Jealous

I know what lots of people think

I know just what they say

I hear them talk behind my back

I hear them every day

But no one really knows who I

Or anyone can be

If all they do is criticize

The part of me they see

There's more to me than dull, gray eyes

And bushy, ugly hair

I know I'm short with crooked teeth

And I don't really care

If all you see is ugly me

Then look deeper inside

Look into my innerself

And see just what I hide

I always envied all the girls

With popularity

The girls with perfect shining eyes

I fumed with jealousy

Even though they laughed at me

And called me certain names

I still dreamed to be like them

For this, I was insane

'Cause why on Earth should I regret

That I don't look like them?

I like myself and how I look

On the outside and within

Anyone that laughs at girls

Less beautiful than they

Should come to see their hearts of black

Are worse than eyes of gray

Sticks and stones may break my bones

But words won't break my pride

'Cause when we're dead our body's gone

And we're left with what's inside.

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