Beautiful Liar
Ay, ay, ay
Nobody likes being played
[Refrain: Beyoncé]
Oh, Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Oh, Shakira, Shakira (Hey)
[Verse 1: Beyoncé & Shakira]
He said I'm worth it, his one desire
I know things about him that you wouldn't wanna read about
He kissed me, his one and only (Yes), beautiful liar
Tell me how you tolerate the things I just found out about
[Pre-Chorus: Shakira & Beyoncé]
You never know
Why are we the ones who suffer?
I have to let go
He won't be the one to cry (Ay)
[Chorus: Beyoncé, Shakira & Both]
Let's not kill the karma (Ay)
Let's not start a fight (Ay)
It's not worth the drama
For a beautiful liar (Oh)
Can't we laugh about it? (Ha, ha, ha; oh)
It's not worth our time (Oh)
We can live without him
Just a beautiful liar
I trusted him, but when I followed you, I saw you together
I didn't know about you then 'til I saw you with him again
I walked in on your love scene, slow dancin'
You stole everything, how can you say I did you wrong? Yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Shakira & Beyoncé]
We'll never know
When the pain and heartbreak's over
I have to let go
The innocence is gone (Ay)
[Chorus: Beyoncé, Shakira & Both]
Let's not kill the karma (Ay)
Let's not start a fight (Ay)
It's not worth the drama
For a beautiful liar (Oh)
Can't we laugh about it? (Ha, ha, ha; oh)
It's not worth our time (Oh)
We can live without him
Just a beautiful liar
[Bridge: Shakira, Beyoncé & Both]
Tell me how to forgive you (Ooh)
When it's me who's ashamed (Oh, ayy)
And I wish could free you
Of the hurt and the pain
But the answer is simple
He's the one to blame (Hey)
[Refrain: Beyoncé]
Ay, Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Ay, Shakira, Shakira
Oh, Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Oh, Shakira, Shakira (Hey, ay)
[Chorus: Beyoncé, Shakira & Both]
Let's not kill the karma (Ay)
Let's not start a fight (Ay)
It's not worth the drama
For a beautiful liar (Oh)
Can't we laugh about it? (Ha, ha, ha; oh)
It's not worth our time (Oh)
We can live without him
Just a beautiful liar
About
“Beautiful Liar” marks the first collaboration between Colombian singer Shakira and American singer Beyoncé. The song is influenced by a mix of Shakira’s Latin and Middle Eastern sounds with Beyoncé’s contemporary hip hop and R&B sound.
Lyrically, the song deals with two women who discover they have been cheated on by the same man and instead of wasting their time on him, they agree that he is not worth fighting over.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
[Shakira] is one of my favorite Latin singers, and I have nothing but respect for her. She’s so sweet, so sexy, so positive … We met three or four years ago at the MTV Video Music Awards, and we said, “We have to do something together,” and finally, we made it happen. We weren’t able to record [“Beautiful Liar”] together [in the studio] because she was on tour, but it still turned out so wonderful. And the video, I wanted us to play off the idea that we kind of look alike. I saw this guy dancing once, and it looked like he was performing in the mirror until I realized [he was dancing with] another person, and I thought, “How amazing!” So we tried to do that.
The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2007. As this is Beyoncé’s only song with Shakira, it is the only time both women have charted together on the same song on the Hot 100. As of March 2014, the song has sold over 1,419,000 digital downloads in the United States.
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- 3.Green Light
- 4.Kitty Kat
- 6.Upgrade U
- 10.Freakum Dress
- 11.Suga Mama
- 12.Déjà Vu
- 13.Ring the Alarm
- 14.Resentment
- 15.Listen
- 16.World Wide Woman
- 17.My First Time
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