Paul McCartney, a member of The Beatles and the writer of the original song, once stated this about the song’s lyrics; “This was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith; there is hope.’”. Further proving Beyoncé made this album to bring a wider freedom to black people, and especially black women, to be able to soar within the country industry again.