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
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.
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
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 ❤❤
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?
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.
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.
Oh my... This is exactly how it was. I was 16 and i moved in with a guy who was 20 and he was cheating on me like crazy. He was comming home after being with her, drunk and pathetic and since he was so abusive manipulative i had to throw all my friends just to be with this guy. So I had no ome to turn to while I KNEW he was cheating om me. I saw messages. I heard her over ghe fucking phone And I said nothing. Once when I was turning 18 I tried to confrontate him and he just blew me off with his disgusting words like "Yeah I domt regret it she pleases me better" and he would hit me two times and then he left. I was so desperate at that point that when he came back home one day later i had just overdosed on anxiety medication and i tried to put my shot together for two months but I did not speak a WORD and I did not eat a damn thing and finally I ended up sceletal so my dad forced me out from him and he tried to get me back but I grew as strong as I could get and cutted dvery band I had with him. Now I'm 20 and I FUCKING KNOW BETTER.
Poot Lovato Yes but he was a very manipulative person and I was so unbelievably in love with him I did everything for him and he took advantage of me staying thru everything that he thought he could do whatever until we're married (??) And that's all I wanted but yeah... I'm better off
To be honest, My ex is the same. Manipulative and forceful and just awful. He told me that the only way I could be with him was if I ran away from my caring mother and my puppy. He touched me in public and humiliated me. Every time we got in a fight he'd blame me for it when I saw messages of him sexing with a hole lot of other girls he told me it was my fault and that I should kill myself. I ended up in hospital 3 times because of him and my liver is permanently damaged all because of a boy who didn't love me right. sigh...
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
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
I agaree. Thank you Beyonce for this powerful song. Even who "didn't like it" come Here To listen and watch. LEMONADE is the album of the gear. It made me a berter person. Thank you!
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.
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.
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.
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
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?
Well mrs.knowles, i apologize if incorrect spelling. If you're ever in the NH/Mass area, please let our area know. Im a death metal fan but, your lyrics and verses are awesome. Im only a fan of lemonade.,if you ever want to do a show in new England singing that album and please play with Kendrick. If I heard " Lemonade", and "Damn", albums back to back, id die happy. Have a good night everyone, life's been rugged, thank God for good music! God bless everyone and goodnight ❤
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'm sorry to hear about that. You're going to get through this. It's going to suck for a long time, but you're going to get through it. You deserve better. Stay strong!
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
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.
This song actually came out the day after I found I was cheated on with my best friend a year ago Here just to remind myself it wasn't my fault just men cheat they can't help it
kate victoria I don't worship anyone . I respect Beyoncé, not in any way worship her.and 6 is just my favorite number. Nothing to do whit evil ,illuminating etc
Regardless ,she is one in a billion. This talent is super human,beyond legend.people will listen to her and will be influenced hundreds of years from now
@@jillreyerma7592 Shut up don't say that. She said she uses the bible as a tampon.. "I plug my MENSES with the pages from the holy book" . that's not christianity that's blasphemy. She said she saw the devil..... As soon as she said that you saw her morph into a weird shape and she was covered in red referencing luciferianism. Had the bible floating underwater.. And was swimming in the air moving weird af. She's clearly a witch. That's why u see Jay Z hanging with the likes of Marina Abramovic....
Shes speaking on soul ties pay attention.Thats how them thirdparty vibes can have you....Out your mind with no probable cause and please where is the BTS the editing is out of this world
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.
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!!!
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.
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
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you Something don't feel right Because it ain't right Especially comin' up after midnight I smell your secret, and I'm not too perfect To ever feel this worthless How did it come down to this? Scrolling through your call list I don't wanna lose my pride, but I'm a fuck me up a bitch Know that I kept it sexy, and know I kept it fun There's something that I'm missing, maybe my head for one What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy, jealous or crazy? Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately I'd rather be crazy Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Let's imagine for a moment that you never made a name for yourself Or mastered wealth, they had you labeled as a king Never made it out the cage, still out there movin' in them streets Never had the baddest woman in the game up in your sheets Would they be down to ride? No, they used to hide from you, lie to you But y'all know we were made for each other So I find you and hold you down Me sing say Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Oh it is such a shame You let this good love go to waste I always keep the top tier, 5 star Backseat lovin' in the car Like make that wood, like make that wood Holly like a boulevard What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy, jealous and crazy? Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately I'd rather be crazy Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you I hop up out the bed and get my swag on I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?" What's up, what's up, what's up I hop up out the bed and get my swag on I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?" What's up, what's up, what's 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 :).
Cloud she's never putting it on spotify but her team will slowly but surely upload all the music videos from lemonade on this channel. the most recent one they put up was All Night.
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.
Think about poor women in Sri Lanka who are doing her clothing line for one penny. That is how she wants us women to be empowered. Think about all women in Muslim countries who have been discriminated and treated as animals and "queen' B deeply supporting Hillary C, who is getting dirty money from this countries. Yep she is not only normal for me but she is something worst.
Lyrics: Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you Something don't feel right because it ain't right Especially comin' up after midnight I smell your secrets, and I'm not too perfect To ever feel this worthless How did it come down to this? Scrolling through your call list I don't wanna lose my pride, but I'ma fuck me up a bitch Know that I kept it sexy, you know I kept it fun There's something that I'm missing, maybe my head for one What's worst, lookin' jealous or crazy? Jealous or crazy? Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately I'd rather be crazy Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Let's imagine for a moment that you never made a name for yourself Or mastered wealth, they had you labeled as a king Never made it out the cage, still out there movin' in them streets Never had the baddest woman in the game up in your sheets Would they be down to ride? No They used to hide from you, lie to you But y'all know we were made for each other So I find you and hold you down Me sing se Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Hey, this such a shame You let this good love go to waste I always keep the top tier, 5 star Backseat lovin' in the car Like make that wood, like make that wood Holly like a boulevard What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy? Jealous and crazy? Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately I'd rather be crazy Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you I hop up out my bed and get my swag on I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?" What's up, what's up, what's up I hop up out my bed and get my swag on I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?" What's up, what's up, what's up
I always loved her artistry and her music- but after experiencing infidelity in my own marriage...I UNDERSTAND EVERY FLIPPIN' THING she is singing about- the poems, the metaphors, the similes.....I think the hurt/devastation/complete explosion of your world experienced is similar and it is a TERRIBLE pain- betrayal! I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I understand Bey.....thanks for making this song for everyone else going through the same thing!
Did you end up working through it? My partner & i are starting couples counseling next week, & i want us to grow, heal, & be stronger. Hes my entire being, i love him more than I could love anything or anyone else conceivable. I wish i was exaggerating when i say hes my entire universe. But im filled with doubts while having the slightest sliver of hope rn. He says itll never happen again, that he realizes the pain hes caused & doesn’t want to lose a woman like me bc hes never been loved the way i love, &that quite frankly now hes scared ill do the same to him. Ive been betrayed by several men in the past, but this is a first that im trying to work through it while still being together. I guess im just looking for advice & hope
To explain the video Beyonce turns to religion when being cheated on trying to figure out what did she do wrong changing how she looks trying to get him back. then the beginning of the video everything's normal until beyonce eventually snaps the background imagery of everything going crazy and apocolyptic is representing her perfect world falling apart when getting cheated on. Her hitting the camera is how she felt when the media kept asking about her business and recording the elevator fight. hope this helps
ErosAtelier you love each person your with differently. It doesn't mean she doesn't still turn to the Lord. It means that this love is different, stronger even, to feel the emotion you should feel when someone cheats on you. It's like a death of a relationship, at least that's how it feel in the moment. That's why the first word she has up is Denial. A stage of grief!
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?
Beyoncé’s words sent chills up my spine. I been in quite a few shitty relationships and wonder if it was wrong to break up with my exes… then I put on Lemonade and immediately reassure myself that it wasn’t wrong
Lemonade is a testament to trying to heal yourself and your relationship. Plus her and the goblin have kids so why wouldn’t they try to work things out? When life gives you lemons, what do you do?
@@PolishedBeautythey have kids i always have respect for marriages because we don’t know what’s going on. Like Kim Kadashian said „if you have kids, you lowkey trapped“.
1988, red, 24k magic, bear bongs and bontleys, Ed aheerans divide, adeles 25. I respect her but her album wasn't the best this decade. It was iconic tho.
Ken Franc even adele said lemonade was better than 25. and please do not tell me you actually think anything taylor swift has done is better than anything beyoncé has ever done lmaoooo
Ken Franc the only thing worth mentioning in this is 25 and MAYBE ed sheeran. but 24k magic? really? i respect that some people don’t like beyoncé but sometimes the things said don’t make sense.
Especially since she bought him a $50M jet as a gift! Maybe he feels emasculated because she's still rocking it while he's now pretty much behind the scenes producing and other things. Queen B still in the limelight. Just sayin'
It kills me as a primarily death metal female fan but, damn .. Beyonce feels the pain of being a married woman and mom. This song gives me goosebumps. Much appreciated and love girl!!!🙏
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.
@@xoxoblogs 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.
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, I grew past my ankles. I slept on a mat on the floor. I swallowed a sword. I levitated. Went to the basement, confessed my sins, and was baptized in a river. I 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? Cheating? Are you cheating on me?
Words will never fully express my admiration for this sound and vision that could not be expressed any better. It's the best drop the mic moment I've ever seen.
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.
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.
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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
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.
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
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.
Facts ❤
EVER! And I’m 49.
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
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
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!
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
Imagine a man saying this😂😂😂
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
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 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 💀
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.
Oh my... This is exactly how it was. I was 16 and i moved in with a guy who was 20 and he was cheating on me like crazy. He was comming home after being with her, drunk and pathetic and since he was so abusive manipulative i had to throw all my friends just to be with this guy. So I had no ome to turn to while I KNEW he was cheating om me. I saw messages. I heard her over ghe fucking phone And I said nothing. Once when I was turning 18 I tried to confrontate him and he just blew me off with his disgusting words like "Yeah I domt regret it she pleases me better" and he would hit me two times and then he left. I was so desperate at that point that when he came back home one day later i had just overdosed on anxiety medication and i tried to put my shot together for two months but I did not speak a WORD and I did not eat a damn thing and finally I ended up sceletal so my dad forced me out from him and he tried to get me back but I grew as strong as I could get and cutted dvery band I had with him. Now I'm 20 and I FUCKING KNOW BETTER.
Beatrice Es I am sorry to hear that😭
Beatrice Es well you don't know any better when you are 16 and he was a lot he was taking advantage of your naiveness
Poot Lovato Yes but he was a very manipulative person and I was so unbelievably in love with him I did everything for him and he took advantage of me staying thru everything that he thought he could do whatever until we're married (??) And that's all I wanted but yeah... I'm better off
To be honest, My ex is the same. Manipulative and forceful and just awful.
He told me that the only way I could be with him was if I ran away from my caring mother and my puppy.
He touched me in public and humiliated me.
Every time we got in a fight he'd blame me for it when I saw messages of him sexing with a hole lot of other girls he told me it was my fault and that I should kill myself. I ended up in hospital 3 times because of him and my liver is permanently damaged all because of a boy who didn't love me right.
sigh...
Beatrice Es pssssbjjhzz
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
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
i love you sooooooooo ,munch 😀😀😀😀
I love your profile pic
Esta intro me encanta ❤
di wow
+Myrel Gallardo 😂😂
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
this
They don't care l mean these cheaters
Dear Beyoncé Knowles: I love You So Much, thank you for Your Hard work. 😘
You and your music saved this Boys life!
MAGIC MAN a
what hard work? it's not even a song
I agaree. Thank you Beyonce for this powerful song. Even who "didn't like it" come Here To listen and watch. LEMONADE is the album of the gear. It made me a berter person. Thank you!
Agree*
Tf I remember when this Song was just Released..Time is Flying
ikr
I remember
@@idc1738 o
Who wouldn’t want their car to be smashed by Beyoncé tho
army and a Beyonce fan damnnn T A S T E
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.
The beginning of this video always gives me chills and makes me cry. Wow. So intense.
This dress is iconic Beyonce is iconic
Nobody talking about how fabulous that dress is ?
it's stunning
Roberto cavalli fw 2016
only good thing about this shitty song and viedeo
*video
i love her dress
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
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!
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
@@nyko663 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😎
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.
"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🥃🥃
“Less awake” i felt that. She’s such a beautiful soul
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?
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.....😈."
"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
Well mrs.knowles, i apologize if incorrect spelling. If you're ever in the NH/Mass area, please let our area know. Im a death metal fan but, your lyrics and verses are awesome. Im only a fan of lemonade.,if you ever want to do a show in new England singing that album and please play with Kendrick. If I heard " Lemonade", and "Damn", albums back to back, id die happy. Have a good night everyone, life's been rugged, thank God for good music! God bless everyone and goodnight ❤
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
Hell has no fury like a woman scorned.
Weird Emo Otaku Hermit damn right lol lol
Movie four rooms
+Sterling Infinity (Infinity) LIES.LIES.LIES.THE WHOLE WORLD IS A LIE.
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'm sorry to hear about that. You're going to get through this. It's going to suck for a long time, but you're going to get through it.
You deserve better. Stay strong!
when is this shit gonna come on Spotify i'm waiting agesssssssssssss
shit :(
Some people think that if she releases a deluxe edition of lemonade, then it will be on Spotify
It's not going lmao :v you need to buy it from iTunes...I bought it :v
is it worth to buy?
Yah it's not even on apple music, it's gon take a while remember lemonade is supposed to save Tidal.
anyone else notice at 3:59 she changed out of her heels and put converse on?
cool! didn't see that.
noelia Heels hurting her feet lol
noelia thats beacouse she was stepping on that car (dutch girl)
haahh i did, like the 1924949th time i watched it xd
And then switches back to heels. Love it. They actually work with the dress somehow. Or maybe it's just because she's Bey.
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
This is dark. She has turned away from God❤
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 .
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
WOW this song really reminds me of how fierce beyonce is
shut up
don't tell her to shut up u do it
Yeah
+Sharta Drow exactly
The serenity and just giddy excitement while she relishes in her crazy here.. Just so well done! She ate this album downnn
Perfection doesn't exi-
LOOOOOL
same
haha
hahahahah
+My Panic! at Crybaby's Fallout I love your username
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
He broke her heart but it just made her stronger yepe yepe 👑
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
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Black woman in yellow is God’s gift to us
Period ‼️
Period 😌😌✋🏾
Goddesss Oshun
Perioddd ! 💛
Period
The dialogue intro hits differently when you just found out you’ve been cheated on
I just found out myself
Rachelle Balan sorry people that cheat immediately go to hell
Very true. I feel everything she said
This song actually came out the day after I found I was cheated on with my best friend a year ago
Here just to remind myself it wasn't my fault just men cheat they can't help it
Lulu Charlene true
R. I. P To The Young Lady That Was In Beyonce Vdeo Lemonade Who Passed Away At The Age Of 29🙏🏿💔❤️🙏🏿🕊️
This generation has been given the gift that is called Beyoncé.
A gift of God.👏🏻
davan666 youre name is 666, no wonder you worship beyonce
davan666 your*
kate victoria I don't worship anyone . I respect Beyoncé, not in any way worship her.and 6 is just my favorite number. Nothing to do whit evil ,illuminating etc
Regardless ,she is one in a billion. This talent is super human,beyond legend.people will listen to her and will be influenced hundreds of years from now
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
That first part of the video perfectly describes how cheating can mentally mess you up..
Sounds most like a satanic cult
@@pumaoutdoors
It's Christian.
Yes.
@@jillreyerma7592 Shut up don't say that.
She said she uses the bible as a tampon.. "I plug my MENSES with the pages from the holy book"
. that's not christianity that's blasphemy. She said she saw the devil..... As soon as she said that you saw her morph into a weird shape and she was covered in red referencing luciferianism.
Had the bible floating underwater.. And was swimming in the air moving weird af.
She's clearly a witch.
That's why u see Jay Z hanging with the likes of Marina Abramovic....
@@leroysmith7132
So Beyoncé is a witch? Cool.
Shes speaking on soul ties pay attention.Thats how them thirdparty vibes can have you....Out your mind with no probable cause and please where is the BTS the editing is out of this world
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
*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
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? 😭
Praying for you❤
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
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you
Something don't feel right
Because it ain't right
Especially comin' up after midnight
I smell your secret, and I'm not too perfect
To ever feel this worthless
How did it come down to this?
Scrolling through your call list
I don't wanna lose my pride, but I'm a fuck me up a bitch
Know that I kept it sexy, and know I kept it fun
There's something that I'm missing, maybe my head for one
What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy, jealous or crazy?
Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately
I'd rather be crazy
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Let's imagine for a moment that you never made a name for yourself
Or mastered wealth, they had you labeled as a king
Never made it out the cage, still out there movin' in them streets
Never had the baddest woman in the game up in your sheets
Would they be down to ride?
No, they used to hide from you, lie to you
But y'all know we were made for each other
So I find you and hold you down
Me sing say
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Oh it is such a shame
You let this good love go to waste
I always keep the top tier, 5 star
Backseat lovin' in the car
Like make that wood, like make that wood
Holly like a boulevard
What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy, jealous and crazy?
Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately
I'd rather be crazy
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you
I hop up out the bed and get my swag on
I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?"
What's up, what's up, what's up
I hop up out the bed and get my swag on
I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?"
What's up, what's up, what's up
Jolie Berkelaar
Jolie Berkelaar
good
Do you want to write more tekst?
Veerle van Oirschot sure what song??
Coming home from school sees my bed
"They don't love you like I love you.."
😂😂 same
+lisa parillon fr😫😂😂
😂😂😂
LOL YES
LMAOOOOOO
I love how Beyonce expresses her feelings ❤
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
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
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
Oh girl this has me thinking you a killa
I love the beginning tbh
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Girl Yes ! Its So Creative , Like You Can Tell She Put Her All In This Song & Video
Beyonce is art
Shes illmunati
Chloe , the illuminati is a big joke now , nobody takes it seriously anymore
When are we having Lemonade on Spotify?! :(
Cloud never
Cloud she's never putting it on spotify but her team will slowly but surely upload all the music videos from lemonade on this channel. the most recent one they put up was All Night.
Jazmyn Simmons Well that's sad, thanks anyway :)
Tina Garcia but why?
vassili It's to benefit Tidal who was created by Jay Z.
I wish I could just do this stuff while people smile at me instead of getting arrested
Shamara Landers Same 💁
Shamara Landers hahaha same 💁🙋
Shamara Landers
You and me both. It like when my crazy comes out nothing goes right for me.
Shamara Landers lol ikr
She's so beautiful, so looks so free❤❤❤
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.
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 😂😂
2024 anyone? I repeat 2024 anyone?
I’m here 🎉
No
First time even! Virgin to this song
Yes
Still here ya
FINALLY OMG ITS ON TH-cam. IVE LAYED EGG WAITING FOR THIS
Lol
IT WASNT JUST ME? LOL
woah! egg?lmfao
SAME!
Haha true
"Try to be prettier" BITCH YO BEAUTIFUL
Beyoncé is human too
Isabella Rose right
Isabella Rose yeah that’s why Jay left her =_=
Isabella Rose lol
Asuna lmao he didn't leave her....
She used the lyrics from “for women who are difficult to love” poem at the beginning
Thanks a lot!
LOOKING FOR THIS. THANK YOU!!
No she didn’t
So
@@camishanimmons1766 I think she only said that for those of us who wanted to know what poem she's reading. i dont think shes trying to be shady lol.
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😂
I will be 65 and still listening to Beyoncé because she speaks to the woman in me.
Noooo till I die
pearl yessss
yes Pearl!
After watching TH-cam rewind 2016 😱 LILLY SLAYED
Morgi Cakes exactly 💚💚💚💚💚
YES SHE IS! :D
Morgi Cakes YAAAAAAS
amen
Morg s same 😍😍
She could smash the windows of my cars and I would say “Amen”
Hahaha
I would ASK her to do it, and keep the car as a fucking artefact
I would say "I'm sorry" and then "Thank you queen"
Don't see her as God plz
@@cherylchimaamakihe3089 we don't see her as a God, we see her as a Beyoncé
I’ma still be here bro
how is it posible that Beyonce is a normal human
Honestly I think she's the Avatar
Jorge Hernandez shes a goddess.
Jorge Hernandez devil worshiper...
lol.. according to who
Brianna Pair Seek medical help
Think about poor women in Sri Lanka who are doing her clothing line for one penny. That is how she wants us women to be empowered. Think about all women in Muslim countries who have been discriminated and treated as animals and "queen' B deeply supporting Hillary C, who is getting dirty money from this countries. Yep she is not only normal for me but she is something worst.
Does the beginning give anyone else chills too?
Korrin Adrianna yes but Beyoncé is queen 😂
all her videos are disturbing now sorry formation this her live performances
yeesss
Yes! Powerful. And the visual story in this video is gorgeous. I felt that Moses-parting-the-sea moment when she opened the door.
Korrin Adrianna I didn't even want to sleep
She's so perfect ;-; how tf can u fucking cheat on someone like her? HOW???
shes an evil bitch far from perfect
+queen yachty Inna like who tf are they
Dashaiona .3. Nobody cheated on her, it was fake
It was an open marriage
Chloe C WAIT WHAAAAAAAAT O•O FOR REAL????
How is this 7 years AGO?!
Lyrics:
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you
Something don't feel right because it ain't right
Especially comin' up after midnight
I smell your secrets, and I'm not too perfect
To ever feel this worthless
How did it come down to this? Scrolling through your call list
I don't wanna lose my pride, but I'ma fuck me up a bitch
Know that I kept it sexy, you know I kept it fun
There's something that I'm missing, maybe my head for one
What's worst, lookin' jealous or crazy? Jealous or crazy?
Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately
I'd rather be crazy
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Let's imagine for a moment that you never made a name for yourself
Or mastered wealth, they had you labeled as a king
Never made it out the cage, still out there movin' in them streets
Never had the baddest woman in the game up in your sheets
Would they be down to ride? No
They used to hide from you, lie to you
But y'all know we were made for each other
So I find you and hold you down
Me sing se
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Hey, this such a shame
You let this good love go to waste
I always keep the top tier, 5 star
Backseat lovin' in the car
Like make that wood, like make that wood
Holly like a boulevard
What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy? Jealous and crazy?
Or like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately
I'd rather be crazy
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Slow down, they don't love you like I love you
Back up, they don't love you like I love you
Step down, they don't love you like I love you
Can't you see there's no other man above you?
What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you
Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you
I hop up out my bed and get my swag on
I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?"
What's up, what's up, what's up
I hop up out my bed and get my swag on
I look in the mirror, say, "What's up?"
What's up, what's up, what's up
I always loved her artistry and her music- but after experiencing infidelity in my own marriage...I UNDERSTAND EVERY FLIPPIN' THING she is singing about- the poems, the metaphors, the similes.....I think the hurt/devastation/complete explosion of your world experienced is similar and it is a TERRIBLE pain- betrayal! I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I understand Bey.....thanks for making this song for everyone else going through the same thing!
Did you end up working through it? My partner & i are starting couples counseling next week, & i want us to grow, heal, & be stronger. Hes my entire being, i love him more than I could love anything or anyone else conceivable. I wish i was exaggerating when i say hes my entire universe. But im filled with doubts while having the slightest sliver of hope rn. He says itll never happen again, that he realizes the pain hes caused & doesn’t want to lose a woman like me bc hes never been loved the way i love, &that quite frankly now hes scared ill do the same to him. Ive been betrayed by several men in the past, but this is a first that im trying to work through it while still being together. I guess im just looking for advice & hope
OK can you explain the beginning metaphors ? The swallowing sords and volcano and etc ?
Celenia G Is he staying because he feels loved or because he loves you?
To explain the video
Beyonce turns to religion when being cheated on trying to figure out what did she do wrong changing how she looks trying to get him back.
then the beginning of the video everything's normal until beyonce eventually snaps the background imagery of everything going crazy and apocolyptic is representing her perfect world falling apart when getting cheated on.
Her hitting the camera is how she felt when the media kept asking about her business and recording the elevator fight.
hope this helps
👍👍👍
ErosAtelier you love each person your with differently. It doesn't mean she doesn't still turn to the Lord. It means that this love is different, stronger even, to feel the emotion you should feel when someone cheats on you. It's like a death of a relationship, at least that's how it feel in the moment. That's why the first word she has up is Denial. A stage of grief!
WOW! I knew she wasn't this monster everyone makes her out to be!
Allexis Stewart
+Allexis Stewart why would you believe those dumb heads anyways?
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?
Beyoncé’s words sent chills up my spine. I been in quite a few shitty relationships and wonder if it was wrong to break up with my exes… then I put on Lemonade and immediately reassure myself that it wasn’t wrong
However she is still with Jay-Z lol
Meanwhile she’s still with the man that caused her to create the album. Kudos to you dear
Lemonade is a testament to trying to heal yourself and your relationship. Plus her and the goblin have kids so why wouldn’t they try to work things out? When life gives you lemons, what do you do?
@@PolishedBeautythey have kids i always have respect for marriages because we don’t know what’s going on. Like Kim Kadashian said „if you have kids, you lowkey trapped“.
It’s not her words. The poetry is from someone elder. Google it.
Lemonade era was something else. Literally Iconic better than anything released this decade. Don’t @ me
1988, red, 24k magic, bear bongs and bontleys, Ed aheerans divide, adeles 25. I respect her but her album wasn't the best this decade. It was iconic tho.
リズ it was better than lemonade in my opinion but I respect beyonce for that album tho.
@@Ken-xw1lm LMAO
Ken Franc even adele said lemonade was better than 25. and please do not tell me you actually think anything taylor swift has done is better than anything beyoncé has ever done lmaoooo
Ken Franc the only thing worth mentioning in this is 25 and MAYBE ed sheeran. but 24k magic? really? i respect that some people don’t like beyoncé but sometimes the things said don’t make sense.
WHAT A WICKED WAY TO TREAT THE GIRL THAT LOVES YOU
Treat them mean and keep them keen
Especially since she bought him a $50M jet as a gift!
Maybe he feels emasculated because she's still rocking it while he's now pretty much behind the scenes producing and other things. Queen B still in the limelight. Just sayin'
Send this to my crush lol
@@highflyguy1 and find yourself alone in your old age 🤣🤣🤣
It kills me as a primarily death metal female fan but, damn .. Beyonce feels the pain of being a married woman and mom. This song gives me goosebumps. Much appreciated and love girl!!!🙏
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.
@@xoxoblogs 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.
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, I grew past my ankles. I slept on a mat on the floor. I swallowed a sword. I levitated. Went to the basement, confessed my sins, and was baptized in a river. I 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?
Cheating? Are you cheating on me?
cool
Steven's Fans a
WAT IS U TALKING ABOUT U SOUND STUPIND
Deep isn't this song?
Steven's Fans vfffj, bull you
1:20 ok so nobody is gonna talk about the fact that she basically said i use bible pages as pads...
Words will never fully express my admiration for this sound and vision that could not be expressed any better. It's the best drop the mic moment I've ever seen.
its written by ezra koenig of vampire weekend
@@josephhardiman4876 Thank you. I didn't know that. I just love it.
@@AnnetteMay1221 no problem its a cool sound!!
@@josephhardiman4876 and technically also Soulja Boi
They put the rituals right in your face and people are still blind, this generation is doomed.
Beyoncé smashing cars with a bat and laughing is my 2017 mood
B Lemon same That and Eliza Hamilton Burning letters
SAME
me 2
B Lemon Ikr same
bruh ain't it
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