Girl Can't Be Herself lyrics

When a girl can't be herself no more

I just wanna cry

I just wanna cry for the world

When a girl can't be herself no more

I just wanna cry

I just wanna cry for the world

In the morning from the minute that I wake up

What if I don't wanna put on all that makeup

Who says I must conceal what I'm made of

Maybe all this Maybelline is covering my self esteem

Whose job is it to straighten out my curves

I'm so tired of that image, that's my word

What if today I don't feel like putting heels on

Who are you to criticize when beauty's only in the eyes

Of the beholder, so behold her

Say, say, say why oh oh oh

When a girl can't be herself no more

I just wanna cry

I just wanna cry for the world

When a girl can't be herself no more

I just wanna cry

I just wanna cry for the world

I'm so secure with insecurities

Why is being unique such an impurity

Why are the numbers on a scale like a god to me

All of these indifferences are based on our appearances

We please til we appease

The truest pleasure is the fact that we can breathe

Think it into existence, do it, then achieve

A fairy tale reality, Beauty was with a Beast

I, I, I'm the image of your reflection

And, and you're the image of my reflection

Sing, sing, sing why oh oh oh, why oh

When a girl can't be herself no more

I just wanna cry

I just wanna cry for the world

When a girl can't be herself no more

I just wanna cry

I just wanna cry for the world

• Artist:Alicia Keys
• Album:HERE (2016)