"He fck me good I take his ass to red lobster, cause I slay". Where is the problack in this song?

[flo]

"I'm Texas forever like Bun B, and I'm Ramboing these hoes"

Don't let the ACTUAL lyrics interfere with whatever point you were trying to make....

The website I got the lyrics from was wrong My fault. But my point still stands



BEYONCE KNOWLES LYRICS - Creole

Baby I see you
That look in your eyes
Hips that keep shaking
mysterious style
exotically tempting
familiar to me
That Creole Sexy it's all over me

So all my red bones get on the floor
and all my yellow bones get on the floor
and all my brown bones get on the floor
Then you mix it up and call it Creole
[Repeat 2x]

Creole! When I look real good
Whenever I talk real good
whenever I bounce real good
Just in case you wanna know the secret CREOLE

When she look that good
whenever she talk that good
whenever she bounce real good
Ladies if you wanna know it's your secret CREOLE

Bad bad bad bad red bone
bad bad bad bad yellow bone
bad bad bad bad brown bone
bad bad bad bad to the bone

For all of my brown bones
that make a good broth
And all of my red bones that make a good sauce
the yellow bone flavor is familiar to me
mix it all together it's a delicacy

So all my red bones get on the floor
and all my yellow bones get on the floor
and all my brown bones get on the floor
Then you mix it up and call it Creole
[Repeat 2x]

 

[mcdivit85]

Hearing Beyonce say "I love my black nose" is like hearing Future say "I love my sobriety".

 

[Izanami]

Dap +Rep


Sheep, dikkryderz, and smart dumb nikkas fell for the okie doke. Beyoncé has never been pro black. Not even pro black women with her blonde weaves. She has never come off as an intellectual out spoken woke sister. Her music has always been shallow, never soul searching and far from deep. Just microwaveable high school girl anthems with a sprinkle of soft love songs. Far from a Lauryn.

So we are a state in this country where social media as actively help spread the word and wake a lot of young minds to the racial injustice, police brutality, even past atrocities this country has done to our people i.e. Tesla Massacre. We are aware of the Freddie Grays, Travyon, Tamil, Sandra and Mike brown. So Beyoncé than makes a song with after 15 years plus in the industry and embraces her roots and I'm suppose to be impress? Telling the youth "if he fukk me good, I'll take Em to red lobster"? That's woke?


I would've been more impressed if she made the entire song about self love and embracing blackness. But it's filled with ignorance and meme themed lyrics.


I saw heads say they going to go buy the album off the strength of the song and vid. shyts too easy.

 

[mcdivit85]

The song isn't pro black necessarily. If anything, she's taking up for herself and her family who happen to be black...if that makes sense. As if she's taking up for afros and wide noses because that's what's in her family. No deeper reason. People make fun of her husband for looking like a camel and her daughter for her seeming unkempt hair, so she strikes back by saying how she likes it anyway.

She didn't say anything monumental, but what artist does? Remember, these artists are paid for people liking them. Most artists pray to "crossover", which means having white people like their product. So, once they reach such status, most protect it as best they can. Even though that tends to be futile since they are generally thrown back over the fence in one way or another...IRS problems, relationship controversies, allegations of addiction, etc.

I will say that I think she is damned if she does, damned if she doesn't. If she makes a song mentioning blackness, then she's "using it for selfish gain." If she doesn't say anything alluding to her pride in being black or her affinity for black culture, then she's a "sellout." She, and others like her, can't win for losing.

Either way, the video is eye-catching. And in this social media age, it has plenty of hashtagable quotes and visuals to circulate FB, Twitter and IG.

Peace

 

[Giselle]

The website I got the lyrics from was wrong My fault. But my point still stands



BEYONCE KNOWLES LYRICS - Creole

Baby I see you
That look in your eyes
Hips that keep shaking
mysterious style
exotically tempting
familiar to me
That Creole Sexy it's all over me

So all my red bones get on the floor
and all my yellow bones get on the floor
and all my brown bones get on the floor
Then you mix it up and call it Creole
[Repeat 2x]

Creole! When I look real good
Whenever I talk real good
whenever I bounce real good
Just in case you wanna know the secret CREOLE

When she look that good
whenever she talk that good
whenever she bounce real good
Ladies if you wanna know it's your secret CREOLE

Bad bad bad bad red bone
bad bad bad bad yellow bone
bad bad bad bad brown bone
bad bad bad bad to the bone

For all of my brown bones
that make a good broth
And all of my red bones that make a good sauce
the yellow bone flavor is familiar to me
mix it all together it's a delicacy

So all my red bones get on the floor
and all my yellow bones get on the floor
and all my brown bones get on the floor
Then you mix it up and call it Creole
[Repeat 2x]

LMAO. We should all pull up the "nasty girl" lyrics and see how well the feminist react to her lyrics. "nasty puts some clothes on, you're trashy".

 

[Giselle]

Beyoncé’s “Formation” is Visually Powerful…But the Lyrics Don’t Match It

I wanted you to watch the video first before I said my peace.


There really isn’t a lot to say about the visuals themselves. Katrina, Black Lives Matter, “stop shooting us”, the police with their hands up after witnessing a dance by a young black man, Beyoncé drowning on a police car in New Orleans; all of it is an homage to a culture that is stigmatized when the heirs of it display it but monetized when appropriated and watered down. Add to that the fact that Beyoncé apparently directed this and you have the feeling that she might have missed a calling that could have brought her both critical and mass acclaim.

The problem comes when you separate the track from the video. I have a little exercise for you; read the lyrics all the way through once.

Now read them again, omitting the underlined lines. Now read them again, omitting the underlined and italicized lines. Do you begin to see the problem that I see? No? Let me explain.

One or two lines of track about awareness and black pride do not make a theme. Just like Flawless, which was initially heralded a feminist anthem, most of the song is a brag and/or defense track about the singer herself. The underlined snippets are the parts of the song that are most unabashedly about black pride and black empowerment. Notice how few of them there are? The italicized lines fall into a grey area where they can be seen as being a part of the black pride theme but also can be seen as a defense/regaling of Beyoncé. Even if you add the sum of both together; you still have more than 3/4 of the song which is about her having sex with Jay Z, looking great in her expensive clothes, (not really) ignoring her haters, and how much life she gives her fans.

One of the things that we believe here is that lyrics have to be taken as a whole and what the majority of the song points to is what the song is actually about. A lot of singers make songs for the Twitter age; tracks that really don’t mean anything but have lines that can quoted in 144 characters so that those who are on the fence or haven’t heard it will think there is a deeper meaning behind it. Beyoncé, with many of her singles, has become a queen of this kind of marketing (oh yes, that is exactly what it is). Most of her songs aren’t as lazily written as most songs of this ilk (7/11 excluded), but she does know what drives a large part of her fanbase; her fabulousness, her fierceness; and a desire to see her as wholly representative of black culture in a desire to see themselves in her.

It cannot be said enough; Beyoncé having pride in herself is not the same as having pride in the culture as a whole. I have no doubt that she is proud of who she is and gets sick of rumors about her and the fact that so many people like to take unfounded shots at her at times, but shutting down your antis is not the same standing up for black culture. Beyoncé rocking braids is not necessarily a tribute to her African roots. Her pride in her southern style that is not unique to black people is not a wider commentary on the legitimacy of that culture. The two are not mutually inclusive. That would be like saying Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off is an homage to American exceptionalism just because she dresses like a cheerleader, talks about things that everyday people do and has a multiracial cast of dancers.

And, the sad thing is, if the song and the video had been two separate entities, this commentary wouldn’t exist. If the visuals had been teamed up with a Black Butterfly-type song where the lyrics reflected the mood they set, I would have loved it. If she had also released a fun track about how awesome it is to be Beyoncé and how she doesn’t care about what we think about her with visuals to match it, I also wouldn’t have had a problem. But going less than halfway on the song just allows those who don’t want to acknowledge the powerful message of the video to simply listen to it on the radio or in their playlist and ignore what could have been a large theme. It feels like a cop-out; a way to still be commercially viable to a large audience while satiating the base. And that feeling of calculation is the worst part of it.



Beyoncé's "Formation" is Visually Powerful...But the Lyrics Don't Match It

 

[Rarebird77]

The song isn't pro black necessarily. If anything, she's taking up for herself and her family who happen to be black...if that makes sense. As if she's taking up for afros and wide noses because that's what's in her family. No deeper reason. People make fun of her husband for looking like a camel and her daughter for her seeming unkempt hair, so she strikes back by saying how she likes it anyway.

She didn't say anything monumental, but what artist does? Remember, these artists are paid for people liking them. Most artists pray to "crossover", which means having white people like their product. So, once they reach such status, most protect it as best they can. Even though that tends to be futile since they are generally thrown back over the fence in one way or another...IRS problems, relationship controversies, allegations of addiction, etc.

I will say that I think she is damned if she does, damned if she doesn't. If she makes a song mentioning blackness, then she's "using it for selfish gain." If she doesn't say anything alluding to her pride in being black or her affinity for black culture, then she's a "sellout." She, and others like her, can't win for losing.

Either way, the video is eye-catching. And in this social media age, it has plenty of hashtagable quotes and visuals to circulate FB, Twitter and IG.

Peace

It's weird how some people are so angry at Beyonce when all she is, is a popstar. .. makes no sense.

 

[Rarebird77]

Beyoncé’s “Formation” is Visually Powerful…But the Lyrics Don’t Match It

I wanted you to watch the video first before I said my peace.


There really isn’t a lot to say about the visuals themselves. Katrina, Black Lives Matter, “stop shooting us”, the police with their hands up after witnessing a dance by a young black man, Beyoncé drowning on a police car in New Orleans; all of it is an homage to a culture that is stigmatized when the heirs of it display it but monetized when appropriated and watered down. Add to that the fact that Beyoncé apparently directed this and you have the feeling that she might have missed a calling that could have brought her both critical and mass acclaim.

The problem comes when you separate the track from the video. I have a little exercise for you; read the lyrics all the way through once.

Now read them again, omitting the underlined lines. Now read them again, omitting the underlined and italicized lines. Do you begin to see the problem that I see? No? Let me explain.

One or two lines of track about awareness and black pride do not make a theme. Just like Flawless, which was initially heralded a feminist anthem, most of the song is a brag and/or defense track about the singer herself. The underlined snippets are the parts of the song that are most unabashedly about black pride and black empowerment. Notice how few of them there are? The italicized lines fall into a grey area where they can be seen as being a part of the black pride theme but also can be seen as a defense/regaling of Beyoncé. Even if you add the sum of both together; you still have more than 3/4 of the song which is about her having sex with Jay Z, looking great in her expensive clothes, (not really) ignoring her haters, and how much life she gives her fans.

One of the things that we believe here is that lyrics have to be taken as a whole and what the majority of the song points to is what the song is actually about. A lot of singers make songs for the Twitter age; tracks that really don’t mean anything but have lines that can quoted in 144 characters so that those who are on the fence or haven’t heard it will think there is a deeper meaning behind it. Beyoncé, with many of her singles, has become a queen of this kind of marketing (oh yes, that is exactly what it is). Most of her songs aren’t as lazily written as most songs of this ilk (7/11 excluded), but she does know what drives a large part of her fanbase; her fabulousness, her fierceness; and a desire to see her as wholly representative of black culture in a desire to see themselves in her.

It cannot be said enough; Beyoncé having pride in herself is not the same as having pride in the culture as a whole. I have no doubt that she is proud of who she is and gets sick of rumors about her and the fact that so many people like to take unfounded shots at her at times, but shutting down your antis is not the same standing up for black culture. Beyoncé rocking braids is not necessarily a tribute to her African roots. Her pride in her southern style that is not unique to black people is not a wider commentary on the legitimacy of that culture. The two are not mutually inclusive. That would be like saying Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off is an homage to American exceptionalism just because she dresses like a cheerleader, talks about things that everyday people do and has a multiracial cast of dancers.

And, the sad thing is, if the song and the video had been two separate entities, this commentary wouldn’t exist. If the visuals had been teamed up with a Black Butterfly-type song where the lyrics reflected the mood they set, I would have loved it. If she had also released a fun track about how awesome it is to be Beyoncé and how she doesn’t care about what we think about her with visuals to match it, I also wouldn’t have had a problem. But going less than halfway on the song just allows those who don’t want to acknowledge the powerful message of the video to simply listen to it on the radio or in their playlist and ignore what could have been a large theme. It feels like a cop-out; a way to still be commercially viable to a large audience while satiating the base. And that feeling of calculation is the worst part of it.



Beyoncé's "Formation" is Visually Powerful...But the Lyrics Don't Match It

But who cares.

She likes her black family.

She made a video and gave a pro-black performance.

All this angst is just over doing it. . .

 

[Mowgli]

She gets dumber every album

 

[Elle Driver]

Creoles are light skinned black people.

I never understood this "special" classification. It's a southern thing.

Anyone else of the same mix born any other place in the U.S. is simply considered light skin.

I guess in Louisiana they created a special classification for light skinned people to separate them from the dark skinned.

It's a culture. And yes, the designation was created by French slave masters a la "code noir" (Spaniards followed the same code). They were a different social caste due to being mulatto, unlike English colonies where the one drop rule reigned.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I agree the song is more a defense of herself than a "pro-black" anthem.

But the things she decided use to define herself are decidedly "pro-black" so I could see why a lot of black people would get behind it.

As the furthest from a Beyoncé fan a person can be. I was happy and proud to see and hear what I did on that Super Bowl stage.

Hopefully she takes it further.

 

[Blackout]

Creoles are light skinned black people.

I never understood this "special" classification. It's a southern thing.

Anyone else of the same mix born any other place in the U.S. is simply considered light skin.

I guess in Louisiana they created a special classification for light skinned people to separate them from the dark skinned.

Ive always seen it as some of them trying to distance themselves and be one step above black people.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

@Rarebird77 it's not just a "southern" thing. If your peoples aren't from n.o. or the bayou, you really don't know and shouldn't be speaking on it.
The area has its' own history and was under a different flag for hundreds of years before the louisiana purchase. A 'special' group that wanted to be set apart from other black people.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

That's why I don't claim, y'all can continue doing so. I'm black, you're black, and dead french/austrian/whatever grandparents don't make your shyt shine any brighter. Know better.

 

[Rarebird77]

@Rarebird77 it's not just a "southern" thing. If your peoples aren't from n.o. or the bayou, you really don't know and shouldn't be speaking on it.
The area has its' own history and was under a different flag for hundreds of years before the louisiana purchase. A 'special' group that wanted to be set apart from other black people.

You're creole?

Educate me.

It seems like a caste system to me. I know there are cultural differences because the French and Spanish colonized the area. Louisiana even has a different legal code from my understanding since it wasn't founded on British common law.

I have a lot of friends from the area but they claim both black and creole while some say they aren't black though they embed themselves in mostly "black" culture.

It's intriguing to me.