Lauryl Sulfate + her Ladies of Leisure, "Selfie" ©2020 all rights reserved

CREDITS:
Written and performed by Lauryl Sulfate + her Ladies and Leisure
Music/Lyrics: Hayden/Zbikowski
Vocal arrangements: Mony Bennett and Lauryl Sulfate
Lead vocals: Lauryl Sulfate
Backing vocals: Mony Bennett and Lauryl Sulfate
Synths: Mark Zbikowski
Produced by Mark Zbikowski and Lauryl Sulfate
Recorded at Honeytone Studios, Neenah WI. by Patrick Boland and Marty Brueggeman


LYRICS:
SELFIE

VERSE 1:
Hay, gurl!
You know ur lookin’ so fly
So lift that smartphone camera straight up to the sky
Turn that screen around
Lay some attitude down
Click it like you know you should
Holy shit, ur lookin’ good!
I know that people wanna say that ur vain but
They don’t know just where you're at or how far u came
To look into the mirror and see that beautiful frame
So point that camera at yourself, strike a pose and take aim:

At your house or in the car
With your homegirls at the bar
Mountain top
don’t stop
Do it at the coffee shop
Karaoke, 5K
At the beach in your fatkini
taj mahal, Eiffel tower
After sex or in the shower
No filter, no makeup
In the morning when you wake up
Girlie, you don’t have to sell me
I just wanna see that selfie!

CHORUS 1:
All the girls in the house put your cameras up
Turn em around and tell the haters we don’t give a fuck
Take that shit and put in on your Facebook
And if anyone don’t like it, they don’t gotta look
x2
He-ey, hey-ey-ey
He-ey, hey-ey-ey
He-ey, hey-ey-ey
He-ey, he-ey

VERSE 2:
Please don’t be stressin’
Your mistaken impression
of narcissistic regression
It’s just artistic expression
Cuz I’m feeling so fresh in all these def thread I’m dressed in
I got these crush velvet leggings turnt up to eleven!


Freakum dresses, mad impressive
Badass boots and curly tresses
Big butt: SO WHAT?
Make them haters bust a nut
Wide smile, wild style
Put it on my profile
Ain’t she cute? THAT’S THE TRUTH!
Watch my likes got thru the roof!

-CHORUS 2-
*Same as chorus 1

VERSE 3:
I tell myself who I wanna be.
Don’t need the self esteem police up in here doggin’ me.
I love myself too much?!
Man, are you shittin’ me?
U can’t win in this misogynist society.
“Express Yourself” but only if you fit this size 3?
Fuck you and get out of my way:
You’re blocking my selfie.
You’re blocking my selfie.

CHORUS 3:

All the girls in the house put ur cameras up
Turn em around and tell the haters we don’t give a fuck
Take that shit and put in on ur Facebook
And if anyone don’t like it, they don’t gotta look
x2

RAP:
All of my transgirl sisters and my drag queens
All of my b-girls, bi girls and lesbians
All of my mommies and my grannies and my pre-teens
All of my fat girls, skinny girls and in-betweens
All of my Black girls, white girls and Latinxs
First nations, East Asian,Filipinas
Bringin’ it, singin’ it just because
Y’all a bunch of muthafuckin’ badass divas

OUTRO CHORUS:

All the girls in the house put your cameras up
Turn em around and tell the haters we don’t give a fuck
Take that shit and put in on your Facebook
And if anyone don’t like it, they don’t gotta look

All the girls in the house put your cameras up
Turn em around and tell the haters we don’t give a fuck
Don’t let anybody tell you who you gotta be
Tell ‘em to step cuz we about to take a selfie.

Tell ‘em step cuz ur about to take a selfie
Tell ‘em get out of my way and don’t be blockin’ my selfies

Get the fuck out of our way and don’t be blockin’ our selfies.