He just happened to cheat with a really beautiful woman who looks different from his wife and that made Beyonce feel some type of way.
@@anana8389 Lol, I don't know about that. If both of them took off the make up, had no fake hair Rachel Roy might be a little better looking. Beyonce is still hot though. Jay didn't just cheat with her because of looks though, he's a really intelligent guy. Rachael is educated, and a successful designer. She seems more sophisticated than Beyonce.
Love this ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for making my day! And sing a song from my heart! BEAUTIFULL! And song SO WELL! All the best to Beyoncé
"What's worse, looking jealous or crazy?" Beyonce
This line perfectly describes a relationship with a narcissist 😔
Beyoncé lyrics is always and forever unlike anyone else
@@angelajohnson7147 warsan shire wrote it not Bey
@@elsugga3736 actually father John misty wrote it
Except she says, “what’s worst, looking jealous or crazy?” Worst is stupid.
@@gregkosinski2303 No, if you quote the WHOLE line, worst is right. She's comparing three things, not two: Jealous or crazy, or like, being walked all over lately? I'd rather be crazy."
This dress is iconic Beyonce is iconic
love this video...always!
Love it what a tune 🎵
If you’re making Beyoncé feel worthless, u know ur doing something wrong
@ur local mother bruh!! I'm over here wondering if they actually thought they said something different 🤔
Wow she’s that much of A God for y’all dumbasses.
@ur local mother Nah, that's some right wing conspiracy theorist propaganda shit
No if your making anyone worthless your doing something wrong
2cool true true
This album deserved more.
Wym? This was the most popular album when it came out and was Everywhere
@@bigtimecena3676 IT DESERVES MORE LIKE SHE SAID ITS A MASTERPIECE
It was the best selling album of 2016 in terms of physical sales
First time I hear this song in euphoria lol.
lmao more what? this album was a huge success. it was her most acclaimed album. she even won two grammys.
i think everyone knows what a masterpiece this is
QUEEN ❤
I Love Your Voice Beyoncé ! Beautiful Video !
i'm not really even a beyonce fan but this is so good??? it's wild that so many people are leaving negative comments
not to mention how gorgeous she looks
Plz its illuminati witch. Google it. beyonce illuminati expose. Or just Hold up Illuminati expose. Plz. Wake up. I need you to wake up
Shes a super succesful black woman whos probably more talented then their favorite artist. It's been happening since the beginning of time. With every hater are a thousand more fans though :).
+Salocraft95 corny
me too!! this song is so fucking liitttttt
i don’t want to hear a time when little kids ask who is beyonce 🥺.
Admire M Beyoncé** 😂
I don't think this is happening anytime soon. She is a legend, kids today still (kind of) know who Michael Jackson is, for example.
10 month old me: WHO IS BEYONCÉ
Im a kid and I know who Beyoncé is
Admire M I freaking love your profile picture
The album of the century 🍋
They want a loyal woman, but can’t be loyal smh
Who’s listening to this while in quarantine ? 😂
Me. Best. Spring. Break. Ever.
i am french et moi aussi t'inquiète tu n'es pas seule
😅💋
I’m on a Beyoncé-thon
Queen...
Me 😂😂
This song always stand out. It's so chill yet meaningful.
She's tripping. Pages from the Bible for tampons help her Jesus 🙏🏽🙏🏽
@@jermickjenkins4862 ?? you trippin
@@Rob93WLR it’s actually you, anybody who thinks this is okay is sick. Everyone’s day is coming especially for people like this.
@@Miyahhhhhhh This song is so good what do you mean.
@@Miyahhhhhhh She is reciting Warsan shire’s for women who are difficult to love
This albums is a real masterpiece❤😢
Beautiful Song.
THE ENTIRE ALBUM IS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OMG
what do you mean
Probably means its a revelation.
+Khdidij Khadouj it means its a fucking religious experience
you mean pretentious af
A spiritual one for me
Denial (Poem)
I tried to change
Closed my mouth more
Tried to be soft, prettier
Less... awake
Fasted for 60 days
Wore white
Abstained from mirrors
Abstained from sex
Slowly did not speak another word
And that time my hair I grew past my ankles
I slept on a mat on the floor
I swallowed a sword
I levitated
Into the basement
Confessed my sins
And was baptized in a river
Got on my knees and said, "Amen"
And said, "I mean"
I whipped my own back
And asked for dominion at your feet
I threw myself into a volcano
I drank the blood and drank the wine
I sat alone in begged and bent at the waist for God
I crossed myself in thought
I saw the devil
I grew thickened skin on my feet
I bathed in bleach
And plugged my menses with the pages from the holy book
But still inside me coiled deep was the need to know
Are you cheating?
Are you cheating on me?
Thank u!!!
X,
Bless you
So she’s demonic 😳😳😳😳😳 she did what with her menses on the Bible 😱
Faith Maritim she also says in the song “can’t you see there’s no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you”. She’s talking about God, she’s tricking us thinking she’s talking about Jay-Z 😭
This video is so beautiful to me. It literally makes me cry.❤❤❤ I could watch it all day. I think it's the feelings it brings out of me
I love this song~💗
Still waiting for Lemonade to be on Spotify.....
ikr
+Erika_ Poquiz I hope eventually it will come out, I've been waiting for like 4 months, fml
+Laura Calabro you can get a month free on Tidal
girl same here
just go buy the album
*When Beyonce smashes cars she gets praised but when I do it I get handcuffed cmon now* 😒
Lmfaoaoaoaoao
LMAO😂
😆😆😆
Okay but me
😊
I can’t still yet. get over it why this masterpiece never won a Grammy.
Damn…. Awesome!
FINALLY THIS IS ON SPOTIFY!
BUUUT, SHE DIDN'T ADD THE INTROS :( (POEMS) I'M SO SAD
All it took was a netflix documentary
@@ora-fg5qz am a fuck me of a beach. Hhmmmmmmmm
Facts
yo I have never been so grateful for a comment LOL
Who the frick would cheat on Beyonce???
No one she just ripped this song off of the yeah yeah yeahs. No talent tramp lol.
Except that she credited them on it and they would royalties from it so she didn't rip anyrhinf off and she sure as hell as more talent than you could even imagine.
Rob Marshall Beyoncé has more talent in her pinky than anyone else currently breathing on this planet. Go somewhere else with your negativity and hatred.
Casey Campbell i knooooow rightttt
Her husband that spent a few years with and has one child together
One of my favs ❤
A masterpiece ❤
This song hits different when you’ve actually been cheated on
Right
Ik lol all I can think about in this sound is the boy who cheated on me
I mean, can't relate, I've never even had a bf or gf
same with when your best friend swoops up your crush
hurts so good
:/ sad but true
After finding out Jay Z cheated since he drop his new album 4.44 : i decide to return back to Lemonade to understand the Queen pain
Marve
MarvelousMartha he cheated on the queen of music in our generation
Makeup 987654321 I think the naive people wouldn't know how to spell the word "naive"
lol what was the beginning about? That was super random
illuminati exposed
This is ICONIC😊
I felt this every time😮😢😢. Again and Again 🙄🥰
All this rage flowing through her veins but still managed to smile throughout the video .This is a woman with a strong heart
It's a smile showing her relief of finally admitting to herself/finding out that he WAS cheating on her. He gaslit and lied to her constantly and made her feel crazy and she said fuck it, I will be crazy. She's destroying things and showing her anger but she's also relieved because she knows she's not crazy and finally is allowed to vent her emotions
Right,and shes also smiling thinking about how she's doing her job and she'll get money
Or a victim
Na, that's what a mental break looks like . 😂
@@laylabird4488Yes, my very last nerve smile .
My god the intros are... FUCKING EVERYTHING.
satanic
Heyyy guys come check out my channel and tell me what y'all think God bless ✌🏻️
always skip em hun
ikr
I know right
Yaaas YES This song TUMPS❤
Big luv from 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭❤️❤️❤️
Imagine cheating on Beyonce.... CANT RELATE
seriously
Fr
Ikr. Never
I'd do it with Rihanna. She always been badder, especially now that she's thicker.
Joseph Moore the delusional
*Bro she’s so pretty*
Right !!! Mesmerizing beauty im a straight chic but I could look at her face for like ever
Gorgeous, perfection.
And what’s crazy is, I saw her from the front row of the beyhive on her Mrs Carter tour and she’s literally even prettier in person. How can you be prettier than edited and airbrushed pics/videos?! You can’t... but Bey can. Straight woman to straight woman, she’s absolutely stunning!!!
And Jay -z ugly
@Raena Martinez that was the point lol
Wow!!!!! Hidden in plain sight!!!!!!
•Rainha aclamada👑🐝
Coming home from school sees my bed
"They don't love you like I love you.."
😂😂 same
+lisa parillon fr😫😂😂
😂😂😂
LOL YES
LMAOOOOOO
Beyonce lowkey rapping
collectibly tricks she got mad bars 3:13 to 3:36
Agree
560 now,
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 😎💦😩👀🙌
It's true and also be prettier
Six inch heels
One of the best songs ever . great 👍🏼
Beautiful❤❤