Sexxy Red launched a lip-gloss line with provocative names like "coochie juice" and "booty hole brown." The speaker empathizes with how the system pushes young women from marginalized neighborhoods into this aesthetic as survival, but finds the product names uncomfortable, even while understanding their appeal.
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As a young woman, I, I really like to see the hood girls get on however they get on, because see, I understand that hood girls end up being hood girls not because of their own faults, but because of the system we live in, damn it. Okay, it's set up for you to fail. And because it is set up for you to fail, if there is a young girl out there that can use ratchet, subpar rap lyrics to get herself into a better face. I'm not mad at her, okay? She came out with her lip gloss line finally, and she had talked about this a while back. Well, guess what? Now it's for sale. Let's talk about some of these names. Are y'all ready? Are y'all ready? Do you want coochie juice on your lips? I know you do. Booty hole brown— that's what I don't want. I don't want booty hole brown lip gloss. I don't. Nut— I know some of the girls like to have nut on their lips. No thank you, I'm good off that.