Digital Booklet - I Am... Sasha Fierce

DISC I I

IF I WERE A BOY II HALO III DISAPPEAR IV BROKEN-HEARTED GIRL DISC II I SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) II RADIO III DIVA

V AVE

MARIA VI SATELLITES VII SAVE THE HERO IV SWEET DREAMS V VIDEO PHONE

DISC 1 I

IF I WERE A BOY

4:10

Written by Toby Gad, BC Jean / Published by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. (ASCAP)/Liedela Music (ASCAP)/Gad Songs, LLC (ASCAP), BC Jean (BMI) / Produced by Toby Gad and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Recorded by Toby Gad at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY, Strawberrybee Productions, New York, NY and at GAD Studios, Ibiza, Spain. / Vocals recorded by Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / All instruments and arrangement by Toby Gad / Live drums by Jens Gad / Additional drums and guitar by Syience for Stayfresh Music/Rokkworld Music Group / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

If I were a boy, even just for a day / I’d roll outta bed in the morning / And throw on what I wanted then go / Drink beer with the guys / And chase after girls / I’d kick it with who I wanted / And I’d never get confronted for it. / ‘Cuz they’d stick up for me / C H O R U S : If I were a boy / I think I could understand / How it feels to love a girl / I swear I’d be a better man / I’d listen to her, ‘cuz I know how it hurts / When you lose the one you wanted / ‘Cuz he’s taken you for granted / And everything you had got destroyed. // If I were a boy / I would turn off my phone / Tell everyone it’s broken / So they’d think that I was sleepin’alone / I’d put myself first, and make the rules as I go / ‘Cuz I know that she’d be faithful / Waitin’for me to come home (to come home) // C H O R U S // It’s a little too late for you to come back / Say it’s just a mistake / Think I’d forgive you like that / If you thought I would wait for you / You thought wrong // But you’re just a boy / You don’t understand / Yeah you don’t understand (ooh) / How it feels to love a girl someday / You’ll wish you were a better man / You don’t listen to her / You don’t care how it hurts / Until you lose the one you wanted / ‘Cuz you’ve taken her for granted / And everything you have got destroyed. / But you’re just a boy

II

HALO

4:22

Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Ryan Tedder, E. Kidd Bogart / B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Write 2 Live (ASCAP) administered worldwide by Kobalt Music Publishing, Here's Lookin At You Kidd Music (BMI)/Beluga Heights Music/Sony ATV Music Publishing, LLC (BMI) / Produced by Ryan Tedder and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Arrangement by Ryan Tedder / Recorded by Ryan Tedder, assisted by Christian Baker at Mansfield Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Germano Studios, New York, NY and Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Vocals recorded by Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / All instruments by Ryan Tedder / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

Remember those walls I built / Well baby they’re tumbling down / And they didn’t even put up a fight / They didn’t even make a sound / I found a way to let you in / But I never really had a doubt / Standing in the light of your halo / I got my angel now // P R E – C H O R U S: It’s like I’ve been awakened / Every rule I had you breakin’/ It’s the risk that I’m takin’/ I ain’t ever gonna shut you out // C H O R U S: Everywhere I’m looking now / I’m surrounded by your embrace / Baby I can see your halo / You know you’re my saving grace / You’re everything I need and more / It’s written all over your face / Baby I can feel your halo / Pray it won’t fade away / I can feel your halo, I can see your halo / I can feel your halo, I can see your halo // Hit me like a ray of sun / Burning through my darkest night / You’re the only one that I want / Think I’m addicted to your light / I swore I’d never fall again / But this don’t even feel like falling / Gravity can’t begin / To pull me back to the ground again // P R E – C H O R U S / C H O R U S // I can feel your halo, I can see your halo / I can feel your halo, I can see your halo / Halo, halo, oooh // C H O R U S // I can feel your halo, I can see your halo / I can feel your halo, I can see your halo / Halo

III

DISAPPEAR

4:29

Written by Amanda Ghost, Hugo Chakrabongse, Dave McCracken, Ian Dench, Beyoncé Knowles / Published by Amanda Ghost Bucks Music Group Limited/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Dave Platz Music, Inc. (BMI), Universal Music Pulishing/MGB Limited (ASCAP), Ian Dench Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI), B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Produced by Amanda Ghost, Dave McCracken and Ian Dench for Ghost Productions and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Recorded by Marcos Tovar and Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

If I begged and if I cried / Would it change the sky tonight / Would it give me some light / Should I wait for you to call / Is there any hope at all / Are you drifting by // C H O R U S: When I think about it / I know that I was never there / Or even cared / The more I think about it / The less that I was able to share / With you / I try to reach you I / Can almost feel you / You’re nearly here and then / You disappear, you disappear // And when I lie all by myself / I see your face and I hear your voice / My heart stays faithful / And time has come and time has passed / If it’s good it’s got to last / It felt so right // C H O R U S // I missed all the signs / One at a time / You were ready / What did I know / Starting our lives / Now my love I’m ready to show // C H O R U S // You disappear / You disappear / Disappear

IV

BROKEN-HEARTED GIRL

4:39

Written by Kenneth “Babyface”Edmonds, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Beyoncé Knowles / Published by Songs of Universal, Inc./Faze 2 Music (BMI), Sony ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP), EMI Music Publishing (ASCAP), B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Produced by Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music LLC and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Recorded by Mikkel S. Eriksen at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Additional vocals recorded by Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic, New York, NY / All instruments by Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen / Stargate management Tim Blacksmith and Danny D / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

You’re everything I thought you never were / And nothing like I thought you could have been / But still you live inside of me / So tell me how is that / You’re the only one I wish I could forget / The only one I love to not forgive / And though you break my heart / You’re the only one / And though there are times I hate you / ‘Cuz I can’t erase / The times that you hurt me and put tears on my face / And even now when I hate you it pains me to say / I know I’ll be there at the end of the day // C H O R U S: I don’t wanna be without you babe / I don’t want a broken heart / Don’t wanna take a breath without you babe / I don’t wanna play that part / I know that I love you / But let me just say / I don’t wanna love you in no kinda way / No no, I don’t want a broken heart / And I don’t wanna play the broken-hearted girl / No no, no broken-hearted girl / I’m no broken-hearted girl // There’s something that I feel I need to say / Up ‘til now I’ve always been afraid / That you would never come around / And still I wanna put this out / You say you got the most respect for me / But sometimes I feel you’re not deserving of me / And still you’re in my heart / But you’re the only one / And yes there are times when I hate you but I don’t complain / ‘Cuz I’ve been afraid that you would walk away / Oh but now I don’t hate you / I’m happy to say that I will be there at the end of the day // C H O R U S // Now I’m at a place I thought I’d never be (ooh) / I’m living in a world that’s all about you and me (yeah) / Ain’t gotta be afraid my broken heart is free / To spread my wings and fly away, away with you / Yeah yeah yeah // C H O R U S // Broken-hearted girl / No no / No broken-hearted girl / No broken-hearted girl

V

AVE MARIA

3:42

Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, Makeba, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen / Published by B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Amanda Ghost Bucks Music Group Limited/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Ian Dench Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI), Yoga Flames Music (BMI)/Janice Combs Publishing, Inc. (BMI)/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Sony ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP), EMI Music Publishing (ASCAP) / Produced by Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music LLC and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Recorded by Mikkel S. Eriksen at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Guitar by Ian Dench / All other instruments by Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen / Stargate management Tim Blacksmith and Danny D / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

She was lost / In so many different ways / Out in the darkness with no guide / I know the cost of a losing hand / Never for the grace of God / Oh I, I found heaven on earth / You are my last my first / And then I hear this voice inside / Ave Maria // I’ve been alone / When I’m surrounded by friends / How could the silence be so loud / But I still go on knowing that I’ve got you / There’s only us when the lights go down // You are my heaven on earth / You are my hunger my thirst / I always hear this voice inside / Saying Ave Maria // Sometimes love can come and pass you by / While you’re busy making plans / Suddenly hits you and then you realize / It’s out of your hands / Baby you got to understand // You are my heaven on earth / You are my last my first / And then I hear this voice inside / Ave Maria, Ave Maria, Ave Maria

VI

SATELLITES

3:08

Written by Amanda Ghost, Dave McCracken, Ian Dench, Beyoncé Knowles / Published by Amanda Ghost Bucks Music Group Limited/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Universal Music Publishing/MGB Limited (ASCAP), Ian Dench Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI), B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Produced by Amanda Ghost, Dave McCracken and Ian Dench for Ghost Productions and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Recorded by Marcos Tovar and Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

Satellites / Flashing by / It’s a beautiful state we’re in / But how can we love in isolation / Think how happy we can be if we just try / We’re nothing like we seem / Passionate words are never spoken / You don’t know how I bleed / When I leave your side // C H O R U S: In our eyes / Love’s alive / We’ve come untied / ‘Cuz we’re flashing by / Like satellites / Satellites // Take all the rules away / How can we live if we don’t change / We’re always on display let’s run and hide // C H O R U S 2 // In our eyes / Love’s alive / We’ve come untied / ‘Cuz we’re flashing by / Like satellites / Satellites // If we don’t communicate / We’ll exist in our own space / We have all the love we need / When we’re apart I cannot breathe // Satellites flashing by / Satellites

VII

SAVE THE HERO

4:33

Written by Beyoncé Knowles, James Scheffer, Rico Love, Ali Tamposi / Published by B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), JimiPub Music/EMI Blackwood (BMI), Rico Love is Still a Rapper/Foray Music (SESAC), Ali Tamposi Publishing Inc. (SESAC) / Produced by Jim Jonsin for Rebel Rock Productions, Rico Love for Division One and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Productions, Inc. / Vocal production by Rico Love for Division One / Recorded by Jim Caruana at South Beat Studios, Miami Beach, FL / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

I lay alone awake at night / Sorrow fills my eyes / But I’m not strong enough to cry / Despite my disguise / I’m left with no shoulder / But everybody wants to lean on me / I guess I’m their soldier / But who’s gonna be mine // C H O R U S: Who’s there to save the hero / When she’s left all alone / And she’s crying out for help / Who’s there to save the hero / Who’s there to save the girl / After she saves the world / After she saves the world // I bottle all my hurt inside / I guess I’m living a lie / Inside my mind each day I die / What can bring me back to life / A simple word a gesture / Someone to say you’re beautiful / Come find this buried treasure / Rainbows lead to a pot of gold // C H O R U S // I’ve given too much of myself / And now it’s drivin’me crazy / I’m crying out for help / Sometimes I wish someone would / Just come here and save me / Save me from myself // C H O R U S

DISC II I

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)

3:13

Written by Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles / Published by Songs Of Peer/March 9th Publishing (ASCAP), 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC obo Suga Wuga Music (ASCAP), B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart and Terius “TheDream”Nash for RedZone Entertainment/Radio Killa and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Vocals produced by Beyoncé Knowles / Recorded by Kuk Harrell and Brian “B-LUV” Thomas for RedZone Entertainment/Radio Killa at The Boom Boom Room, Burbank, CA / Vocals recorded by Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Mixed by Dave Pensado and Jaycen Joshua for The Penua Project, assisted by Andrew Wuepper and Randy Urbanski at Larrabee North, Hollywood, CA

II

RADIO

3:39

Written by James Scheffer, Rico Love, Dwayne Nesmith, Beyoncé Knowles / Published by JimiPub Music/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Rico Love is Still a Rapper/Foray Music (SESAC), Nujerez Music/ Warner Chappell Music (BMI), B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Produced by Jim Jonsin for Rebel Rock Productions, D-Town and Rico Love for 353 Music Group and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Vocal production by Rico Love for Division One / Recorded by Jim Jonsin and Jim Caruana at The Boom Boom Room, Los Angeles, CA / Vocals recorded by Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

III

DIVA

3:21

Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Shondrae Crawford, Sean Garrett / Published by B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Levegas Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), The Practice Team S. Dot Publishing (BMI) / Produced by Shondrae “Mr. Bangladesh”Crawford and Sean “The Pen”Garrett for The Practice Team S Dot, Inc. and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Recorded by Miles Walker for Milk Money assisted by Kory Aaron and Michael Miller at Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA. Patchwerk Studios, Atlanta, GA and Bangledesh Studios, Atlanta, GA / Vocals recorded by Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

IV

SWEET DREAMS

3:28

Written by Beyoncé Knowles, James Scheffer, Wayne Wilkins, Rico Love / Published by B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), JimiPub Music/EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Blow the Speakers/Sony ATV (PRS), Rico Love is Still a Rapper/Foray Music (SESAC) / Produced by Jim Jonsin for Rebel Rock Productions, Wayne Wilkins, and Rico Love for Division One and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Vocal production by Rico Love for Division One / Additional vocals by Rico Love / Recorded by Jim Caurana at South Beat Studios, Miami Beach, FL / Mixed by Wayne Wilkins and Jim Jonsin at Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA

V

VIDEO PHONE

3:35

Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Shondrae Crawford, Sean Garrett, Angela Beyince / Published by B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Levegas Publishing/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), The Practice Team S. Dot Publishing (BMI), EMI April Music, Inc. o/b/o/ Itself and Angela Beyince Music (ASCAP) / Produced by Shondrae “Mr. Bangladesh”Crawford and Sean “The Pen”Garrett for The Practice Team S Dot, Inc. and Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Music, LLC / Recorded by Miles Walker for Milk Money, assisted by Kory Aaron and Michael Miller at Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA, Patchwerk Studios, Atlanta, GA and Bangledesh Studios, Atlanta, GA / Vocals recorded by Jim Caruana at Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY / Mixed by Mark “Spike”Stent, assisted by Matt Green at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

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