Released: November 12, 2021

Songwriter: DIXSON Beyoncé

Producer: DIXSON

[Intro]
It feels so good to be alive
Got all my family by my side
Couldn't wipe this black off if I tried
That's why I lift my head with pride

[Verse 1]
I got a million miles on me
They want to see how far I'll go
The path was never paved with gold (Gold)
We worked and built this on our own (Own)

[Pre-Chorus]
And can't nobody knock it if they tried
This is hustle personified
Look how we've been fighting to stay alive
So when we win, we will have pride
Do you know how much we have cried?
How hard we had to fight?

[Chorus]
It feels so good to be alive (It feels so, so, so good)
Got all my sisters by my side (I got all my sisters by my side)
Couldn't wipe this black off if I tried (Black off if I tried)
That's why I lift my hеad with pride
Now we're sitting on top of thе world again, huh

[Verse 2]
I got a million miles on me
They want to see how far I'll go (They want to see how far I'll go)
The path was never paved with gold (No)
We fought and built this on our own (We fought and built this on our own, own)

[Pre-Chorus]
And can't nobody knock it if they tried
This is hustle personified
Look how we've been fighting to stay alive
So when we win, we will have pride
Do you know how much we have cried?
How hard we had to fight?

[Chorus]
It feels so good to be alive (It feels so good, so good)
Got all my family by my side (And we gon' sit on top of the world again)
Couldn’t wipe this black off if I tried (And I wouldn't trade nothin', and I wouldn't trade nothin')
That's why I lift my head with pride (So baby, lift your head, yeah)
It feels so good to be alive (Darling, it's a celebration for you, yeah)
I got the tribe all by my side (You're doin' everything they said you couldn't do)
Couldn’t wipe this black off if I tried
That's why I lift my head with pride (Lift your head, yeah)

[Outro]
Woo!
(Ooh)
(Ooh, I tried)
(Oh!)

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.