Beyonce' Didn't Have to Call Us "B*tches"

As I've said before, I have always been a fan of Beyonce's...WAY back to the original Destiny's Child days. However, I have always been equally critical of her when, as a fan, I didn't like something she did musically.

Just when Beyonce' was starting to reel me back in, she does something to cast me back into the water. Beyonce' recently released a new song called "Bow Down/I Been On" where she took a unnecessary dig at her "haters":

 I know when you were little girls... 

You dreamt of being in my world... 

Don’t forget it , don’t forget it... 

Respect that, bow down bitches 

Beyonce' usually takes the high road and doesn't answer to criticism in such a negative way, which is why I want to believe that this song was not 100% her idea. She didn't have to do this in a mean and spiteful way because after her SuperBowl performance and SOLD-OUT upcoming tour, it's OBVIOUS that she still has "it" and we still want it. However, she should have continued to let her career speak for itself.

First of all, I happen to be a BIG advocate for women's empowerment and sisterhood, which is why I was put off by Beyonce's tone of "telling off her haters". This is a problem with black women where we "hate" on each other instead of supporting each other. I admit that I was one of the people who wanted her to sit down, have a baby and "get a life" (so to speak), not because I wanted to be her or was jealous of her success but because I cared about her personal life.

I've always wanted her to open up and share her life with me as a fan and when she never did, it turned me off. Beyonce' has been around for 15 years and has never been this open with us. Hmmmmm....I wonder why (new album and tour coming perhaps)? I don't believe in the Illuminati but I do find it interesting that she now wants us to "bow down" to her after she was brought up and raised in church...she KNOWS better.

Let me just say this: No matter how critical I am about her, I will not "bow down" to Beyonce' or any other celebrity because I serve the MOST HIGH GOD who commands "You shall have NO other gods before Me". Amen and HALLELUJAH to THAT!!!!!

Beyonce' was singing a different tune just last month in her HBO documentary, Life is But a Dream, where she actually came across with a women's empowerment message:

"It’s difficult being a woman. It’s so much pressure, and we need that support sometimes. We’re all going through our problems, but we all have the same insecurities and we all have the same abilities and we all need each other. Women have a responsibility to look out for other women.”

I was happy to hear her say this because she has such an unyielding fan base and people would take to that message as well because "Beyonce said it". However, how can you push that message while calling other women bitches and telling us to "bow down"?????


I miss the "independent woman", "single ladies", "survivor" type Beyonce' of old. This new Beyonce'...this media-crazed, needy for attention, everywhere-you-look Beyonce is getting old...and FAST!!!!! Maybe she should go back and listen to her words from "Survivor":

I'm not goin' blast you on the radio (I'm better than that),  I'm not goin' lie on you and your family (I'm better than that), I'm not goin' hate on you in the magazines ('m better than that), I'm not goin' compromise my Christianity (I'm better than that), You know I'm not goin' diss you on the internet, 'Cause my mama taught me better than that