This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Stop the track, let me state facts
I told you give me a minute and I'll be right back
Fifty million 'round the world and they said that I couldn't get it
I done got so sick and filthy with Benji's I can't spend
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
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 diva
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
When he pull up, wanna pop my hood up
Bet he better have a six pack in the cooler
Getting money (money) divas getting money (money)
If you ain't getting money (money)
Then you ain't got nothing for me
Tell me something (tell me something)
Where your boss at? (Where your boss at?)
Where my ladies up in there that like to talk back? (That like to talk back)
I wanna see ya (I can see her)
I'd like to meet ya (I'd like to meet her)
What you said? (Not to me)
She ain't no diva (she ain't no diva)
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Since fifteen in my stilettos, been strutting in this game (game)
"What's your age?" Was the question they asked when I hit the stage (stage)
I'm a diva, best believe her, you see her, she getting paid (paid)
She ain't calling him to greet her, don't need him, her bed's made (made)
This is a stick up, stick up
I need them bags, all that money
We callin' a stick up, stick up
You see them ask, "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, all that money
Stick up, stick up
You see them ask, "Where that money?"
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
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)
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
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Stop the track, let me state facts
I told you give me a minute and I'll be right back
Fifty million 'round the world and they said that I couldn't get it
I done got so sick and filthy with Benji's I can't spend
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
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 diva
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
When he pull up, wanna pop my hood up
Bet he better have a six pack in the cooler
Getting money (money) divas getting money (money)
If you ain't getting money (money)
Then you ain't got nothing for me
Tell me something (tell me something)
Where your boss at? (Where your boss at?)
Where my ladies up in there that like to talk back? (That like to talk back)
I wanna see ya (I can see her)
I'd like to meet ya (I'd like to meet her)
What you said? (Not to me)
She ain't no diva (she ain't no diva)
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Since fifteen in my stilettos, been strutting in this game (game)
"What's your age?" Was the question they asked when I hit the stage (stage)
I'm a diva, best believe her, you see her, she getting paid (paid)
She ain't calling him to greet her, don't need him, her bed's made (made)
This is a stick up, stick up
I need them bags, all that money
We callin' a stick up, stick up
You see them ask, "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, all that money
Stick up, stick up
You see them ask, "Where that money?"
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustler
Of a hustler
Of a, of a hustler
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)
Lyrics submitted by tonyxthrashdown
Diva Lyrics as written by Beyonce Knowles Shondrae L Crawford
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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This song is so catchy :P
BEE'S SO SEXY
luv this its like the female version of a milli by lil wayne
this song is very catchy to dance to
Ok, i LOVE this song! I just hate it's bout to be played out very shortly like "Single Ladies". anyhow, what does she maen when she says, "Where yo boss at?" Am I just slow?
There's been speculation that it's a diss to Rihanna... Jay-Z used to be her boss.
haha. i dont even like this kind of music, but i got hooked on this song for some reason :p its funny. haha.
I usually think Beyonce's songs are annoying. But I am totally hooked on Diva. It's just so irresistibly catchy!
This song reminds me of "im a hustla" by Cassidy, when he remixed it with Jay-z. just the beginning because they say "imma imma hustler" and beyonce says "imma imma diva". its cute. finally theres a song out there for us diva bitches :]
This is pretty much the ultimate bitch song. It's quite amazing, and I'm usually not that big a fan of Beyonce. (:
this song's ok, but i don't like it as much as her other songs. if i were a boy and single ladies are way better.