 According to the sheet music published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing on Musicnotes.com the song is composed in the key of G minor and set in and time signatures at a slow tempo of 58 beats per minute.Knowles's vocal range spawns from the low note F3 to the high note G4.The song begins with Knowles singing, "You can taste the dishonesty / It’s all over your breath as you pass it off so cavalier."