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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alicia Keys
Background Vocals
Mark Batson
Keyboards
Musicman Ty
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alicia Keys
Songwriter
Mark Batson
Songwriter
Harold Lilly
Songwriter
Shawn Martin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alicia Keys
Producer
Mark Batson
Producer
The Il'Luminaries
Producer
Ann Mincieli
Recording Engineer
Val Brathwaite
Assistant Engineer
Brendan Morawski
Assistant Engineer
Tony Maserati
Mixing Engineer
Justin Hergett
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Tyler Scott
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Kevin Peterson
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Swizz Beatz
Producer
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 want to put on all that make up?
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
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
Uh, uh, I'm so secure with insecurities
Why is being unique such an impurity?
Why are the numbers on the scale like a God to me?
All of these indifferences are based on our appearances
We please to be appeased
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
Uh, uh, uh, you're the image of my reflection
Ah, ah, ah, I'm 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
Writer(s): Alicia Cook, Mark Batson, Harold Lilly, Sean Martin
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