Music in Our Schools Month: Vocabulary from Beyoncé's "Lemonade"

Beyoncé's Lemonade is collection of songs, a long-form video and an extended spoken word performance all at once. It deals with both broad themes about community and culture and intensely personal aspects of Beyoncé's marriage to Jay Z at the same time. The audience may feel that they are experiencing everything that occupies the mind of this superstar while appreciating her latest music. Most amazingly successful artists are busy erecting walls to keep people out, but Lemonade feels like Beyoncé has shared with us her private pain and her essential truths. Here are twelve vocabulary words from the lyrics to Lemonade, and learn more about Beyonce's inspiration in "Vocabulary Lessons from Beyonce's Lemonade."
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  1. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
    You can taste the dishonesty
    It's all over your breath as you pass it
    off so cavalier
    - Pray You Catch Me
  2. crave
    have an appetite or great desire for
    She too smart to crave material things
    She pushing herself day and night
    - 6 Inch
  3. pose
    introduce
    Feel like that question has been posed
    I'm movin' on
    I'll always be committed, I been
    Focused
    I always paid attention, been devoted
    Tell me, what did I do wrong?
    - Love Drought
  4. devoted
    zealous in allegiance or affection
    Feel like that question has been posed
    I'm movin' on
    I'll always be committed, I been
    Focused
    I always paid attention, been devoted
    Tell me, what did I do wrong?
    - Love Drought
  5. drought
    a prolonged shortage
    You and me would stop this love
    Drought
    - Love Drought
  6. wade
    walk through relatively shallow water
    I'ma wade, I'ma wave through the
    waters
    Tell the tide "Don't move!"
    I'ma riot, I'ma riot through your
    Borders
    Call me bulletproof.
    - Freedom
  7. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
    Seven misleadin' statements 'bout my persona
    - Kendrick Lamar in Freedom
  8. aqueduct
    a conduit that carries water over a valley
    Yeah, I keep runnin', jump in the
    aqueducts
    Fire hydrants and hazardous
    Smoke alarms on the back of us
    - Kendrick Lamar in Freedom
  9. salvation
    rescuing or protecting someone or something from harm
    True love breathes salvation back into
    me
    With every tear came redemption
    And my torturer became a remedy
    - All Night
  10. redemption
    the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    True love breathes salvation back into
    me
    With every tear came redemption
    And my torturer became a remedy
    - All Night
  11. remedy
    a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain
    True love breathes salvation back into
    me
    With every tear came redemption
    And my torturer became a remedy
    - All Night
  12. reckless
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
    I'm so reckless when I rock my
    Givenchy dress (stylin')
    I'm so possessive so I rock his Roc
    necklaces
    - Formation
Created on Wed Jun 08 15:26:18 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Jun 22 14:13:24 EDT 2016)

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