“Texas Hold ’Em” Beyoncé Lyrics Usher In A New Era For Queen Bey

“Texas Hold ‘Em” lyrics meaning

“Texas Hold ‘Em” is a country song that features Banjo and Viola by Rhiannon Giddens. The title refers to the famous poker game. Beyoncé includes lots of Southern references like boogies, hoedowns, and even tornadoes.

Though Beyoncé regularly pays homage to her hometown of Houston, Texas, she staunchly sings in the chorus “This ain’t Texas.” She tells her partner to get out of their car and dance around. She also reminisces about times in bars and heatwaves that will lead them to take coverage in bars and dancing again.

Beyoncé “Texas Hold ‘Em” lyrics

Here are “Texas Hold ‘Em” lyrics, via Genius.

[Chorus]
This ain’t Texas (Oh)
Ain’t no hold ’em (Hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down
So pock your lexus (Ooh)
And throw your keys up (Hey)
Stick around,’ round, ’round, ’round, ’round (Stick around)
And I’ll be damned if I can’t slow dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me honey, too
It’s a real life boogie, and a real life hoedown
Don’t be a bitch, come take it to the floor now (Woo)

[Verse 1]
Ha
There’s a tornado (There’s a tornado)
In my city (In my city)
In the basement (In the basement)
That shit ain’t pretty (Shit ain’t pretty)
Rugged whiskey
‘Cause we surviving (‘Cause we surviving)
Red puff kisses, sweet redemption, passin’ time yeah
Ooh, one step to the right
We headin’ to the dive bar, we always thought was nice
Ooh, run me to the left
Then spin me in the middle boy
I can’t read your mind

[Chorus]
This ain’t Texas (Oh)
Ain’t no hold ’em (Hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down
So pock your lexus (Ooh)
And throw your keys up (Hey)
Stick around,’ round, ’round, ’round, ’round (Stick around)
And I’ll be damned if I can’t slow dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me honey, too
It’s a real life boogie, and a real life hoedown
Don’t be a bitch, come take it to the floor now (Woo)

[Bridge]
And I’ll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Come pour some liquor on me honey, too
It’s a real life boogie, and a real life hoedown
Don’t be a bitch, come take it to the floor now (Woo)

Woo-hoo
Woo-hoo
Woo-hoo

Beyoncé Super Bowl Commercial reactions

As Beyoncé flies away in her rocket at the last possible second, she exclaims, “Okay, they ready! Drop the new music.”

Fans were already on the lookout for the new music as soon as the Super Bowl commercial dropped. “The internet looking for Béyonce’s “new music” after that Verizon commercial,” one fan posted with a GIF from SpongeBob that shows Bikini Bottom on fire with the citizens panicking. “Beyoncé said drop the new music and they’re still playing this game like nothing happened ??” another person posted on X.