Beyonce to remove ableist lyric from 'Renaissance' song
, is out now. So far, the album has been met with universal acclaim. However, that didn’t stop people from noticing that the pop icon used “spazz,” which is considered an ableist slur to those with cerebral palsy, on “Heated.
”The original lyrics were “Yadda yadda yah, yadda yaddah yah,yah/ Yadda yadda yadda, bom bom, kah kah/ Spazzin’ on that ass/ Spaz on that ass/ Fan me quick girl, I need my glass.”Earlier this year, Lizzo was dragged for using the same word on “Grrrls.” She changed the lyric andLet me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language,” Lizzo said in a statement at the time.
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