Artist: Samantha Mumba
Song: Don"t Need You to (Tell Me I"m Pretty) Lyrics

Don"t need you to tell me I"m pretty
To make me feel beautiful
I don"t need you to give me your strength
And make me feel I"m strong
I"ve got all of the strength that I need
Here inside my own two hands
All that I want is your love
And respect for who I am
What I really need
Comes from deep inside of me

[CHORUS:]
Don"t need you to tell me I"m pretty
To make me feel beautiful
Don"t need to you make me strong
"Cause I"m strong on my own
Doesn"t come from outside
This beauty I know
Comes from inside my soul

Don"t need you to tell me I"m pretty

I don"t need you to believe in me
To make me know I"m worth believing in
I don"t need you to lift me up, I don"t know
I can stand tall (I can stand tall)
I can stand my own ground
I can stand proud up on my own two feet
Don"t have to be a part of somebody else to be complete
What I really need comes from deep inside of me

[CHORUS]

Don"t need to come to you for confirmation
Because I"ve finally come to this revelation
What I really need (What I really need)
I"m gonna find inside of me (Find inside of me)
Not in somebody else
Respect comes when you respect yourself

[CHORUS (X2)]

Don"t need you to tell me I"m pretty
To know I"m beautiful
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    如果说always come back to your love里的samantha还是个稚气
的小女生的话，这一首歌可以算是一首女人的歌了。
 
    这一首是legally blonde的插曲。我很喜欢这部电影。即使是现在的
这个社会，女人始终是弱势群体。这就好像大家都
认为男生的电脑知识肯定好过女生，男生对球类运动肯定懂过女生。这似乎
只是一种错误地认识，但是根本上来说，这是一种歧视。这个世界，对女人
来说，始终是更艰难一点。 

    越来越喜欢看女性电影，喜欢看女人是怎样成功的，研究这个社会
病态的对待女人的态度。

    其实这首歌，完全可以对这个问题做出解释了

     不需要等你说，才会觉得自己美丽。不需要你给我力量，我原本就相信自己是坚强的。因为我知道，这种美并不来自外界，而是从我的灵魂深处弥漫开来的。我不用 得到你的认可，才能确定自己的感觉。我真正需要的东西，我会从自己这里找到。 

    就像张爱玲说的，恋爱中的女生时时会觉得自己不够优秀不够聪明不够漂亮，觉得自己低到尘埃里面。不过听到这首歌，完全可以释然了。如果你一直都是最真实的活着，既然我已经为自己感到骄傲，那么何必在乎他眼里的你是不是完美呢。不需要成为什么人的一部分，才能做到真正的自己，即使尘埃里面，都可以开出鲜花来，只要相信自己是美丽的，就这么简单