▁a ▁whole , ▁seven ▁tracks ▁featured ▁the ▁vocals ▁of ▁Bey on cé . ▁The ▁latter ▁has ▁a ▁st arring ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁cho ir ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁g ospel , ▁R & B ▁and ▁hip - h op ▁recording ▁artists . ▁Fa ith ▁Evans , ▁Ang ie ▁Stone , ▁Mel ba ▁Moore , ▁Rev . ▁Sh ir ley ▁Ca esar , ▁The ▁O ' J ays , ▁Mont ell ▁Jordan , ▁T - B one , ▁and ▁Z ane ▁are ▁all ▁seen ▁on ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁perform ▁on ▁the ▁sound track . ▁" F ight ing ▁T empt ations " ▁features ▁additional ▁vocals ▁from ▁American ▁female ▁rapp ers ▁Miss y ▁Elli ott , ▁MC ▁Ly te , ▁and ▁Free . ▁ ▁Com position ▁The ▁sound track ▁single ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Bey on cé , ▁Miss y ▁Elli ott , ▁L ana ▁Mo orer , ▁Marie ▁Wright , ▁Jonathan ▁Bur ks , ▁La S ha un ▁O w ens , ▁Kar ri em ▁Mack , ▁Walter ▁Mur phy , ▁and ▁Gene ▁P ist illi . ▁Production ▁was ▁handled ▁by ▁Elli ott . ▁" F ight ing ▁Temp ation ▁is ▁an ▁R & B - f unk ▁song ▁with ▁a ▁fun ▁v ibe . ▁The ▁song ▁samples ▁Uncle ▁Lou ie ' s ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁song ▁" I ▁Like ▁F unk y ▁Music ". ▁He ather ▁Ph ares ▁of ▁All music ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁song ' s ▁lyr ics ▁make ▁reference ▁to ▁a ▁" ce le br ation