Little girl watching
her reflection
As she parts her curls
into four sections
She says I don't look like them
I don't look like her
and I don't want
what's on my head
But baby girl don't be mislead
Yeah yeah
Young woman reading magazines
Thinking to herself
nobody looks like me
Oh I've got all these curves
all this nerve
Why can't I keep a man
But baby girl if you
love yourself you can
Can nobody love somebody
that do not love themselves
You are what you choose to be
It's not up to no one else
So be great be kind
Don't let them dim your light
A woman like a sun should
always stay bright
Little boy sitting in the bleachers
Staring at at his dirty sneakers
Thinking my shoes don't shine
Money is tight
I would never get a date
But baby boy that's not
what it takes
Young man always at the center
Finding ways to make
his arms look bigger
Saying You see those guys
They get all the girls
I just want to be like them
But baby boy
you're spreading yourself thin
Can nobody love somebody
that do not love themselves
You are what you choose to be
It's not up to no one else
So be great be kind
Don't let them dim your light
Cause a man like a sun
should always stay bright
Yes you are like the sun
so always stay bright