BEYONCÉ - FLAWLESS [ LYRIC VIDEO ]

[00:08.08] I'm bout that H, town coming coming down

[00:12.10] I'm coming down, drippin' candy on the ground

[00:14.84] H, Town, Town, I'm coming down, coming down

[00:19.83] Drippin' candy on the ground

[00:22.35] I know when you were little girls

[00:25.83] You dreamt of being in my world

[00:29.84] Don't forget it, don't forget it

[00:32.59] Respect that, bow down bitches

[00:36.08] I took some time to live my life

[00:39.09] But don't think I'm just his little wife

[00:44.33] Don't get it twisted, get it twisted

[00:45.84] This my shit, bow down bitches

[00:47.59] Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches (Crown)

[00:49.09] Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches (Crown)

[00:55.58] H Town bitches

[00:57.33] H, H Town bitches

[00:59.08] I'm so crown crown, bow down bitches

[01:02.34] I'm about that H, town, coming coming down

[01:06.33] I'm coming down, drippin' candy on the ground

[01:08.84] H, Town, Town, I'm coming down, coming down

[01:13.84] Drippin' candy on the ground

[01:18.85] We teach girls to shrink themselves

[01:20.34] To make themselves smaller

[01:21.34] We say to girls

[01:23.09] "You can have ambition

[01:24.34] But not too much

[01:26.34] You should aim to be successful

[01:27.34] But not too successful

[01:29.36] Otherwise you will threaten the man"

[01:31.08] Because I am female

[01:33.35] I am expected to aspire to marriage

[01:36.09] I am expected to make my life choices

[01:37.83] Always keeping in mind that

[01:39.09] Marriage is the most important

[01:42.59] Now marriage can be a source of

[01:44.10] Joy and love and mutual support

[01:47.08] But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage

[01:50.09] And we don't teach boys the same?

[01:51.84] We raise girls to each other as competitors

[01:54.60] Not for jobs or for accomplishments

[01:56.34] Which I think can be a good thing

[01:57.61] But for the attention of men

[02:00.33] We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings

[02:03.36] In the way that boys are

[02:05.35] Feminist: the person who believes in the social

[02:08.34] Political, and economic equality of the sexes

[02:12.33] You wake up, flawless

[02:14.33] Post up, flawless

[02:15.84] Ride round in it, flawless

[02:17.59] Flossin on that, flawless

[02:19.35] This diamond, flawless

[02:21.10] My diamond, flawless

[02:22.85] This rock, flawless

[02:24.60] My rock, flawless

[02:27.09] I woke up like this

[02:28.60] I woke up like this

[02:30.59] We flawless, ladies tell 'em

[02:33.09] I woke up like this

[02:35.59] I woke up like this

[02:37.59] We flawless, ladies tell 'em

[02:40.85] Say I, look so good tonight

[02:45.84] God damn, God damn

[02:47.09] Say I, look so good tonight

[02:52.83] God damn, God damn

[02:54.09] Momma taught me good home training

[02:55.84] My Daddy taught me how to love my haters

[02:57.84] My sister taught me I should speak my mind

[02:59.58] My man made me feel so God damn fine

[03:02.11] You wake up, flawless

[03:03.34] Post up, flawless

[03:04.83] Ride round in it, flawless

[03:07.34] Flossin on that, flawless

[03:08.34] This diamond, flawless

[03:10.11] My diamond, flawless

[03:11.84] This rock, flawless

[03:13.58] My rock, flawless

[03:15.34] I woke up like this

[03:17.60] I woke up like this

[03:19.60] We flawless, ladies tell 'em

[03:22.09] I woke up like this

[03:25.09] I woke up like this

[03:26.59] We flawless, ladies tell 'em

[03:29.09] Say I, look so good tonight

[03:34.87] God damn, God damn

[03:36.09] Say I, look so good tonight

[03:41.85] God damn, God damn