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Ring the Alarm
"Ring the Alarm" is an R&B song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean, and Sean Garrett for Knowles' second solo album B’Day (2006). Co-produced by Knowles, and Swizz Beatz, the song premiered on August 8, 2006 to radio outlets in the United States and eventually debuted at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100, making the single her highest entry on the official American singles chart and the second highest debut of 2006 behind only Taylor Hicks's "Do I Make You Proud". It previously debuted at Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles at number seventeen.
The song is one of a total of four tracks Swizz Beatz originally recorded with Knowles for B’Day and the pair's second single after "Check On It" (2005). In opposition to her past efforts the overall feel of "Ring the Alarm" shows a more angry and explosive side of the singer, a fact supported by a loud and roared vocal performance and the use of a screaming alarm. Beyoncé considered the song one of her favorites on the album "because it's honest. I think people will be surprised, 'cause it shows a lot of vulnerability for a woman to say, 'Yeah, I don't want you, but somebody else is gonna step in and benefit from all of the things I taught you.
Aggressive and emotionally ambiguous, the song explores the feelings of a woman who knows she should get rid of her man because of how he is treating her, but who's also worried that he's found someone else, making her jealous, turbulent and verging on psychotic. The thought of another woman benefitting from what she has taught her man, and also exploiting his wealth, makes her 'ring the alarm' because she'll be 'damned' if she sees another chick on his arm. There's no solace here: this is an elemental performance of unbridled anger and new territory for the singer. Some have suggested that this song is incredibly abrasive.
The song was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards 2007.
"Ring the Alarm" was released as the second single in North America from B’Day. The song debuted at number-twelve on the Billboard Hot 100, the second highest debut of 2006 and the highest debut of Beyoncé's career. However, the song peaked at number-eleven, which would be known as Beyoncé's lowest peaking single until "Upgrade U" (the song peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100).
"Ring The Alarm"
[Hook:]
Ring the alarm
I been through this too long
But I'll be damned if I see another chick on your arm
Won't you ring the alarm?
I been through this too long
But I'll be damned if I see another chick on your arm
[Chorus:]
She gon' be rockin' chinchilla coats
If I let you go
Getting the house off the coast
If I let you go
She gon' take everything I own
If I let you go
I can't let you go
Damn, if I let you go
She gon' rock them VVS stones
If I let you go
Couped in the 'bach or the Rolls
If I let you go
She gon' profit everything I taught
If I let you go
I can't let you go
Damn, if I let you go
[Verse 1:]
Tell me how should I feel
When I know what I know,
And my female intuition
Telling me you a dog?
People told me 'bout the flames
I couldn't see through the smoke
When I need answers, accusations
What you mean you gone choke?
[Pre-Chorus 1:]
You can't stay, you gotta go.
Ain't no other chicks spending your dough
This is taking a toll, the way the story unfolds
Not the picture perfect movie everyone would've saw
[Chorus]
[Hook]
[Verse 2:]
Tell me how should I feel
When you made me belong
And the thought of you just touching her
Is what I hate most?
I don't want you but I want it
And I can't let it go
To know you give it to her like you gave it to me, come on
[Pre-Chorus 2:]
He's so arrogant and bold (Oh)
She gon' love that shit, I know
I done put in a call, time to ring the alarm
'Cause you ain't never seen a fire like the one I'ma 'cause
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
How can you look at me
And not see all the things that I kept only just for you?
Why would you risk it baby? Is that the price that I pay?
But this is my show and I won't let you go
All has been paid for, and it's mine
How could you look at me
And not see all the things?
[Chorus]
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