Formation is named 38th greatest song of the century (Rolling Stone).
Kelly has confirmed this multiple times in old Destiny's Child interviews.
Partition is named the best song of 2014 by Cosmo.
The 3rd verse steered the song into a hopeful tone for freedom to fit into the "making lemons into lemonade" narrative and includes the famous line "show me your scars, maybe I won't walk away."
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She got so much unnecessary hate in the beginning of her career, what did she do? Wrote anthems and turned around to laugh at haters.
Many thanks @PARTITIONSTAN ❤️
This song is one of the reasons that Destiny's Child got BBMA's "Artist of the Year Award" for both 2000 & 2001.
"I woke up and there was a chant in my head, ..." Hear her story: youtube.com/watch?v=P80q3r…
She's only behind Mariah Carey. 👑