Ya Ya

Album: Cowboy Carter (2024)
Charted: 39
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  • Hello, girls (hello, Beyoncé)
    Hello, fellas (you're pretty swell)
    Those petty ones can't fuck with me (why?)
    'Cause I'm a clever girl, we snappin'
    (Pretty please) toms, please
    We wanna welcome you to the Beyoncé Cowboy Carter: Act II, ah
    And The Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit
    We gon' make it do what it do, ya-ya
    Put them hands together

    We clappin'
    We drummin'
    (Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya) oh, ya-ya-ya
    (Oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya) oh
    Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya (oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    Ya-ya-ya-ya (oh, ya)
    (Ya-ya) B-E-Y-I-N-C-É, ya

    My family lived and died in America, hm
    Good ol' USA (good ol' USA), shit
    Whole lotta red in that white and blue, huh
    History can't be erased, ooh-oh
    Are you lookin' for a new America? (America)
    Are you tired, working time and a half for half the pay?
    Ya-ya (half the pay, ooh-oh)
    I just pray that we don't crash
    Keep my Bible on the dash, we gotta keep the faith
    Wildfire burnt his house down
    Insurance ain't gon' pay no Fannie Mae, shit
    So hold this holster, pour more liquor, please
    Hardworkin' men ain't got no money in the bank, ha, ya-ya
    Turn up the vinyl and the radio (radio)
    He can't watch the news nowadays, oh (nowadays)
    I just pray that he don't crash
    Keep this pistol on the dash, he gotta keep the faith

    She's pickin' up good vibrations
    He's lookin' for sweet sensations
    Ladies? (yeah?)
    Fuck it

    We shakin' (ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    We swimmin' (oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, a-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    We jerkin' (oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, a-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    We twerkin' (oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    You wanna touch it, don't ya?
    Come get this genie in a bottle (ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    Come rub it, won't you? (Oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    I pop it
    I walk it like I talk it (ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
    I got your spurs sparkin'
    Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, oh

    Let loose
    Do what you do, baby, good God
    I don't wanna hear no ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya
    I got you daydreamin'
    Put your lips on my lips
    And strum me like a guitar
    La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, you got me movin', boy
    You got me, ooh-in', you might know what you're doin'
    Put them babies to bed
    We sweat out the sheets
    Got you up all night and now you don't wanna leave
    I can soothe your pain, yeah
    When I'm long gone you'll call my name, yeah
    World of wind got you insane, yeah
    It's givin' me the faith

    I'm pickin' up good vibrations, ooh
    He's givin' me sweet sensations, oh
    (B-E-Y-I-N-C-É, ah)
    We gon' bust it down
    From Texas (from Texas)
    To Gary (to Gary)
    All the way down to New York City (New York City)
    Give me a kiss
    Big daddy, you so pretty (so pretty)

    Got these slugs in my mouth when I die don't take 'em out
    (Got these slugs in my mouth when I die don't take 'em out) ooh
    Baby, if you ain't got no grits, get the fuck up out the South
    (If you ain't got no grits, get the fuck up out the South)
    Life is comin' at me fast, keep my Bible on the dash
    Pistol in my seat just in case I gotta blast
    I just wanna shake my ass (have a blast)
    Ooh
    I just wanna shake my ass (have a blast)
    Ooh, we vibratin'
    And, lover boy, you're so fine
    Ooh, you got me losin' my mind
    But you gotta keep the faith
    Ohh
    We gotta keep the faith
    Oh, vote
    Oh, whoa Writer/s: Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho, Beyo Knowles, Brian Wilson, Harry Edwards, Klara Mkhatshwa, Lee Hazlewood, Oliver Rodigan, Shawn Carter, Terius Youngdell Nash
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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