[Verse 1:]
Honest where I start from
I try and impart my wisdom
A combination of truth and fear
That’s the way it’s always been
My father and his before him
At times we hurt the …
[Verse 1]
Oh, pity me
I’m so alone and so blue
My friends have all gone away
Their friendliness too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was I on my own
With no need to belong
And I wanted to die
That’s when …
[Verse 1]
Got some money, got some cash
I’m rich and now I’m sad
And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have
Got some boats on my plane
At the hotel …
[Intro]
Yeah
Polishin’ a goddamn sword, you know what I’m sayin’?
Polishin’ a sword (Uh, uh, uh, uh)
Concrete Family, Concrete Industries, Concrete Boys up, always, never down
(And this beat from Cash, not from …
When the only sound in the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop
I open shop
When the moon so long has been gazing down
On …
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.
Jazmine Sullivan admits that parts of her body are not real, but she’s not ashamed of it. She doesn’t even mind if people know.
Jazmine Sullivan makes her money by being a sexy celebrity.
“Places I can’t pronounce right” are foreign places where she goes on vacation.
Looking hot is a constant struggle for celebrities. Maintaining appearances is not easy, but it generates income.
Jazmine Sullivan says those who accuse her of having a fake body are just jealous of her luxurious lifestyle.
Jazmine Sullivan is saying that she constantly monitors her appearance because competition to become a hot celebrity is fierce. For her, it is a way of protecting a career.
The paparazzi are everywhere, so Jazmine Sullivan maintains her fashion sense at all hours of the day in all places.
“Stay on” means “maintain my appearance.”
Celebrities are able to live lives as unemployed people because everything they could ask for is handed to them.
Jazmine Sullivan is shameless about her ability to trade sexy looks for money.
Ladies are jealous of Jazmine Sullivan because they work harder than her for a far smaller pay.
She sings here about “sugar daddies,” guys who have money and are able to keep their women out of dangerous places in safe neighborhoods.
Jazmine Sullivan is calling out the girls who look at her with jealousy.
She insists that nobody should fault her for her success because they too have the ability to go to the gym and work out.
Jazmine Sullivan asks these questions rhetorically. She believes that she deserves her privileges and fame, because maintain appearances is no easy task.
Jazmine Sullivan insists that her success is a direct byproduct of her hard work, and she says not everybody works hard like her.
Jazmine Sullivan believes that power comes along with fame and an impressive body figure.
Jazmine Sullivan refers to herself in these lines.
“Make a man leave home” means “make a man cheat on his wife.”
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