Superpower

Album: Beyoncé (2013)
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  • When the palm of my two hands hold each other
    That feels different
    From when your hands are in mine
    That's just the way it is
    And when my voice is screaming out to my own ears, hmm
    That feels different from when I hear yours
    Now that's just the way it is
    And when I'm standing in this mirror after all these years
    What I'm viewing is a little different
    From what your eyes show you
    I guess I didn't see myself before you
    Moving forward

    (Superpower)
    A subtle power
    (Superpower)
    A tough love
    (Superpower)
    Like a shark
    (Superpower)
    Ooh, like a bear
    A tough love

    And I thought the world would move on
    I thought the world would revolve
    Without us, without us, without us, without us
    But nothing I know could slow us down
    Couldn't slow us down
    I thought I could live without you
    'Cause nothing I know can break us down
    They can't break us down

    And just like you I can be scared
    And just like you I hope I'm spared
    But it's tough love
    I know you feel it in the air
    Even the babies know it's there: tough love (superpower)
    The laws of the world tell us what goes sky
    And what falls, it's a superpower (superpower)
    The laws of the world never stopped us once
    'Cause together we got plenty superpower

    (Superpower)
    A subtle power
    (Superpower)
    A tough love
    (Superpower)
    Oh, like a shark
    (Superpower)
    Ooh, too much to bear
    (Superpower)

    And I thought the world would move on
    I thought the world would revolve
    Without us, without us, without us
    But nothing I know could slow us down
    Couldn't slow us down
    I thought I could live without you
    But together we got plenty power

    But nothing I know
    Couldn't break us down
    They couldn't break us down
    Yes, we can
    Couldn't break us down
    They couldn't break us down
    Yes, we can
    Couldn't break us down
    They couldn't break us down (yeah we can)
    Couldn't break us down (we can make it baby)
    They couldn't break us down (yes we can)

    Couldn't break us down
    They couldn't break us down, down Writer/s: Beyonce Knowles, Frank Ocean, Pharrell Williams
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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