Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
TLC
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Candace Wakefield
Songwriter
Raylene S. Arreguin
Songwriter
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
Songwriter
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Look in the broken mirror
I see the pieces of my face on the floor
What's it gonna take not to feel like this anymore? (Anymore)
Living for the outside
But you always lonely
Don't know who you are
And your make-up's awful royal
Doesn't take much to lose yourself
[Verse 2]
(You say, yeah) Perfect girls ain't real
They hide who they are inside now
Perfect girls ain't real
They live a lie but
It's always on your mind
'Cause you're all alike, all the time
Know that perfect girls ain't real
[Verse 3]
Gotta learn to love yourself
Gotta learn to love yourself
Inside you now
[Verse 4]
Playing the perfect role
Crying deep inside, hoping nobody knows
Trying to keep it together
House of cards, don't fall
(No, the cards don't fall)
On every diet, I even starve myself
But he's still looking at everybody else
Guess it comes down to loving myself
(Yourself)
[Verse 5]
Perfect girls ain't real
They hide who they are inside now
Perfect girls ain't real
They live a lie but
It's always on your mind
'Cause you're all alike, all the time
Know that perfect girls ain't real
[Verse 6]
Gotta learn to love yourself
Gotta learn to love yourself
Inside you now
[Verse 7]
Alone in the day time
Raging thoughts going through your mind
Wishing you had her life
Wishing you was on the other side
You are beautiful inside
Don't you let 'em steal your pride
You should learn to live your life for yourself
No one else, yeah
[Verse 8]
Perfect girls ain't real
They hide who they are inside now
Perfect girls ain't real
They live a lie but
It's always on your mind
'Cause you're all alike, all the time
Know that perfect girls ain't real
[Verse 9]
Gotta learn to love yourself
(Gotta learn to love, learn to love, learn to love)
Gotta learn to love yourself
Inside you now (Inside you now, inside you now)
Written by: Candace Wakefield, Carnoy Neal Watkins, David Reed, Desmond "Motown" Washington, Raylene S. Arreguin, Tionne Tenese Watkins