"My wife in the crib feeding my kids liquid gold, we in a whole different mode," Jay starts, before referencing Lemonade's most notorious lyric halfway through the track. However, just like Jay made an appearance in Bey's All Night video, signaling to viewers of Lemonade's visual album that all was well with the Carter family, Bey shows up on the 4:44 song Family Feud. The track prominently features her vocals, and according to the 4:44 album credits, she's listed as a co-writer on the track. "And if my children knew, I don't even know what I would do / If they ain't look at me the same, I would prolly die with all the shame / You did what with who? What good is a ménage à trois when you have a soulmate, you risked that for Blue?" he says. Jay continues his apology tour on 4:44, an unflinchingly honest track where he addresses Beyonce head-on, atoning for his various sins and indirectly referencing his alleged cheating. Never go Eric Benét / I don't even know what you woulda done, in the future, other (expletive) playing football with your son," he raps, with the internet interpreting his "football" comment as a subtle jab at Future, whose ex Ciara married Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
"You egged Solange on, knowin' all along all you had to say you was wrong / You almost went Eric Benét, let the baddest girl in the world get away / I didn't even know what else to say. Jay doesn't waste any time in airing his grievances, referencing his infamous scuffle with his sister-in-law Solange only minutes into the album's first track Kill Jay Z, talking to himself about how he lost control that night and unexpectedly name-dropping '90s R&B singer Eric Benét. But before he gets to all that, he has a certain elevator fight to address. Released barely two weeks after welcoming twins with Bey, Jay spends 4:44 meditating on his fame, wealth, troubled upbringing and experience as a black man in America. Of the many questions JAY-Z fans had in anticipation of his new album 4:44, which dropped Friday at midnight on TIDAL, was how the rapper would respond to his wife Beyoncé's Lemonade album, if at all. Watch Video: Jay-Z’s new album ‘4:44’ is the response we’ve been waiting for