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Here are the revealing lyrics in Beyonce's 'Lemonade' that people speculate are about Jay Z cheating

You can taste the dishonesty/It's all over your breath as you pass it off so cavalier

Here are the revealing lyrics in Beyonce's 'Lemonade' that people speculate are about Jay Z cheating

Can't you see there's no other man above you?/What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you

Can

Cowritten by Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, who once tweeted one of the lines ("Hold up, they don't love you like I love you"), "Hold Up" rides a sunny reggae groove. But Beyoncé has harsh words for her man, telling him, "I smell your secret, and I'm not too perfect/To ever feel this worthless." Going through his "call list," she warns, "I'ma f--- me up a b----."

In the video for "Hold Up" from the "Lemonade" film, Beyoncé walks down a street causing destruction everywhere.

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

What

The refrain in "Hold Up" gets right to the point: Beyoncé would rather appear jealous than hide her emotions and feel like she's being used. She explored similar themes in "Jealous" from her 2013 self-titled album.

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

Let

This is the most cutting lyric on the album, from "Hold Up," suggesting that Jay Z has accumulated wealth and power that have made him attractive to women. But without those things, she says, other women wouldn't pay him much mind.

But Beyoncé is still there for Jay Z: "Y'all know we were made for each other," she sings, "so I find you and hold you down."

You ain't married to no average b---- boy

You ain

Beyoncé doesn't let up on the aggression in "Don't Hurt Yourself," which features a Led Zeppelin loop and was recorded with Jack White. "Keep your money, I got my own," she says. The song argues that her man's mistakes will only come back at him. "When you diss me, you diss yourself."

Uh, this is your final warning/You know I give you life/If you try this s--- again/You gon lose your wife

Uh, this is your final warning/You know I give you life/If you try this s--- again/You gon lose your wife

Beyoncé delivers an ultimatum at the end of "Don't Hurt Yourself," saying she's ready to walk away.

The "Lemonade" film also includes home-video footage of the couple together.

Suck on my b----, pause, I had enough/I ain't thinking 'bout you

Suck on my b----, pause, I had enough/I ain

Another seemingly clear reference to Jay Z, this lyric on "Sorry" turns his verse on Kanye West's "So Appalled" back on himself. Beyoncé is using his own insults to let him know she should give him pause.

Looking at my watch, he shoulda been home/Today I regret the night I put that ring on

Looking at my watch, he shoulda been home/Today I regret the night I put that ring on

Beyoncé makes not-so-veiled references to possible infidelity on "Sorry," saying that her man always has "excuses."

She also makes allusions to a breakup, which leads one to wonder how autobiographical the album really is, since she and Jay Z are still publicly together. "I left a note in the hallway/By the time you read it, I'll be far away/I'm far away," she sings.

He only want me when I'm not there/He better call Becky with the good hair

He only want me when I

The lyric heard 'round the internet, about who a man suspected to be Jay Z is spending his time with, has been the most dissected on the album. Amateur sleuths have come up with theories about who "Becky with the good hair" is.

Fans immediately picked out designer Rachel Roy, who denies she's the person referenced, though she first posted a message on Instagram that seemed to be a response to the song.

People are also speculating the "Becky" could be singer Rita Ora, who has been linked to Jay Z. This has resulted in a lot of Beyoncé fan backlash against the women, which Roy called a form of "cyber bullying."

Apparently the fact that neither woman is named Becky doesn't matter to fans.

My daddy warned me about men like you/He said baby girl he's playing you

My daddy warned me about men like you/He said baby girl he

"Daddy Lessons" is the closest Beyoncé has come to making a country song, and the violent lesson in the title is directed at a man in her life. The father of the song told Beyoncé when "men like me come around," she should "shoot."

Ten times out of nine, I know you're lying/But nine times outta ten, I know you're trying/So I'm trying to be fair

Ten times out of nine, I know you

In the latter part of the album, Beyoncé's tone softens, and she seems to want to make amends. "Lemonade" comes off like a breakup album, one of the oldest models there is, but with a twist. "You and me could move a mountain," she tells a man in the chorus of "Love Drought," reaffirming their love.

We built sand castles that washed away/I made you cry when I walked away/And although I promised that I couldn't stay, baby/Every promise don't work out that way, oh, babe

We built sand castles that washed away/I made you cry when I walked away/And although I promised that I couldn

Beyoncé alludes to a breakup that didn't fully happen on "Sandcastles," whose video features Jay Z. She says, "What is it about you that I can't erase, baby?" Though the fighting is still fresh in her mind, she's willing to resolve it: "Show me your scars and I won't walk away."

I love you more than this job, please don't work for me

I love you more than this job, please don

Beyoncé suggests that career ambition is getting in the way of her relationship, but she's willing to put that aside if it can save the love. The song "Forward" repeats the word like a mantra, for herself and everyone else who wants progress.

Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?/'Cause I need freedom too!

Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?/

"Freedom," Beyoncé's collaboration with rapper Kendrick Lamar, gestures to much larger ideas about black unity and the fight against oppression and racism, though you could read into it as a relationship that's holding her down.

I had my ups and downs, but I always found the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.

I had my ups and downs, but I always found the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.

At the end of "Freedom," Beyoncé includes this clip of Jay Z's grandmother Hattie White giving a speech about forgiveness. The quote could serve to heal the relationship wounds explored throughout the album.

Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again

Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again

On "All Night," Beyoncé is letting herself drift back into the "true love" she remembers. "My love's too pure to watch it chip away," she concludes.


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