The sixth track on 'Lemonade', Beyoncé's 2016 album released through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, 'Daddy Lessons' arrived with a music video as part of the hour-long film that accompanied the record's HBO premiere. Written and produced by Wynter Gordon, Beyoncé, Kevin Cossom and Alex Delicata, the song later received a standalone video release and a high-profile live performance with the Dixie Chicks at the Country Music Association Awards.
The lyric adopts the voice of a daughter recalling paternal instruction, the father figure teaching resilience and self-defence through a childhood of motorcycles, vinyl and whiskey-laced domesticity. Beyoncé frames the advice as both protective and cautionary, the refrain invoking the Second Amendment and a deathbed warning about men who play games. The arrangement leans into country signifiers, steel guitar and yeehaw ad-libs grounding the narrative in a Texan setting, whilst the subject matter connects the personal inheritance of toughness to the album's broader themes of betrayal and survival.
"Daddy Lessons" is a track by Beyoncé, from the album Lemonade, released 22nd April 2016. The track is 4:48 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 17 articles about Beyoncé.