Released: April 17, 2019

Songwriter: Kuk Harrell Tricky Stewart The-Dream Beyoncé

Producer: Derek Dixie Beyoncé

[Intro]
Ladies have the floor, ladies have the floor
Ladies have the, ladies have the, ladies have the floor, hey!
Give it up for my sister
Alright now, everybody put your hands together
Do we have any single ladies in the house tonight?
Hey! (Now put your hands up)
All the single ladies (All the single ladies)
All the single ladies (All the single ladies)
All the single ladies (All the single ladies)
All the single ladies (Now put your hands up)

[Verse 1]
Up in the club (Club), we just broke up (Up)
I'm doin’ my own lil' thing
You decided to dip (Dip), but now you wanna trip (Trip)
'Cause another brother noticed me
I’m up on him (Him), he up on me (Me)
Don't pay him any attention
I cried my tears (Tears), kept me three good years (Tears)
You can't be mad at me

[Chorus]
'Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
'Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
'Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it

[Interlude]
Now, wait, I want y’all to get nice and stanky with me
Where I’m from, we do things nice and stanky
We do things nice and funky
Can y'all repeat after me? You ready?
Say, hey (Hey)
Hey (Hey)
Hey (Hey)
Hey (Hey)
Hey (Hey)
Hey (Hey)
Hey, hey, yeah (Hey, hey, yeah)
Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey)
Now, wait, you still ain’t stankin' enough for me
Say, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
(Put your hands up)
Say, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
(Put a ring on it)
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh

[Chorus]
Say, if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it (I see you)
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
(Whoa, oh, oh)
'Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
'Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
(Woah, oh, oh)

[Outro]
I love y'all

Beyoncé

In the twenty-first century, no pop star was as poised, as polished, or as generally fierce as Beyoncé. She scored early success with Destiny’s Child, who started out as a sexier and sassier (if less adult) version of TLC, then steadily became more and more of a vehicle for Beyoncé’s operatic vocals and general diva-tude, which may have been the plan all along.

Whether appearing in TV spots, co-starring in films like Dreamgirls, or killing it every night on stadium tours, Beyoncé was omnipresent in the 2000s. Almost everybody, Beygency member or otherwise, loved shiny, hip-hop-fueled hits like “Crazy in Love”, and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. Moving into the 2010s, Beyoncé fights on, gaining more and more traction in pop culture with her work and music.

She has made a significant impact upon the music landscape in general with her recent albums 4 and BEYONCÉ, which explored complex themes like motherhood, feminism, marriage, sexuality, and doubt in a greater depth. With Lemonade, she went a step further—the fierce, intimate exploration of marriage, infidelity, and forgiveness was her most personal and musically daring album yet.

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