I like to look nice so I'm usually late, but that don't make me a priss
And don't think I can't run car talk just cuz I got gucci on my wrist
So I bleach my hair, get over it, that don't mean I'm dumb
I'm not tryin to be something I'm not, I'm just having fun
I'm independent and that means I'm capable, but if that's what it does
What it doesn't is that I don't sometimes, just wanna be taken care of
I'm not a girl who falls for the same old cheap ass lines
Yah I wanna fall, but until it's real, if I'm on my own that's fine

Don't judge me before you know me
Or when you think you do
Cuz it seems people mainly talk
When they haven't got a clue
So if it's really that important
To drag my name through the mud
Then why don't you pick a real flaw
I've got plenty you don't have to make up

I can get a little jealous and act stubborn out of spite
But just cuz I'm a woman, don't mean I make everything a fight
I'm not a girl who crowds a man, he likes his space I like mine
But if he takes advantage of my trust, the first will be the last time
Now I'm a sexual person, but I got a lotta respect for myself
So guys who just want one night, best look somewhere else
I tend to refuse a helping hand, my best line's always been "I'm fine"
I just want a guy who'll know I'm lyin and see straight thru my pride
Now believe I've been knocked down more than my fair share of times
But the more you fall the stronger you are, there must be a lot in store for my life

Don't judge me before you know me
Cuz trust me, you ain't got a clue
Not even my closest know me
As well as it seems you do
So here's a little tip for free
Why don't you spend more time
Recognizing your own faults
And less analyzing mine

I tend to go out and party it up a few too many nights
It seems the only remedy, when you're trapped in city lights
I'm a little bad at trusting men, so my relationships tend to falter
But when you're magnet for those who get a kick outta control, the mindframe's tough to alter
Now I've struggled with life and had my loses, some so bad that I’ve cursed tomorrow
So you might notice I act impulsively, cuz I know that time is borrowed
I bet you could never tell by looking, I've read Faulkner just for kicks
And I'd bet anything if you got to know me, I'm not the girl my face depicts

Don't judge me before you know me
Just gimme the same respect I've shown
Don't trip on how I live my life
Before you get one of your own
It seems you're trying to fit a role
That's already played by another
Stop tryin to be my toughest critic
I already got that one covered