Beyoncé

Released: November 26, 2010

Songwriter: Timothy Mosely S. Garrett Rodney Jerkins LeToya Luckett LaTavia Roberson LaShawn Daniels Kelly Rowland Fred Jerkins III Beyoncé

Producer: Camille Yorrick Beyoncé

[Chorus]
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kinda shady, ain't callin' me baby
Better say my name

[Verse 1]
Any other day, I would call, you would say (Say)
"Baby, how's your day?"
But today, it ain't the same
Every other word is "uh-huh, ok" (Uh-huh, ok)
Could it be that you at the crib with another lady?
If you took it there, first of all, let me say
I am not the one to sit around, and be played
Baby why, why you gots to lie?
I'm all up in your game, boy, you better say my name, boy

[Pre-Chorus]
(I know you say that I am assuming things)
Something's going down that's the way it seems
(Shouldn't be no reason why you're acting strange)
If nobody's holding you back from me
('Cause I know how you usually do)
When you say everything to me times two
(Why can't you just tell the truth?)
If somebody's there then tell me who, oh

[Chorus]
Say my name, say my name (Say my name)
If no one is around you, say "baby, I love you"
If you ain't runnin' game
Say my name, say my name (Say my name)
You actin' kinda shady, ain't callin' me baby (Hey, yeah)
Why the sudden change? (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say my name, say my name
If no one is around you, say “baby, I love you” (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
If you ain't runnin' game (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say my name, say my name (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You actin' kinda shady (Hey, yeah) ain't callin' me baby (Alright)

[Interlude]
Where are all my Destiny's Child fans at?
Destiny's Child fans, I'ma take y'all back to '98
Remember this?

[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ayy
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh

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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