Trying to think outside of the box here and steering away from the image of a poor and desperate girl, I think this song is more about the woman's feelings of being replaced by somebody she considers a downgrade from who she is. She also wants to keep cool about it by masking her threats toward the replacement (and not making it public) in hopes of keeping her place (ex: a queen vs. a mistress, or girlfriend vs. rebound) instead of downgrading herself (ex: girl fight, girl drama, or anything that turns a man off).
Trying to think outside of the box here and steering away from the image of a poor and desperate girl, I think this song is more about the woman's feelings of being replaced by somebody she considers a downgrade from who she is. She also wants to keep cool about it by masking her threats toward the replacement (and not making it public) in hopes of keeping her place (ex: a queen vs. a mistress, or girlfriend vs. rebound) instead of downgrading herself (ex: girl fight, girl drama, or anything that turns a man off).