Lyrics
Where it begins, the color of your skin
Reflecting on the starting point, acknowledging the impact of one's race.
Nothing's gonna change
Expressing skepticism that external factors will bring about change.
Is it where you grew up?
Questioning if one's upbringing defines their identity.
You'll never know what they're gonna say
Uncertainty about the judgments others may pass.
Tell me how to cope, burdened by the scope
Seeking guidance on dealing with challenges, feeling overwhelmed.
Looking through your hands
Viewing the world with a sense of limitation or restriction.
Blame it on a world where a boy and a girl
Attributing struggles to a societal construct where understanding is lacking between genders.
Can't understand
Highlighting the difficulty in comprehending certain aspects of life.
Can't understand
Reiteration of the challenge in understanding.
You're beautiful, you're beautiful to me
Affirmation of beauty despite challenges faced.
Don't ever say you never lost your way
Encouragement to not deny the experience of losing one's way.
You're beautiful today
Acknowledging beauty in the present moment.
And every day for the rest of your life
Expressing a commitment to recognizing beauty every day for the rest of life.
When's it gonna end, imaginary friend
Pondering the duration of challenges, referencing an imaginary friend.
No one knows your name
Feeling anonymous, with no recognition of one's name.
Never number one, never outrun what you defend
Never achieving the top position, protecting what is valued.
Show me where to go, tell me there is hope
Seeking direction and assurance of hope.
It slips right through your hands
Sense of losing control or opportunity.
Living in a world where a boy and a girl
Referencing a world where understanding is lacking between genders.
Can't understand
Reiteration of the challenge in understanding.
Can't understand
Continued emphasis on the difficulty in understanding.
You're beautiful, you're beautiful to me
Reaffirmation of beauty despite challenges faced.
Don't ever say you never lost your way
Encouragement to acknowledge past struggles.
You're beautiful today
Recognition of beauty in the present moment.
And every day for the rest of your life
Commitment to recognizing beauty every day for the rest of life.
For the rest of your life
Repetition of the commitment for the remainder of one's life.
For the rest of your days
Extension of the commitment throughout one's days.
You feel it inside in every way
Internalizing a positive feeling in every aspect of life.
For the rest of your life
Repeating the commitment for the remainder of one's life.
For the rest of your days
Extending the commitment throughout one's days.
You feel it inside in every way
Continued internalization of a positive feeling in every aspect of life.
For the rest of your life
Further commitment for the remainder of one's life.
You're beautiful, you're beautiful to me
Reaffirmation of beauty despite challenges faced.
Don't ever say you never lost your way
Encouragement to acknowledge past struggles.
You're beautiful today
Recognition of beauty in the present moment.
And every day for the rest of your life
Commitment to recognizing beauty every day for the rest of life.
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