Pretty Like Me

I was 18, when they first flew me out to LA

Thinking I was ahead of the game

So many promises showered in praise

Thought I'd made it

But they twisted the words that they said

Put these negative thoughts in my head

Still can't forget

Too much hair

Too much weight

Too much color

Get rid of the melanin

Smell of the chemicals stained on my skin

They want everything but the body I'm in

I'm just trying to be

I'm learning how to be

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Thinking that I'll be

Someday I'd like to be

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Like me

Made so many sacrifices

Left my family behind

Took 6 years of time to recover

Couldn't trust anyone

Not even friend or a lover

Almost lost my mother

Lost sight of forever

And that's when I knew I had to do better

I'm getting back to myself

I'm just trying to be

I'm learning how to be

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Thinking that I'll be

Someday I'd like to be

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

And now I don't even

Look in the mirror at night

Hoping one day

I'll look up and recognize

I'm just trying to be

I'm learning how to be

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me

Thinking that I'll be

Someday I'd like to be

Pretty, pretty like me

Pretty, pretty like me