Written by Mark Batson/Alicia Keys/Harold Lilly/Shawn Martin
verse 1 Cm Bb Gm Cm In the morning from the minute that I wake up Bb Gm Cm What if I don't want to put on all that make up? Bb Gm Cm Who says I must conceal what I'm made of? Bb Gm Maybe all this Maybelline is covering my self-esteem Cm Bb Gm Cm Whose job is it to straighten out my curves? Bb Gm Cm I'm so tired of that image, that's my word Bb Gm Cm What if today I don't feel like putting heels on? Bb Gm Cm Who are you to criticize when beauty's only in the eyes... Bb Gm Cm Bb Gm Of the beholder, so behold her Cm Bb Gm Cm Bb Gm Sing, sing, sing, why, oh, oh, oh, why, oh?C Bb When a girl can't be herself no more Am G I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world C Bb When a girl can't be herself no more Am G I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world (Repeat)verse 2 Cm Bb Gm Cm Uh, uh, I'm so secure with insecurities Bb Gm Cm Why is being unique such an impurity? Bb Gm Why are the numbers on the scale like a God to me? Cm Bb Gm Cm All of these indifferences are based on our appearances Bb Gm We please to be appeased Cm Bb Gm The truest pleasure is the fact that we can breathe Cm Bb Gm Think it into existence, do it, then achieve Cm Bb Gm A fairy tale reality, beauty was with a beast Cm Bb Gm Uh, uh, I'm the image of your reflection Cm Bb Gm Eh, eh, you're the image of my reflection Cm Bb Gm Cm Bb Gm Sing, sing, sing, why, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh why, oh?C Bb When a girl can't be herself no more Am G I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world C Bb When a girl can't be herself no more Am G I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world (Repeat)Outro Cm Bb Gm (x5)C Bb When a girl can't be herself no more Am G I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world C Bb When a girl can't be herself no more Am G I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world (Repeat)
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