Beyoncé

Released: November 16, 2007

Songwriter: Beyoncé

Producer: Beyoncé

[Intro: JAY-Z & (Beyoncé)]
It ain't for everybody!
(Uhh) Welcome to Hollywood, baby
(Take a picture) Uh-huh
You coming with? (Let's not even talk about it)
Let's do it (Let's Go!)

[Verse 1: Beyoncé & JAY-Z]
I see your jealousy as you watching
You watchin'
It's kinda sexy to me how you watching (You watching)
I see your face (I see your face)
You wanna touch it (You wanna touch it)
Come to my place (Come to my place)
And let's discuss this (Let's chop it up)
Tonight you'll be
A superstar
Come let me sign you up
(Let's get into it)

[Chorus: Beyoncé & JAY-Z]
Ooh, it's the lights (You're blinded by the)
Action! (You need that)
Hollywood
Ooh, it's the lights (You're blinded by the)
Satisfaction! (You need that)
Hollywood
You got's to get it (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Do you want it? (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
But you don't need it (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Until you do (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Until you do (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

[Verse 2: Beyoncé]
Hey
I see your face (I see your face)
You wanna touch it (You wanna touch it)
Come to my place (Come to my place)
And let's discuss this (Let's chop it up)
Tonight you'll be (Uh)
A superstar
Come let me sign you up (up, up, up)

[Chorus: Beyoncé & JAY-Z]
Ooh, it's the lights (You're blinded by the)
Action! (You need that)
Hollywood
Ooh, it's the lights (You're blinded by the)
Satisfaction! (You need that)
Hollywood (Come on, come on, come on)
You hear it screamin' (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
The camera's rollin (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
You're so addictive (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Like Hollywood (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Nothing like Hollywood (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

[Verse 3: Beyoncé]
Hey
And everybody's warning you about it (Oh!)
And once you taste it, you can't live without it (No, no, no, no)
Not cause you choose to not live without it (Oh!)
It's now a part of you (It's now a part of you)
And everybody's warning you about it (Hey!)
And once you taste it, you can't live

[Chorus: Beyoncé & JAY-Z]
Ooh it's the lights (It's the lights) (You're blinded by the)
Action! (Action!) (You need that)
Hollywood (Hollywood)
Ooh it's the lights (Satisfaction) (You're blinded by the)
Satisfaction! (So addictive) (You need that)
Hollywood (Hey, Hollywood)

[Outro: Beyoncé]
Now you wanna be seen
Male groupies
Now you've become what you once despised
James Dean, John Belushi
Blow your whole life Tryna live in the lights
Heroins followin', Marilyn Hoppin'
Over the edges Like Janice Joplin
River Phoenix, Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Morrison
All of them ended by
Hollywood
I see your face and a you wanna touch
Come to my place and we can discuss it
Hollywood
Welcome to Hollywood

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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