10 Most Empowering Beyoncé Songs

2. Best Thing I Never Had

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHp2KgyQUFk Never violent, never vengeful, just thankful and forward-thinking, this is the Beyoncé at her most enlightened. A rousing soulful stab at all the heartbreakers, cheaters and liars to pass through our lives, taking negative life influences and spinning them into a windfall of courage in the face of tragedy. Karmic aspirations lift the listener into a state of zen crafted around the soundtrack for devastation, fully scorned or merely jilted, the lover in question can find solace in losing out for once. Getting turned down can become the greatest thing that ever happened, falling in love with fate and not just accepting the way things turned out but embracing the array of emotions left in the aftermath. Who hasn't had love turn sour, only to long for another embrace for the sake of closure or another night spent together trying to recapture what was? In the shout-out-loud cleansing delivered in the line "I used to want to you so bad!" Beyoncé stands bare and raw, fragile for all of us to see ourselves in her pain turned strength, aching for what was while finding the capability within to negate those desperate feelings of validation. Possibly the most universal track in all of her catalog, it stands as an uplifting gift to her fans in the depths of heartache, to pull the listener out of those emotional trenches and see the situation for what it really is; a blessing in disguise.