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Here are the revealing lyrics in Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' that people speculate are about Jay Z cheating

by Paul Schrodt on Apr 26, 2016, 2:05 PM

beyonce lemonadeBeyoncé latest visual album, "Lemonade," explores some new, frank territory for the singer.

Though her husband Jay Z has long been featured on her songs, including successful collaborations "Crazy in Love" and "Drunk in Love,” he’s never quite been the central subject like he seems to be on “Lemonade."

"Lemonade" (available on iTunes and Tidal) sounds like a classic breakup album, with Beyoncé listing her grievances about a man suspected to be Jay Z. Though, by the second half of the album, things get quite a bit more complicated.

Her rabid fans, of course, have been busy dissecting every word of "Lemonade" and trying to line it up with her and Jay Z's personal life. It may be as much art as autobiography, but many have connected the apparent infidelity mentioned in the album and the infamous video footage of a fight breaking out between Beyoncé's sister Solange and Jay Z in an elevator.

Here are the most revealing lyrics on "Lemonade" that seem to give a window into Beyoncé's marriage with Jay Z.

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"You can taste the dishonesty/It's all over your breath as you pass it off so cavalier"

Beyoncé comes out of the gates strong. On her album opener "Pray You Catch Me" — which most listeners assume is her husband Jay Z — she says she can detect the lies on his lips. She ends the song by asking, "What are you doing my love?"



"Can't you see there's no other man above you?/What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you"

Cowritten by Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, who once tweeted one of the lines ("Hold up, they don't love you like I love you"), "Hold Up" rides a sunny reggae groove. But Beyoncé has harsh words for her man, telling him, "I smell your secret, and I'm not too perfect/To ever feel this worthless." Going through his "call list," she warns, "I'ma f--- me up a b----."

In the video for "Hold Up" from the "Lemonade" film, Beyoncé walks down a street causing destruction everywhere.



"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"

The refrain in "Hold Up" gets right to the point: Beyoncé would rather appear jealous than hide her emotions and feel like she's being used. She explored similar themes in "Jealous" from her 2013 self-titled album.



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