Ari Lennox - The Way U IS lyrics

You are fine just the way you is
Ignore the hate, just live all you want

Mood fiest, born in DC
And then my family bought a house in the MD
After McDough got hung by the neighbor
We packed our bags and we
Moved to shine 'till we i was the (Outcast)
Always been an outcast (Outcast)
I got some big nostrils so I always got axed
(Ari)
"Why your nose look like two tunnels?" (Ari)
"Why your nose look like two tunnels?"
(Ha ha hahahaha)

Your mama tells you that you're pretty
But it don't matter cause your
School calls you ugly
And you try to cover all of
The pain that you're living inside-ide-ide
You change your look to impress them
But they still go behind your
Back and they make fun
But unless you're being you
You'll never be satisfied-ied-ied

So push them haters to the
Side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side
Said pretty mama keep
Yo light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light
So push them haters to the
Side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side
Said pretty mama keep
Yo light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light

Said at my school I felt
Like the only black one (Black one)
And I give anything to trade my
Face for a white one
(Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-white one)
Said insecurities became my every outcome
(Outcome)
And not too long after we moved to Ashburns
And no friends and the jokes never ended
(Ended)
So my impatience always got me suspended
(Suspended)
I was the black kid everyone was scared of
And to hide my shame I kicked on some makeup
Set bronzer, lashes tissue
Put a mask so was an issue (Hey)

Your mama tells you that you're pretty
But it don't matter cause your
School calls you ugly
And you try to cover all of
The pain that you're living inside-ide-ide
You change your look to impress them
But they still go behind your
Back and they make fun
But unless you're being you
You'll never be satisfied-ied-ied

So push them haters to the
Side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side
Said pretty mama keep
Yo light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light
So push them haters to the
Side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side-side
Said pretty mama keep
Yo light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light-light

You are fine just the way you is
Ignore the haters, live how you wanna live
Most of the time they hatin'
'cause they are mad
They sit and wish they had
The confidence that you earned