Mama, mama, mama made me the way I am My face, my eyes, someone turn me up I'm speaking my mind And I, and I, I've been wasting a lot of time Looking in mirrors and hating on me But now I like what I see I know, I know, I'll never be perfect I know, I know, but I'm gonna work it I'm gonna put your new shoes on the new you own We are who we are, who we are Pretty's just a pretty word And I'm gonna shine like a star You're something of me in this world Throw away the books and the magazines I'm never gonna look like a beauty queen We are who we are, who we are And I'm just who I am, just who I am And I'm just who I am, just who I am Mama, mama, mama made me the way I am She told me I should look up on the world with my head held high And I, and I, I've been wasting a lot of time Looking in mirrors and hating on me But now I like what I see I know, I know, I'll never be perfect I know, I know, but I'm gonna work it Let go, let go, put your new shoes on the new you own We are who we are, who we are Pretty's just a pretty word And I'm gonna shine like a star You're something of me in this world Throw away the books and the magazines I'm never gonna look like a beauty queen We are who we are, who we are And I'm just who I am, just who I am And I'm just who I am, just who I am I know, I know, I'll never be perfect I know, I know, but I'm gonna work it Let go, let go, put your new shoes on the new you own We are who we are, who we are Pretty's just a pretty word And I'm gonna shine like a star You're something of me in this world Throw away the books and the magazines I'm never gonna look like a beauty queen We are who we are, who we are And I'm just who I am, just who I am And I'm just who I am, just who I am And I'm just who I am, just who I am And I'm just who I am, just who I am And I'm just who I am, just who I am