Sacred

Verse 1: Beyoncé

I was born before

They assigned my skin a name

It was sacred (sacred)

Before you gave me clothes

And put my body in a frame

It was sacred (sacred)

Before they broke my back

And turned my mothers into slaves

It was sacred (sacred)

Oh, sacred

Chorus: Beyoncé

Before the money made

Before the gospel saved

Before the church or state

We were sacred

Verse 2

Ain't no way they can contain us (sacred)

It's in our walk, it's in our cadence (sacred)

We don't need to be validated (sacred)

We are gods, we were created (sacred)

Yeah, I know it's hard to believe it

But my ancestors were kings and queens

That's my power, that's my heritage

That's what makes me, makes me sacred

Pre-Chorus: Beyoncé & Tems

I got ancestors that prayed for me

And I can feel 'em all around me

They are the reason that I'm strong

They are the reason I'm still standing

'Cause before this world began

There was a plan already made for me

Oh, I know who I am

Chorus: Beyoncé

There's magic in my blood

There's gold inside my soul

I come from something sacred

That the world could never own

We are more than what they see

We are everything they told

Us we couldn't ever be

Oh, it's sacred!

It's sacred!

It's sacred!

Verse 3: Tems

Before they told us who to be (sacred)

Before they tried to colonize me (sacred)

They couldn't take my memory (sacred)

They know my power's legendary (oh, oh)

Pre-Chorus: Tems

We carry wisdom from the universe

We carry secrets from the ancient ones

If there's a heaven, we were there first

We are the first-born daughters, first-born sons

Oh, we been here (oh, oh)

Chorus: Beyoncé & Tems

There's magic in my blood

There's gold inside my soul

I come from something sacred

That the world could never own

We are more than what they see

We are everything they told

Us we couldn't ever be

Oh, it's sacred!

It's sacred!

It's sacred!

Bridge: Beyoncé & Tems

Sacred is the way I walk (sacred)

Sacred is the way I talk (sacred)

Sacred is my destiny (sacred)

Oh, you can never take from me (sacred)

Sacred are my mother's tears (sacred)

Sacred are my ancestors (sacred)

Oh, you know the truth is here (sacred)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Chorus: Beyoncé & Tems

There's magic in my blood

There's gold inside my soul

I come from something sacred

That the world could never own

We are more than what they see

We are everything they told

Us we couldn't ever be

Oh, it's sacred!

It's sacred!

It's sacred!

Outro: Tems

Before the crown...

Before the name...

Before the world...

We were magic