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An only child in a lonely town |
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With her head held high and her hair flowing down |
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Her mama told her 'babe, you know you're beautiful inside and out' |
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First day of school and the kids all laughed |
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As a kick me sign is placed on her back |
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Fighting the tears she walked away |
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Knowing just exactly what mama would say |
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I don't need you, I don't need you, I don't need you cause I know |
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I'm beautiful, I might be slow, but I'm beautiful, my mama told me so |
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13 years and not much has changed |
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You'd think by now they'd stop calling her names |
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But she still fights the tears and walks on by |
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Cause she remembers her mamas words |
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Way back when they needed to be heard |
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They give her strength to say to herself |
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Time goes on and so does mamas strength |
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She says 'babe, come here, I've got something to say, |
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Your mamas' not as young as she used to be |
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And sometimes I don't know what daddy sees in me |
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And her baby said |
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You're beautiful, you're beautiful ,you're beautiful, I know |
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You're beautiful, you might be slow, but you're beautiful |
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Your baby told you so |