The song formation addresses a few themes: black female empowerment, haters and jealousy, and being proud of being black and her culture. At the song’s beginning, she confronts the rumors of her and her husband being in the Illuminati. The stories claim that’s how they got to fame and riches; she calls them haters because she earned all her money, which wasn’t given to her. She wanted it. She worked hard to get it, and she got it. She mentions all aspects of her culture, including where her parents are from, the “country” south, and when they came together and made her the Creole Texas-Bama. In the video, she is on top of a cop car in New Orleans, referencing how terrible Hurricane Katrina was and how it destroyed the city. Being on top of the cop car shows that even if the people in charge didn’t help us, we were still standing tall and on top. In our society, there is so much stigma around nose and hair; if you don’t have straight hair, your hair is considered “nappy,” if you don’t have a straight nose, you’re ugly for having a broad nose. She even has hot sauce in her bag, referencing black people putting hot sauce on everything. The empowerment of black women is apparent when she’s in front of men at all times or only a group of women in charge. She even said she would take him to Red Lobster or give him a ride in her chopper, showing she was in control and doing for the man, not the man doing for her. The song became controversial because it was perceived as anti-police. After all, she was standing on top of the cop, her fist raised, and she made all female front-line formations against the police in riot gear formation. It also shows New Orleans underwater still, displaying the lack of funding and assistance from the government.
