Dirty Laundry Dished Out

I don't know how many of y'all have actually paid attention to Kelly Rowland's song Dirty Laundry from the album Talk A Good Game. It has a catchy title thats actually what drew me to listen to it and analyse the lyrics. 

In the song Kelly touches on everything from her envy of Beyonce's fame, to the abusive relationship with what the song timeline seems to be revealing to be ex-fiance NFL Player Roy William( although Im not 100% sure) 

Kelly revealed that she was somewhat lost after departing from Destiny's Child and witnessing her "sister" Beyonce collosal fame while she was struggling in the music industry.

While my sister was on stage, killing it like a motherfucker

I was enraged, feeling it like a motherfucker

Bird in a cage, you would never know what I was dealing with

Went out separate ways, but I was happy she was killing it

Bittersweet, she was up, I was down

No lie, I feel good for her, but what do I do now?

 Following Beyonce's rises to fame from the group's single  "Survivor" Kelly entered an abusive relationship that was overshadowed by other happenings . Which also highlights a problem that other women face. Finding themselves in abusive relationships but being able to talk to anyone because they ashamed or in most cases think they have everything under control.

Off the record, I was going through some bullshit

Post-survivor, she on fire, who wanna hear my bullshit?

Meanwhile, this nigga putting his hands on me

        Swear y'all don't know the half of this industry

Kelly also reveals that she hid the abuse of her relationship from everyone for nearly a decade. Kelly then decided to leave following what seemed to be a domestic dispute that promoted her to call Beyonce who told her to leave him. Kelly also expresses gratitude  for Beyonce's fame keeping her dysfunctional life in the shadows.

And it's almost been a decade

I'm behind them black shades

Roll up like it's all good, right up out that Escalade

Fix my make-up, "get it together, Kelly, get it together"

Then we make up, "well get it together, nigga, get it together"

Kinda lucky, I was in her shadow

Phone call from my sister, "what's the matter?"

She said, "Oh no, baby - you gotta leave!"

I'm on the kitchen floor - he took the keys

I was mad at everybody, I mean everybody

Yeah, her, her, her her everybody

Five years later, I got my shit down pat

Think I had it good, and they don't know how bad

Fooled everybody, except myself

                  Soaking in this hurt, bathing in the dirt

                          Lets do this dirty laundry

But later she returned to the abusive cycle and kept the happenings under wraps, lying to everyone about what was going on within the confines of their shared home. 

So here I am in the spin cycle

We're coming and we're going

Nobody can know this

And I was trapped in his house, lying to my mama

Thought it could get no worse as we maximize the drama

Started to call them people on him

I was battered

He hitting the window like it was me, until it shattered

He pulled me out, he said, "Don't nobody love you but me

Not your mama, not your daddy and especially not B"

He turned me against my sister
I missed you

And to close off the emotional track, Kelly reveals she was secluded from Beyonce during the abuse because the aggressor manipulated her and turned her against her family.

I posted a link to the song so you can have a listen. ENJOY!

https://soundcloud.com/kellyrowlandofficial/dirty-laundry