YOU MUST NOT KNOW BOUT ME...THE BRUISED EGO OF THE BLACK WOMAN

Peace! In the past few months, Beyonce's song, "Irreplaceable," has become the anthem of scorned sistas everywhere (Beyonce and Destiny's Child are good for anthems...usually relating to some relationship or lack there of with a man...hmm). On this day of understanding, I came to the realization that this latest effort looks good at the surface, but reeks of a bruised ego beneath. I'm not going to get into whether the song is for a certain someone cuz that's beside my point. She's tellin this dude to roll out cuz he did her wrong and she can replace him in a second so hurry up, pack your shit and get the hell up outta here, with no regret, remorse, sadness, nothing. Now she might be speaking for the woman who is so fed up from being dogged out that she is cold and callous toward the brotha. Truthfully, I don't see this as realistic. Although it's just a song, the fact that so many women identify with it calls its relevance into question when looking at the state of Black male-female relationships and our ability to hurt, disregard, and discard one another without so much as "shedding a tear." To me, if this is a man who you've been with, who you cared for, it may not be so easy to send the brotha "to the left." I'm not saying that if a man continiously disrespects a woman and she has reached her limit, she is in the wrong for removing that negative element from her life if that's what she sees fit. On the contrary, I do not advocate keeping anything or anybody around who is hurtful (especially one who seems to be talkin shit on his way out). But we can't keep acting like we don't feel things and mask our emotions under a shield of this tough, superwoman as a defense mechanism from feeling and dealing with the pain cuz what lies beneath is a bruised and hurt ego that doesn't understand why a brotha could act the way he did. I am by no means saying get stuck in the pain, but if you don't deal with what happened and why, you'll only continue to bury your feelings, moving from man to man, potentially attracting the same type of brotha going through the same cycles. I mean, would you really want "another you in a minute" if the previous dude did you wrong? Do the knowledge...




To the left
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To the left
Everything you own in the box to the left
In the closet that's my stuff - Yes
If I bought it nigga please don't touch
And keep talking that mess, that's fine
But could you walk and talk at the same time
And It's my mine name that is on that Jag
So remove your bags let me call you a cab

Standing in the front yard telling me
How I'm such a fool - Talking about
How I'll never ever find a man like you
You got me twisted

You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I could have another you in a minute
matter fact he'll be here in a minute - baby

You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I can have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable

So go ahead and get gone
And call up on that chick and see if she is home
Oops, I bet ya thought that I didn't know
What did you think I was putting you out for?
Cause you was untrue
Rolling her around in the car that I bought you
Baby you dropped them keys hurry up before your taxi leaves
Standing in the front yard telling me
How I am such a fool - Talking about
How I'll never ever find a man like you
You got me twisted

You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I could have another you in a minute
matter fact he'll be here in a minute - baby



You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I will have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable

So since I’m not your everything
How about I'll be nothing
Nothing at all to you
Baby I wont shead a tear for you
I won't lose a wink of sleep
Cause the truth of the matter is
Replacing you is so easy

To the left
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To the left
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To the left
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Everything you own in the box to the left

To the left
To the left

Don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable

You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I could have another you in a minute
matter fact he'll be be here in a minute - baby

You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I can have another you by tomorrow
Don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable

You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I could have another you in a minute
matter fact he'll be be here in a minute - baby

You must not know about me
You must not know about me
I can have another you by tomorrow
Don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable