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Say My Name (Live)

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Beyoncé, Eli Ward &
Nov. 26, 20101 viewer5.8K views

Say My Name (Live) Lyrics

[Intro]
What's your name?
Karl Louis
Bertwain
My name's So Wungjo
Zack

Namae wa
Watashi no namae wa Yukide
My name's Abjo
Haim

¿Cuál es tu nombre?
Baco
Rubél
Andes
Anthony Cosby Hypen Knowles

Are you my cousin?
I'm your husband
He my husband
I took your name
What's my name?
Beyoncé, say my name, say my name

[Chorus]
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kinda shady
Ain't callin' me "Baby"
Better say my name
[Verse]
Any other day I would call you would say
"Baby, how's your day?" But today it ain't the same
Every other word is "Uh-huh (Uh-huh), yeah, okay" (Okay)
Could it be that you are at the crib with another lady? Huh
If you took it there first of all let me say
I am not the one to sit around and be played
Baby, why, why you gots to lie?
I'm all up in your game, boy, you better say my name, boy

[Pre-Chorus]
(I know you say that I am assuming things)
Something's goin' down, that's the way it seems
(Shouldn't be no reason why you're acting strange)
If nobody's holding you back from me
('Cause I know how you usually do)
When you say everything to me times two
(Why can't you just tell the truth?)
If somebody's there then tell me who, oh

[Chorus]
Say my name, say my name (Say my name)
If no one is around you
Say, “Baby, I love you” (I love you)
If you ain't runnin' game (Let me hear you sing)
Say my name, say my name (Say my name)
You actin' kinda shady
Ain't callin' me "Baby" (Hey, yeah)
Why the sudden change? (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say my name, say my name
If no one is around you (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say, “Baby, I love you”
If you ain't runnin' game (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say my name, say my name (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You actin' kinda shady (Hey, yeah)
Ain't callin' me "Baby"
Better say my name
[Interlude]
Alright
Where are my Destiny's Child fans at?
Destiny's Child fans, I'ma take y'all back to '98
Remember this?

[Outro: Beyoncé & Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins]
(Can you say that? C'mon)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, all the girls say)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can't)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Break it down)
Oh-ooh, woah-woah

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