VID: Don't Hurt Yourself [Luke Cage | Mariah Dillard]

[runawaynun]

Don't Hurt Yourself

Music: Don't Hurt Yourself by Beyoncé feat. Jack White
Source: Luke Cage

Notes: Premiered at wiscon_vidparty. When you play Mariah Dillard, you play yourself. Don't play yourself.

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"Don't Hurt Yourself" (Watch on Vimeo)

Don't Hurt Yourself from kb on Vimeo.

Don't hurt yourself
Don't hurt yourself

Who the fuck do you think I is?
You ain't married to no average bitch boy
You can watch my fat ass twist boy
As I bounce to the next dick boy
And keep your money, I've got my own
Keep a bigger smile on my face, being alone
Bad motherfucker, God complex
Motivate your ass call me Malcolm X
Yo operator, or innovator
Fuck you hater, you can't recreate her no
You'll never recreate her no, hero

We just got to let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be baby
You just got to let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be

When you hurt me, you hurt yourself
Don't hurt yourself
When you diss me, you diss yourself
Don't hurt yourself
When you hurt me, you hurt yourself
Don't hurt yourself, don't hurt yourself
When you love me, you love yourself
Love God herself

I am the dragon breathing fire
Beautiful mane I'm the lion
Beautiful man I know you're lying
I am not broken, I'm not crying, I'm not crying
You ain't trying hard enough
You ain't loving hard enough
You don't love me deep enough
We not reaching peaks enough
Blindly in love, I fucks with you
'Til I realize, I'm just too much for you
I'm just too much for you

You just got to let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be baby

Hey baby, who the fuck do you think I am?
I smell that fragrance on your Louis Knit boy
Just give my fat ass a big kiss boy
Tonight I'm fucking up all your shit boy

When you hurt me, you hurt yourself
Try not to hurt yourself
When you play me, you play yourself
Don't play yourself
When you lie to me, you lie to yourself
You only lying to yourself
When you love me, you love yourself
Love God herself

Comments

[runawaynun]

THIS COMMENT MAKES ME SO HAPPY. I love Mariah so much and I'm glad it came through in this vid.

I love that you found things that I intentionally did - like ending the "too much for you" with Misty's face. Misty was always Mariah's greatest antagonist and seemed to see through her, even more than Luke. I'd watch a show that was just Mariah and Misty facing off against each other. <3

But I didn't even realize about the hands for operator/innovator/fuck you hater! I just wanted movement that somewhat went with the lyrics but yes - it does go together and shows so much of Mariah's swagger.

When I finally decided on this song, one of the first images I knew I was going to use for the the last "love God herself" was that image. She's just so satisfactorily surveying her kingdom.

Thank you for this comment.