You don't have to be a Beyonce superfan to have heard about the recent controversy surrounding Beyonce's latest surprise visual album, Lemonade. The album dropped on our heads with very little warning and absolutely no explanation behind Bey's rationale. The visual concept album essentially claims that Jay Z was unfaithful to Bey, and many celebrities have come forward for their own five seconds of fame suggesting that they are the true “Becky With The Good Hair” that Bey alleges in the lyrics Jay Z had the affairs with. However, there is absolutely no concrete evidence that any of these allegations are true. If Bey is metaphorically “making lemonade” out the lemony accusations, it the allegations take on their own form of truth and have skyrocketed throughout every major clickbait internet tabloid throughout the past week.
But what if Lemonade isn't about Bey and Jay at all? What if it is bringing attention to the elephant in the room that the media has cleverly covered up with #IMWITHHER. Lemonade is actually an allegory of the Clinton sex scandal, and Hillary's rise to power. If you're old enough to remember the 90s, and pay attention to the suspicious relationship that Hillary Clinton has with Beyonce, the truth is revealed. The movie is about Hillary coping with Bill Clinton's infidelity, and making Lemonade on the campaign trail. “Becky With The Good Hair” has to be Monica Lewinsky and Bey's character is actually Hillary Clinton.
Even Monica gets it.
Of course she does. To be fair, this isn't the first time Beyonce has thrown shade in Monica's general direction. In the song Partition, Bey turns Monica Lewinsky into a verb synonymous with the word "ejaculated."
"Oh he so horny, yeah he want to fuck," sings Beyoncé. "He popped all my buttons, and he ripped my blouse/He Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown."
The visual album is broken up into eleven chapters with each song assigned to their specified chapters. Every chapter is an allegory of Hillary rising to her success on the campaign trail after her husband Bill's incredibly publicized affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Formation
”Formation” Performed at Superbowl 50:
Music Video on Youtube:
Formation was the first single off the album and premiered during Superbowl 50. The most memorable quotable lyric being, "I got hot sauce in my bag." Guess who else carries hot sauce in her bag? Hillary. "I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag."
"In a radio interview Monday morning, Hillary Clinton was asked to name something she carries with her everywhere she goes. “Hot sauce,” she answered. “Yeah.”"
Source: Time
Chapter 1: Intuition
LYRICS You can taste the dishonesty It's all over your breath as you pass it off so cavalier But even that's a test Constantly aware of it all My lonely ear Pressed against the walls of your world
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Hillary's ear is figuratively against the wall while the affair goes on. Whispers from staffers concede that it is public knowledge, despite Hillary's suspicions.
Chapter 2: Denial
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LYRICS Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you
Something don't feel right Because it ain't right Especially comin' up after midnight I smell your secret, and I'm not too perfect To ever feel this worthless How did it come down to this? Going through your call list I don't wanna lose my pride, but I'mma fuck me up a bitch Know that I kept it sexy, and know I kept it fun There's something that I'm missing, maybe my head for one
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
Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down, they don't love you like I love you Back up, they don't love you like I love you Step down, they don't love you like I love you Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you Hold up, they don't love you like I love you Slow down they don't love you like I love you
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 But y'all know we were made for each other So I find you and hold you down Me sing se
THE CLINTON SITUATION
When Bey says “They had you labeled as a king,” refers to the American Royalty of presidency. The plural “they” could refer to Bill's multiple cases of alleged affairs, both consensual AND nonconsentual.
The Clinton's denied the affair, despite White House employees all seeming familiar with Bill's Girlfriend. Bill even made a televised statement denying the allegations. “I want you to listen to me,” he said. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never.”
"Though Bill and Hillary initially denied that Bill had an inappropriate relationship with former Lewinsky, a White House intern, sources who spoke with former White House reporter Kate Andersen Brower for "The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House" said the affair was something of an open secret among staffers.
From the book (in an excerpt published by Politico): Though the public did not learn about Monica Lewinsky until January 1998, some residence workers knew about the affair when it was still occurring. The butlers saw the president and Lewinsky in the family movie theater, and the two of them were seen together so frequently that the workers started letting one another know when they'd had a Lewinsky sighting. One household staffer, who asked not to be named, remembers standing in the main hallway behind the kitchen that was used by East Wing and West Wing aides. "That's her — that's the girlfriend," a butler whispered, nudging her as Lewinsky walked by. "Yep, she's the one. She was in the theater the other night."
Source: Business Insider
Chapter 3: Anger
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LYRICS Who the fuck do you think I is? You ain't married to no average bitch boy You can watch my fat ass twist boy As I bounce to the next dick boy And keep your money, I got my own Get a bigger smile on my face, being alone Bad motherfucker, God complex Motivate your ass call me Malcolm X Yo operator, or innovator Fuck you hater, you can't recreate her no You'll never recreate her no, hell no
THE CLINTON SITUATION
"Hillary's baker, who would supply her with the chocolate cakes she used as a delicious coping mechanism, reported that she was incredibly short fused during this time period. A former storeroom manager told Brower that the affair fallout "was just so overwhelming for her and if you said something to her she'd snap." But he said he was sympathetic toward her and that he would love to work for her again.
Pastry chef Roland Mesnier also did what he could to help Hillary. Mesnier said her favorite dessert was mocha cake and that he "made many, many mocha cakes" during the height of the scandal. Hillary would reportedly call the pastry shop in the late afternoons and say, in a "small, unassuming" voice, "Roland, can I have a mocha cake tonight?"
Source: Business Insider
According to the book, Hillary "routinely" missed afternoon appointments and made Bill sleep on a couch in the study attached to their bedroom for three or four months in 1998. The first lady's temper was reportedly "notoriously short" during the media frenzy that followed the press rumors of the Lewinsky affair.
Chapter 4: Apathy
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LYRICS Looking at my watch, he shoulda been home Today I regret the night I put that ring on He always got them fucking excuses I pray to the Lord you reveal what his truth is I left a note in the hallway By the time you read it, I'll be far away I'm far away But I ain't fucking with nobody Let's have a toast to the good life Suicide before you see this tear fall down my eyes Me and my baby, we gon' be alright We gon' live a good life Big homie better grow up Me and my whoadies 'bout to stroll up I see them boppers in the corner They sneaking out the back door He only want me when I'm not there He better call Becky with the good hair He better call Becky with the good hair
Excerpt from the spoken word poetry from this chapter: "So what are you gonna say at my funeral, now that you've killed me? Here lies the body of the love of my life, whose heart I broke without a gun to my head. Here lies the mother of my children, both living and dead. Rest in peace, my true love, who I took for granted. Most bomb p*ssy who, because of me, sleep evaded. Her god listening. Her heaven will be a love without betrayal. Ashes to ashes, dust to side chicks."
THE CLINTON SITUATION
"In March of 2016, Hillary made an unusual personal statement while giving a sermon at an African American church, comparing her struggle with forgiving Monica to the parable of the prodigal son. Taking her cue from a minister who praised her public grace "in the face of adversity," an apparent reference to former president Bill Clinton's dalliance with an intern, Hillary Clinton likened her husband to the prodigal son in the often-cited Bible story."
Chapter 5: Emptiness
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LYRICS She stack her money, money everywhere she goes She got that Sake, her Yamazaki straight from Tokyo Oh baby you know, she got them commas and them decimals She don't gotta give it up cause she professional
Six inch heels, she walked in the club like nobody's business Goddamn, she murdered everybody and I was her witness
She works for the money, she work for the money From the start to the finish And she worth every dollar, she worth every dollar And she worth every minute
Stars in her eyes She fights for the power, keeping time She grinds day and night She grinds from Monday to Friday Works from Friday to Sunday She gon' slang She too smart to crave material things She pushing herself day and night She grinds from Monday to Friday Works from Friday to Sunday Oh, stars in her eyes She fights and she sweats those sleepless nights But she don't mind, she loves the grind She grinds from Monday to Friday Works from Friday to Sunday Yeah, yeah, she gon' slang Too smart to crave material things Stacking her paper Stacking her cake up She grinds from Monday to Friday Works from Friday to Sunday
THE CLINTON SITUATION
During the scandal, Hillary coped by eating chocolate cake and made Bill sleep on the couch. By Bey specifically putting “stacking her cake up,” she could actually be referring to Hillary's actual stacks of chocolate cakes that she used as a coping mechanism.
Chapter 6: Accountability
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LYRICS My daddy warned me about men like you He said baby girl he's playing you He's playing you My daddy warned me about men like you He said baby girl he's playing you He's playing you Cause when trouble comes in town And men like me come around Oh, my daddy said shoot Oh, my daddy said shoot Cause when trouble comes to town And men like me come around Oh, my daddy said shoot Oh, my daddy said shoot
In this chapter, Bey does the impossible: she sings a country song. The lyrics detail a father cheating on his wife, to which has not been confirmed by Beyonce's parents. However, Monica Lewinsky's father cheated on her mother.
Source: Business Insider
Chapter 7: Reformation
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LYRICS 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 And you're trying to be there and to care And you're caught up in your permanent emotions All the loving I've been giving goes unnoticed It's just floating in the air, lookie there Are you aware you're my lifeline, are you tryna kill me If I wasn't me, would you still feel me? Like on my worst day? Or am I not thirsty, enough? I don't care about the lights or the beams Spend my life in the dark for the sake of you and me Only way to go is up, skin thick, too tough
Cause you, you, you, you and me could move a mountain You, you, you, you and me could calm a war down You, you, you, you and me could make it rain now You, you, you, you and me could stop this love drought
Nine times out of ten, I'm in my feelings But ten times out of nine, I'm only human Tell me, what did I do wrong? Feel like that question has been posed I'm movin' on I'll always be committed, I been focused I always paid attention, been devoted Tell me, what did I do wrong? Oh, already asked that, my bad But you my lifeline, think you tryna kill me? If I wasn't B, would you still feel me? Like on my worst day? Or am I not thirsty, enough? I don't care about the lights or the beams Spend my life in the dark for the sake of you and me Only way to go is up, them old bitches so wack I'm so tough, wassup?
Cause you, you, you, you and me could move a mountain You, you, you, you and me could calm a war down You, you, you, you and me could make it rain now You, you, you, you and me would stop this love drought
[Outro] You and me would stop this love drought
THE CLINTON SITUATION
After a four hour testimony, Bill Clinton testified in front of a grand jury in response to his alleged misconduct and admitted that his said misconduct wasn't so “alleged” after all. Bey's moody “Love Drought,” ask “What did I do wrong?”
The lyrics “You and me could calm a war down,” could also be referring to the air strikes the United States made in 1998, to deflect attention away from Bill's impeachment.
Chapter 8: Forgiveness
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LYRICS We built sandcastles 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 Every promise don't work out that way Dishes smashed on my counter from our last encounter Pictures snatched out the frame Bitch, I scratched out your name and your face What is it about you that I can't erase, baby? When every promise don't work out that way, no no, babe When every promise don't work out that way And your heart is broken cause I walked away Show me your scars and I won't walk away And I know I promised that I couldn't stay, baby Every promise don't work out that way, no no no no no Every promise don't work out that way
THE CLINTON SITUATION
In a Telegraph interview, Hillary admits that forgiveness is difficult, but it is necessary for personal growth.
"I think she is someone who has to express her own feelings. I can’t characterise her, that wouldn’t be right. I’m just grateful that I made the choices I made, to move forward and from that I’ve had an extraordinary set of opportunities and experiences.” In her book she also talks about the necessity for forgiveness. Did she find it easy? “No, no,” she says emphatically. “Forgiveness is a hard choice. It’s liberating to be able to reach the point in your life where you feel you can forgive. Everybody feels they have been trespassed upon and nearly everybody has trespassed on somebody else, maybe not intentionally.”
Source: Telegraph
Chapter 9: Resurrection
LYRICS (James Blake) Forward Best foot first just in case When we made our way 'til now It's time to listen, it's time to fight Forward Now we're going to hold doors open for a while Now we can be open for a while Forward I love you more than this job, please don't work for me Forward Go back to your sleep in your favorite spot just next to me Forward, forward
THE CLINTON SITUATION
James Blake sings the next track, “Forward.” A man's confirmation suggesting the passage of time and perhaps Bill's motivating influence for Hillary to strive for a more active role in American politics. The track is only 1 minute and 19 seconds long, by far the shortest on the album, but could ironically infer a ten year lapse in the timeline.
Realizing that it is time to move forward, Hillary comes to terms with her forgiveness. In time, she will eventually become Secretary of State.
KERRY: Well, good morning, everyone. We welcome you all here. We're delighted to welcome Senator Clinton, secretary of state designate. I think every member of the committee believes very strongly that in Senator Clinton we have a nominee who is extraordinarily capable and smart, an individual with the global stature and influence to help shape events. She will take office on a first-name basis with numerous heads of state, but also with billions of people in every corner of the globe, those billions of people that the Obama administration hopes to reach, inspire, and influence. Her presence overseas will send a strong signal immediately that America is back. This morning, we look forward to a good, healthy dialogue, and, over the coming years, we particularly look forward to a strong, close, cooperative, working relationship. This is an historic moment for this committee. For the first time in American history, one of our members will be sworn in as president and another one as vice president. Before any of the newer members of our committee get too excited about future prospects, let Dick Lugar, Chris Dodd, and myself -- and perhaps even Hillary will join in this -- in saying trust us, it ain't automatic.
Source: NY TIMES
“It's time to listen, time to fight.” Hillary becomes Secretary of State 2009-2013
Chapter 10: Hope
LYRICS BEY: Freedom! Freedom! I can't move Freedom, cut me loose! Freedom! Freedom! Where are you? Cause I need freedom too! I break chains all by myself Won't let my freedom rot in hell Hey! I'ma keep running Cause a winner don't quit on themselves
I'ma wade, I'ma wave through the waters Tell the tide, "Don't move" I'ma riot, I'ma riot through your borders Call me bulletproof Lord forgive me, I've been runnin' Runnin' blind in truth I'ma wade, I'ma wave through your shallow love Tell the deep I'm new
I'm telling these tears, "Go and fall away, fall away" May the last one burn into flames
KENDRICK LAMAR:
Ten Hail Marys, I meditate for practice Channel 9 news tell me I'm movin' backwards Eight blocks left, death is around the corner Seven misleadin' statements 'bout my persona Six headlights wavin' in my direction Five-O askin' me what's in my possession Yeah, I keep runnin', jump in the aqueducts Fire hydrants and hazardous Smoke alarms on the back of us But mama, don't cry for me, ride for me Try for me, live for me Breathe for me, sing for me Honestly guidin' me I could be more than I gotta be Stole from me, lied to me, nation hypocrisy Code on me, drive on me Wicked, my spirit inspired me Like yeah, open correctional gates in higher desert Yeah, open our mind as we cast away oppression Yeah, open the streets and watch our beliefs And when they carve my name inside the concrete I pray it forever reads
(BEY) Freedom! Freedom! I can't move Freedom, cut me loose! Freedom! Freedom! Where are you? Cause I need freedom too! I break chains all by myself Won't let my freedom rot in hell Hey! I'ma keep running Cause a winner don't quit on themselves
(KENDRICK) What you want from me? Is it truth you seek? Oh father can you hear me? What you want from me? Is it truth you seek? Oh father can you hear me? Hear me out
(SPOKEN: HATTIE WHITE) I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade
THE CLINTON SITUATION
“Hey, I'ma keep running, cause a winner don't quit on themselves.” Hillary is running alright: for president of the United States. At this point, as this optimistic fight song demonstrates, she's not only achieved freedom from her demons of the past, but she's currently leading the delegate counts in the current race to the white house.
Chapter 11: Redemption
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LYRICS Found the truth beneath your lies And true love never has to hide True love never has to hide I'll trade your broken wings for mine Trade your broken wings for mine I've seen your scars and kissed your crime Seen your scars and kissed your crime
So many people that I know, they're just tryna touch ya Kiss up and rub up and feel up Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again I'm gonna kiss up and rub up and feel up Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
All night long Sweet love all night long Sweet love all night long Sweet love all night long All I wanna, ain't no other We together, I remember Sweet love all night long
Our love was stronger than your pride Beyond your darkness, I'm your light If you get deep, you touch my mind If you get deep, you touch my mind Baptize your tears and dry your eyes Baptize your tears and dry your eyes
So many people that I know, they're just tryna touch ya Kiss up and rub up and feel up Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again I'm gonna kiss up and rub up and feel up Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
All night long Sweet love all night long Sweet love all night long Sweet love all night long All I wanna, ain't no other We together, I remember Sweet love all night long
They say true love's the greatest weapon To win the war caused by pain, pain But every diamond has imperfections But my love's too pure to watch it chip away Oh nothing real can be threatened True love breathes salvation back into me With every tear came redemption And my torturer became a remedy
So many people that I know, they're just tryna touch ya Kiss up and rub up and feel up Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again I'm gonna kiss up and rub up and feel up Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
All night long Sweet love all night long Sweet love all night long Sweet love all night long All I wanna, ain't no other We together, I remember Sweet love all night long
How I missed you, my love
THE CLINTON SITUATION
Release edgy concept album with Beyonce, an avid campaign supporter, making lemons into Lemonade. The album will offer a sympathetic rendition of Hillary's struggles with Bill's infertility, thus unifying the party and warming the arts of Bernie Sanders supporters who she desperately needs on her side to defeat Donald Trump.
