Lemonade, Not Tea

Honey! *Slaps the air* Lemonade tryna to put tea outta business, girl LOL.

Okay so first of all, let's acknowledge that seeing just the two videos I saw pre-post COMPLETELY tainted my perspective LOL. After watching the whole video, I received a totally different message. I took it upon myself to watch the full hour-long video online yesterday and then actually watch the re-air of the HBO special last night. Let me tell you though, I NEEDED to watch it both times cause Yonce' kinda lost me in a couple places the first time; fool me twice LOL.

Now I'm at work and I got shit to do so I ain't gonna get all philosophical and what not.... at least not a lot LOL.... but I will go on record to say that I was actually pretty impressed with the special. I was. A lot could still be left to interpretation - as with most art - but I think when you take a step back and look from a wider lens, you realize much of her point was that everything is a cycle and breaking said cycle is a CHOICE. Leaving is a CHOICE. Forgiveness is a CHOICE. Staying and putting in the work is a CHOICE. I think she was also saying it's okay to change your mind. It's okay to feel different today than you did yesterday. Sidebar: I think that's okay too, and that's the number one reason I don't believe in running and telling all your friends about some shit that's gone down. You gonna get all these damn opinions, all this "fuck that nigga" fanfare and when you finally settle down and come to that place in the dark, you're gonna feel even more conflicted because of the pressure to do the thing you don't wanna do anymore. Now you dont wanna look stupid to everybody. But you would never be in that place if you wore your own welts. Just saying.

Anyway, I gotta go, but I wanted to take a minute to give Bey props on the overall special. While I definitely think she was doing too much at points (I mean, Bey, come on, the majority of your fan base is NOT this deep LOL) I think it was beautifully done and I would not be surprised if she won some sort of award for it.