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[00:02.78]"Ms. Third Ward, your first question
[00:06.90]What is your aspiration in life?"
[00:10.53]"Oh, my aspiration in life would be
[00:17.37]To be happy"
[00:21.13]🎵
[00:35.46]Mama said, "you're a pretty girl"
[00:39.17]What's in your head, it doesn't matter
[00:42.91]Brush your hair, fix your teeth
[00:46.64]What you wear is all that matters
[00:50.32]Just another stage
[00:54.17]Pageant the pain away
[00:57.71]This time I'm gonna take the crown
[01:00.95]Without falling down, down, down
[01:05.28]Pretty hurts
[01:08.03]We shine the light on whatever's worst
[01:12.09]Perfection is a disease of a nation
[01:16.65]Pretty hurts, pretty hurts
[01:19.86]Pretty hurts
[01:22.81]We shine the light on whatever's worst
[01:26.68]You're tryna fix something
[01:28.37]But you can't fix what you can't see
[01:31.49]It's the soul that needs a surgery
[01:35.51]🎵
[01:38.31]Blonder hair, flat chest
[01:42.20]TV says, "bigger is better"
[01:45.72]South beach, sugar free
[01:49.69]Vogue says, "thinner is better"
[01:53.16]Just another stage
[01:56.92]Pageant the pain away
[02:00.53]This time I'm gonna take the crown
[02:03.75]Without falling down, down, down
[02:08.00]Pretty hurts
[02:10.92]We shine the light on whatever's worst
[02:14.94]Perfection is a disease of a nation
[02:19.00]Pretty hurts, pretty hurts (Pretty hurts)
[02:22.95]Pretty hurts (Pretty hurts)
[02:25.72]We shine the light on whatever's worst
[02:29.57]You're tryna fix something
[02:31.22]But you can't fix what you can't see
[02:34.23]It's the soul that needs a surgery
[02:36.63]Ain't got no doctor, or pill that can take the pain away
[02:40.33]The pain's inside, and nobody frees you from your body
[02:44.01]It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery
[02:48.94]It's my soul that needs surgery
[02:51.78]Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
[02:55.30]Then you break when the fake facade leaves you in the dark
[02:58.98]You left with shattered mirrors
[03:01.28]And the shards of a beautiful past
[03:07.05]Pretty hurts (Pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
[03:10.14]We shine the light on whatever's worst (Pretty hurts)
[03:14.09]Perfection is a disease of a nation
[03:18.94]Pretty hurts, pretty hurts (Pretty hurts)
[03:22.11]Pretty hurts (Pretty hurts)
[03:24.69]We shine the light on whatever's worst
[03:28.35]You're tryna fix something
[03:30.12]But you can't fix what you can't see (Pretty hurts)
[03:33.32]It's the soul that needs a surgery
[03:35.44]When you're alone all by yourself
[03:37.98]When you're lying in your bed
[03:41.84]Reflection stares right into you
[03:45.68]Are you happy with yourself?
[03:49.34]Stripped away the masquerade
[03:52.74]The illusion has been shed
[03:56.69]Are you happy with yourself?
[04:00.49]Are you happy with yourself?
[04:04.91]🎵
[04:09.05]Yeah, yes
[04:12.54]Ah, ah
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