Beyoncé: Through A Daughter’s Lens
Remember when ***Flawless was released? And some artists (aka Keyshia Cole) and listeners didn’t have the best reaction to Queen Bey’s infamous lyrics “bow down bitches?”
Now, imagine your mom writing, singing, and performing those lyrics.
I‘m just one in the sea of many who were overcome with emotions while watching Beyoncé take the stage with her daughters during the Cowboy Carter Tour.
It made me think about how her daughters take all of it in. Her lyrics. Her impact. Her dominance.
What do they takeaway when they see how she treats her fans? Her crew? Her dancers? Her whole team?
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Not only are they witnessing the power and influence their mama has on a worldwide scale, they get to see how she wields that power and influence.
Many of us may have witnessed our own parents abuse their power as parents or as partners. Whether we’ve come from families that have financial and material influence, or those whose parents’ power simply come from the family unit hierarchy, we understand what it means when someone uses their power to control and manipulate for their own interests.
Intentional or not, parents hold a heavy role instilling their values and principles to their children. That is the true power parents have.
Power doesn’t always have to equate to control.
As Beyoncé is flawlessly showing us, our power can be used for collective and individual empowerment and healing.
Cowboy Carter the album and the tour are generational gifts that I’ll be forever grateful for. Thank you, Beyoncé.
