HASH POWER 7113//TIME MAGAZINE
Though there were jokes that Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s child, already the
most famous baby in the world, would come out of the womb rapping and
singing, no one expected it would actually happen this fast.
Jay-Z released a song
on his website welcoming his baby girl to the world (born on Saturday,
Jan. 7) entitled “Glory,” featuring “B.I.C.”—or Blue Ivy Carter
herself. Hov samples the cries of Blue at the end of the track, making
her the youngest kid officially in the rap game.
The lyrics are sweet and straightforward, and Jay sounds mostly in
awe at the whole thing : “Most amazing feeling I feel, words can’t
describe the feeling for real./ Baby I paint the sky blue, my greatest
creation was you, you. Glory.” Produced by Pharrell, it’s not a grand,
bombastic club-banger, but rather a snippet of introspection from the
new dad.
Calling her “the most beautiful-est thing in this world,” we learn
that she was conceived in Paris, pushing her “swag” quotient even
higher. Jay-Z also reveals the anxiety and fear he had of losing her:
“False alarms and false stops, all made better by the sound of your
heart/All the pain of the last time, pray so hard it was the last
time.” Later in the song he reveals, “last time the miscarriage was so
tragic/ we was afraid you’d disappear but nah, baby, you magic.” Though
there are reports
that this is a reveal about a previous miscarriage for Jay-Z and
Beyoncé, he might actually be referring to an unfortunate loss with an
old girlfriend back in 1994. On his song “This Can’t Be Life,” from his
fifth album, he references the miscarriage and writes about it in his 2010 book Decoded.
But, “Everybody goes through stuff/ life is a gift, love/ open it
up,” Jay tells us. As much as we enjoy the triple-meaning wordplay on
some of his best tracks, it’s refreshing and heartwarming to see the
rap giant humbled and joyous by his creation of life. Glory, glory,
glory, indeed.
No comments:
Post a Comment