I GET FILTHY WHEN THAT LIQUOR GET INTO ME OBO ITSELF AND OAKLAND 13 MUSIC / PRODUCED BY BOOTS AND BEYONCÉ KNOWLES / VOCALS PRODUCED BY BEYONCÉ KNOWLES / RECORDED BY BOOTS AND STUART WHITE AT JUNGLE CITY STUDIOS & OVEN STUDIOS, NYC / 2ND ENGINEERING BY RAMON RIVAS / ALL INSTRUMENTS PERFORMED BY BOOTS / ADDITIONAL DRUM PROGRAMMING BY HIT-BOY FOR HIT-BOY MUSIC/HITS SINCE 87 / BACKGROUND VOCALS PERFORMED BY BOOTS / ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS BY KWANE WYATT / MIXED BY TONY MASERATI AND STUART WHITE AT MIRRORBALL STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA / MIX ENGINEERED BY JAMES KRAUSSE AND JUSTIN HERGETT / MIX CONSULTED BY DEREK DIXIE / MASTERED BY TOM COYNE AND AYA MERRILL AT STERLING SOUND, NYC / ASSISTANT ENGINEERS JAMES KRAUSSE AND JUSTIN HERGETT (ASCAP) AND OAKLAND 13 MUSIC (ASCAP) ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP. (BMI), SONGS OF ROC NATION MUSIC (BMI), AND IN SOULS (BMI) ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. WRITTEN BY BOOTS AND BEYONCÉ KNOWLES / PUBLISHED BY WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. I KNOW IF I'M ON TO YOU, YOU MUST BE ON TO ME I KNOW IF I'M HAUNTING YOU, YOU MUST BE HAUNTING ME PROB’LY WON’T MAKE NO MONEY OFF THIS, OH WELL I DON’T TRUST THESE RECORD LABELS, I’M TOURINGĪLL THESE PEOPLE ON THE PLANET WORKING 9 TO 5 JUST TO STAY ALIVEĪLL THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANET WORKING 9 TO 5 JUST TO STAY ALIVE I'M CLIMBING UP THE WALLS CUZ ALL THE SH- I HEAR IS BORING WHEN I'M LOOKING OFF THE EDGE, I PREACH MY GUT IT CAN'T HELP IGNORE IT
SPOON-FED PLURALIZED EYES TO FIND THE BEACHES IN THE FOREST WE TOOK A FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT AND NOW MY MIND CAN'T HELP BUT WANDER I COULD SING A PSALM FOR A SOLOMON OR SALAMANDER LEFT WITH SHATTERED MIRRORS AND THE SHARDSĬAT-CALLS ON CAT-WALKS, MAN THESE WOMEN GETTING SOLEMN THEN YOU BREAK WHEN THE FAKE FACADE LEAVES YOU IN THE DARK PLASTIC SMILES AND DENIAL CAN ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR IT'S MY SOUL IT'S MY SOUL THAT NEEDS SURGERY THE PAINS INSIDE AND NOBODY FREES YOU FROM YOUR BODY THIRD WARD, YOUR FIRST QUESTION - WHAT IS YOUR ASPIRATION IN LIFE?īEYONCÉ: OH…MY ASPIRATION IN LIFE…WOULD BE…TO BE HAPPY.ĪIN'T GOT NO DOCTOR OR PILL THAT CAN TAKE THE PAIN AWAY