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