This song is an anthem to women's economic empowerment:
her guy has very little money:
"Everything you own in the box to the left"... obviously, he doesnt have much if everything he owns fits in one box
meanwhile, she is rich:
"In the closet, that’s my stuff ...
If I bought it, please don’t touch" ... she bought her own stuff
"And, it’s my name that’s on that Jag" ... she paid for a Jaguar...
meanwhile he cant even afford his own car, or even perhaps a cell phone to call a cab:
"let me call you a cab"
to her, a man is a commodity, to be replaced like a broken dinnerplate: "I could have another you in a minute"
this song is a pathetic attempt at stifling a woman's feelings of hurt and betrayal, and revelling in materialism...
the song also fails miserably in matching Beyonce's real life -- last time I checked, Jay-Z has enough money to afford a car ... and his yacht would not fit in a box...
so in real life, for all of the tens (or hundreds) of millions Beyonce has, she is still caught up in the old vision of needing to be with a man who has even more money than she does -- JayZ has at least $400 million, which is more than her
to call this song shallow and weak is an affront to other shallow, weak songs that at least have some redeeming value
This song is an anthem to women's economic empowerment:
her guy has very little money: "Everything you own in the box to the left"... obviously, he doesnt have much if everything he owns fits in one box
meanwhile, she is rich: "In the closet, that’s my stuff ... If I bought it, please don’t touch" ... she bought her own stuff
"And, it’s my name that’s on that Jag" ... she paid for a Jaguar...
meanwhile he cant even afford his own car, or even perhaps a cell phone to call a cab: "let me call you a cab"
to her, a man is a commodity, to be replaced like a broken dinnerplate: "I could have another you in a minute"
this song is a pathetic attempt at stifling a woman's feelings of hurt and betrayal, and revelling in materialism...
the song also fails miserably in matching Beyonce's real life -- last time I checked, Jay-Z has enough money to afford a car ... and his yacht would not fit in a box...
so in real life, for all of the tens (or hundreds) of millions Beyonce has, she is still caught up in the old vision of needing to be with a man who has even more money than she does -- JayZ has at least $400 million, which is more than her
to call this song shallow and weak is an affront to other shallow, weak songs that at least have some redeeming value
the music is catchy, the rest is crappy