Beyoncé Opens UpAbout Her Father's Trauma

Queen Bey shared a behind-the-scenes video of her
rendition of "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" on her website. Bey revealed some of her
own personal connections to the gospel track.
"The first time I heard 'Precious Lord,' I was a kid and my

mother sang it to me. My mother played Mahalia Jackson's
version and she sang the song with her eyes closed. She
was a vessel and it was like God speaking, using her body
to speak and to heal," Blue Ivy 's mama shared in the clip.
She added that she "wanted to find real men that have lived,
have struggled, cried and have a light and spirit about them"
to join her onstage during the performance.

"I felt like this is an opportunity to show the strength and
vulnerability in black men," she explained.
"My grandparents marched with Dr. [ Martin Luther] King
and my father was part of the first generation of black men
that attended an all-white school. And my father has grown
up with a lot of trauma from those experiences," the
Grammy winner continued.
"I feel like now I can sing for his pain. I can sing for my
grandparents' pain. I can sing for some of the families that
have lost their sons."