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\n\tBeyonc\u00e9 is officially in her country era \u2014 and she doesn\u2019t care what you think about it.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe superstar opened her freshly released Cowboy Carter album on Friday (March 29) with \u201cAmeriican Requiem,\u201d a half-spoken word declaration of her intentions with the country-tinged project. \u201cLooka there, looka in my hand \/ The grandbaby of a moonshine man \/ Gadsden, Alabama \/ Got folk down in Galveston, rooted in Louisiana \/ Used to say I spoke, \u2018Too country\u2019 \/ And the rejection came, said \u2018I wasn\u2019t country \u2018nough,\u201d she sings on the tracks second verse. \u201cSaid I wouldn\u2019t saddle up, but \/ If that ain\u2019t country, tell me what is? \/ Plant my bare feet on solid ground for years \/ They don\u2019t, don\u2019t know how hard I had to fight for this \/ When I sang my song.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe lyrics are seemingly in response to criticism the Texas native has faced when trying to dabble in country music throughout her career, especially after the release of \u201cDaddy Lessons\u201d from her 2016 album\u00a0Lemonade<\/em>. Half a year later, she performed it at the 2016 Country Music Association Awards alongside The Chicks. A pre-show announcement teasing her performance sparked calls for\u00a0a CMAs boycott<\/a>\u00a0on social media, with some people blasting the awards show for including Bey, whose tribute to the Black Panther Party during her performance of \u201cFormation\u201d at the 2016 Super Bowl had also earned pushback.<\/p>\n