Throughout the first single on Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé lays all of it out for her critics, seemingly referencing the backlash she confronted after she carried out on the CMA Awards in 2016.
“They used to say I spoke, ‘Too nation’ / And the rejection got here, stated I wasn’t, ‘Nation ‘nough,’” she sings, “Stated I would not saddle up, however / If that ain’t nation, inform me, what’s? / Plant my naked ft on stable floor for years / They do not, do not know the way arduous I needed to battle for this.”
On the time, followers famous that the CMA Awards appeared to take down footage of her shock efficiency alongside The Chicks. Nevertheless, in a press release to E! Information, the group shared they took down a promotional clip as a substitute.
