Upgrade Yo' Self: Beyoncé’s Most Empowering Songs

Get your mind right with the help of Queen Bey.

'Upgrade U' (2006) - Yes, he is lucky to have you. Bey says so. In this song, she reminds Jay of all the things she can do for him and how much more they can accomplish together than apart. Play it when you need to feel your power couple swag.  Key lyric:  Come harder, this won't be easy
 / Don't doubt yourself, trust me you need me / This ain't a shoulder with a chip or an ego
 / But what you think they all mad at me for? (Photo: Sony BMG Music Entertainment) 
'Diva' (2008) - Okay, so magazines aren’t writing reviews about your latest album. But you still have people reviewing how well you do your job. Listen to this before you next annual review and get in the mind frame to share everything you’ve done to help your company thrive.  Key lyric:  How you gon' be talkin' s**t? / You act like I just got up in it / Been the number one diva / In this game for a minute! / I know you read the paper / The one that they call the Queen / Every radio 'round the world know me / ’Cause that's where I be  (Photo: Sony BMG Music Entertainment)
'Ego' (2008) - Humility is overrated. Sometimes you need to make it clear just how much of a boss you are. This is the song that can put you in that headspace. Go get ’em — the boss, that chick or that dude.  Key lyric:  Usually I'm humble, right now I don't choose / You can leave with me or you could have the blues / Some call it arrogant, I call it confident / You decide when you find / Out what I'm working with (Photo: Sony BMG Music Entertainment)
/content/dam/betcom/images/2011/04/Fashion-and-Beauty/042211-fashion-beyonce-cover.jpg"***Flawless" - Kicking off with "Bow Down" — the chopped and screwed banger fans heard earlier in the year — "***Flawless" is a hybrid of two concepts. Mid-song, Bey swtiches from commanding that her adversaries "bow down b-----s" to a call for female empowerment.  (Photo: Columbia Records)

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'Diva' (2008) - Okay, so magazines aren’t writing reviews about your latest album. But you still have people reviewing how well you do your job. Listen to this before you next annual review and get in the mind frame to share everything you’ve done to help your company thrive. Key lyric: How you gon' be talkin' s**t? / You act like I just got up in it / Been the number one diva / In this game for a minute! / I know you read the paper / The one that they call the Queen / Every radio 'round the world know me / ’Cause that's where I be (Photo: Sony BMG Music Entertainment)

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