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Diva by Beyoncé

TRACK

Beyoncé

Diva

Release date: 12th November 2008

From I AM...SASHA FIERCE
Track 3
3:21
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About This Track

'Diva' appeared on the 'I Am...Sasha Fierce' album in 2008, positioned on the more assertive half of that dual-disc release. The track's production matches the fearsome throb of its title, built around a looping declaration that recasts the word as 'a female version of a hustla'. Beyoncé adopts a rapper's cadence for much of the performance, a posture that would resurface in later collaborations and remixes. The lyrics catalogue commercial dominance and self-sufficiency with blunt arithmetic, referencing global reach and financial independence. The hook is minimal and repetitive, designed for chant rather than melody. The verses toggle between boast and challenge, demanding to know where the boss is and dismissing anyone not operating at the same level. The song's swagger can be traced as an early marker of Beyoncé's willingness to occupy hip-hop's rhetorical space directly, a shift from the more melodic material elsewhere on the same album. It remains a study in contrast, the kind of track that makes a double album's split personality audible in real time.

"Diva" is a track by Beyoncé, from the album I AM...SASHA FIERCE, released 12th November 2008. The track is 3:21 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 17 articles about Beyoncé.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé

Lyrics

Diva

I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a...

Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla
Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla

Stop the track, let me state facts
I told you gimme a minute, and I'll be right back
Fifty million round the world, and they say that I couldn't get it
I done got so sick and filthy with Benji's, I can't spend it

How you gon' be talking shit?
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 a queen
Every radio 'round the world know me
'Cause that's where I be (first!)

I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a di-

Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla
Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla

When he pull up, wanna pop my hood up
Bet he better have a six-pack in the cooler
Getting money, divas gettin' money
If you ain't gettin' money, then you ain't got nothing for me

Tell me somethin', (Tell me somethin')
Where yo boss at? (Where yo' boss at?)
Where my ladies up in here that like to talk back?
(That like to talk back)

I wanna see ya (I wanna see her)
I'd like to meet ya (I'd like to meet her)
What you say? (Not to me!)
She ain't no diva (She ain't no diva!)

Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla
Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla

Since 15 in my stilettos, been strutting in this game
"What's your age?" was the question they asked when I hit the stage
I'm a diva, best believe-a, you see her, she gettin' paid
She ain't calling him a greeter, don't need him her bed's made

This is a stick-up, stick-up
I need them bags or that money
I'ma stick-up, stick-up
You see the mask, where that money?
All my ladies get it up, I see you, I do the same
Take it to another level, no passengers on my plane

I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva (hey)
I'm a, I'm a a diva

This is a stick-up, stick-up
I need them bags or that money
Stick-up, stick-up
You see the mask, where that money?

Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla
Na na na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla

I'm a, a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva

I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
I'm a, I'm a a diva
(Hey)

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Track details

From I AM...SASHA FIERCE

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12th November 2008
Track number
3
Release year
2008
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    Assistant Mixing Engineer
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    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Kory Aaron, Michael Miller
    Mastering Engineer
    Tom Coyne
    Mixing Engineer
    Mark “Spike” Stent
    Recording Engineer
    Jim Caruana, Miles Walker
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    Melina Matsoukas
    Video Production Assistant
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