What is the song basically saying about how to live a good life? Paraphrase the main idea
The song i chose Lipgloss by Lil Mama basically says that in order to live a good life you need to be popular. In order to become popular though, it says you need money, good looks and expensive things. Getting praised by not only your classmates but also your authorities makes your life good as well. The video stresses that materialistic things are the way to go. They make people envy you and want to be just like you. The more praise of this sort that you get ,the better your life is.

What lyrics particularly speak to that perspective? Use quotes as evidence.

"I just I want to be apart of the cool crowd, I just feel like I don't have what it takes" Lil mama starts of the video with this line. She is talking about not having the look to be in the popular crowd. She also says "Mac Lorial yep cuz I'm worth it " shows us that she is saying i get these expensive name bands because I'm worth it, i have the money to buy it so i will. "... the girls don't speak Rollin they eyes They lip gloss cheap " also shows us the idea of money being very important, it also brings up the ideas of having attention from the opposite sex. The attention from guys makes her hated, so she is being talked about and that makes her popular.

How do the video images support, re-orient, or challenge the dominant theme of the lyrics?

The video most of the time proves the idea of materialistic being important. Every time someone transformed popular it was symbolized by brighter clothes, better looks such as no glasses, hair pulled down by the dean, things of that sort.

What else do you notice that's interesting? Look for internal contradictions, aspects of the message that resonate with other messages from the pop culture, points that connect to your own perspective, etc. Analyze squared

I noticed that at the end of the video her mom contradicts the whole video by saying ' it was you all along" i found this interesting because that was not the message sent throughout the video but then it appears at the end and all Lil mama says is " i know but...wow" I also found interesting how Lil mama doesn't really show us anything interesting about herself except that she has expensive materialistic things.