Jazmine Sullivan – Mascara Lyrics

Yeah my hair, and my ass fake, but so what!¹
I get my rent payed with it,² and my tits get me trips to places I can’t pronounce right³
He said he’d keep it coming, if I keep my body tight⁴

And them bitches stay mad ’cause I’m living the life⁵
‘Cause I’m living the life, oh
Most people think I’m shallow
‘Cause I’m always dressed like I’m going out to the club,
But I gotta keep up ’cause there’s new chicks poppin’ up every day
And they want the same things⁶

So I never leave the house without make-up on,
I keep mascara in my pocket if I’m running to the market
‘Cause you never know who’s watching you⁷
So I got to stay on, I got to stay on⁸
I got to stay on, I got to stay on
Said I got to stay on!

No, I ain’t got a job but, so what!
I don’t need it when I’m getting everything that I want, and everything that I ask for⁹
I wear that freakum dress for daddy then he give me more¹⁰

And them bitches stay mad ’cause they working so hard
While I’m working so smart, oh¹¹
It’s a small price to pay when you’re
living this good and he keep me in the hills,
and he kept me out the hood¹²
‘Cause there’s new chicks poppin’ up
every day and they want the same things

So I never leave the house without make-up on,
I keep mascara in my pocket if I’m running to the market
‘Cause you never know who’s watching you
So I got to stay on, I got to stay on
I got to stay on, I got to stay on
Said I got to stay on!

Now, I know why you’re looking at me like that
It ain’t attractive when you’re looking at me like that,¹³
Girl, don’t be mad ’cause while you’re
cooking dinner for your broke nigga
You could be in the gym working
on your figure like me.¹⁴ So…

Don’t I deserve to be privileged?
Don’t I deserve to get the very best?¹⁵
‘Cause it ain’t easy being this fine all the time,
‘Cause if it was, then we all could do it¹⁶
But we can’t now no
So bitch don’t kill my vibe, don’t be
mad cause you coach class and I’m in that G5.
Beautiful girls run the whole world,¹⁷
So I got to stay on!

So I never leave the house without make-up on,
I keep mascara in my pocket if I’m running to the market
‘Cause you never know who’s watching you
So I got to stay on, I got to stay on
I got to stay on, I got to stay on
Said I got to stay on!

Oh…
Yeah, she drive the dope boys crazy
She knows, that all them hoes so jealous¹⁸
‘Cause that ass, will make a man leave home,¹⁹ uh
That’s why she keeps her mascara on.