Music video by Sugababes performing Ugly. (C) 2005 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. #Sugababes #Ugly #Vevo #Pop #OfficialMusicVideo
When Heidi sings "Envy is the only thing it could be", at 2:16, my whole body was covered in chills. This song will soon turn 10 years old, but the meaning is still highly relevant.
@@Jongen. You misunderstand the message of this song and this comment. Basically, it means that, if someone things you are not attractive, or wants to bring down your confidence, and they have the mind and desire to want to outwardly call you ugly to your face, then they, in turn, have an ugly mindset for wanting to be mean toward you in the first place. They may call you ugly physically, but regardless if that's true or not, THEY are ugly on the inside.
I used to love this song when I was 7 because it said "When I was 7" in it so I felt a connection to it. At such a young age it made me feel better when I was sad about anything. I'm now 19 and still searched this song up. I'll always cherish it and its important message.
Such a beautiful song. Unfortunately it's human nature for people to be hateful but I hope that one day people can look past their hate and jealousy and embrace themselves and be able to love others!
I read that wrong lol. I thought it said one of the group members were a sister of someone from TLC. But I totally agree with what you said! This does follow Unpretty ❤
Luiza Ma ok but she was only making remarks about Mutya's beauty because she usually looks funky from the other two, and in this video she looks amazing. We get it, Heidi is blonde and alright looking(in my opinion). Just annoyed how the blondes constantly attract most of the attention. Keisha in my opinion is the prettiest. But I will actually acknowledge the commenter and agree that Mutya looks amazing. Smh
Automic Bunny no Keisha is the black girl Mutya is the Hispanic looking one. She's pretty, she's just always had weird looks, too many piercings and her eyebrows are very botched.
@@HazardTJ3737 I think a lot of people would be healthier, happier and respectful if treated with respect. Maybe if society didn't tell them to repress themselves, their souls wouldn't be broken and didn't need "redirecting". No one is born hateful.
This is a song I want to dedicate to my manager, who made me feel dumb and useless inside after the first yearly review. I'm not vicious or angry, but want to remind them that their words are also a reflection of how they feel about themselves inside, too. I'm leaving the job and trust the wounds will heal and make me stronger. Thank you, Sugababes, for performing such a relatable song.
I want to go back to this time, singing this at the top of my lungs in my room unaware of the abysmal mess my life would become and the people dear to me that would pass😔
remember, only the most beautiful people (inside and out) get bullied, if that profile picture is you.. it just shows im right with my statement :D hehe
This is a timeless track, great chord progressions, lifts, reliefs and absolutely beautiful vocals throughout. And. I love my playing bass to this. Great vibe....plus all the boys n girls in the video really make it ... 💜💜💜
I love this song it literally represented my whole primary school experience. Songs like this will forever be representing the hardship for so many youngsters out there. There’s a pure message that we should all remember whether young or old we should love and respect one another regardless of looks or race ❤️
When I feel sad or people make me feel ugly, I always come here listen this beautiful song with a big lyrics meaning. Whatever the place, in the car or in home. It makes me feel much better, and makes me smile!❤️ This song help me so much!💖 Thank You Sugababes!❤️🙏🏽
"Ugly" When I was 7 They said I was strange I noticed that my eyes and hair weren't the same I asked my parents if I was OK They said you're more beautiful And that's the way they show that they wish That they had your smile So my confidence was up for a while I got real comfortable with my own style I knew that they were only jealous cos People are all the same And we only get judged by what we do Personality reflects name And if I'm ugly then So are you So are you There was a time when I felt like I cared That I was shorter than everyone there People made me feel like life was unfair And I did things that made me ashamed Cos I didn't know my body would change I grew taller than them in more ways But there will always be the one who will say Something bad to make them feel great People are all the same And we only get judged by what we do Personality reflects name And if I'm ugly then So are you So are you People are all the same And we only get judged by what we do Personality reflects name And if I'm ugly then So are you So are you Everybody talks bad about somebody And never realises how it affects somebody And you bet it won't be forgotten Envy is the only thing it could be Cos people are all the same (The same, the same) And we only get judged by what we do (What we do, yeah, yeah) Personality reflects name And if I'm ugly then (Yeah, you) So are you So are you People are all the same (Oh, oh, oh) And we only get judged by what we do (What we do, yeah) Personality reflects name And if I'm ugly then (Yeah, so are you) So are you So are you
"I asked my parents if I was okay" sounds the most reasonable, but I can swear she sings something like "I asked my parents see if I was okay", maybe it's "to see if I was okay" or something or she just says "parents" weird.
some music nowaday's you just hear thin people shaming bigger people, bigger people shaming thin people, people shaming people all together. this song is good for the ears and the heart.
Sugababes' music was way ahead of their time. Taller in more ways was their best work, before all the personnel changes. Solid singles from this album, all of which should have gone number one. Shame that management destroyed a great group
This song sends a good message to everyone, it is a nice song. No one should bring someone down, just because, they may be hurting or because they want to be unkind.
My mom used to play this all the time when I was a little kid.. I wonder if that's why I don't give a fuck about what people say about me. If it is, THANKS SUGABABES ! (:
You just can't beat a good old fashioned pat on the back song about universal acceptance of how all us humans are just the neatest thing ever. Personally, I sing like a sphincter, and The Sugababes are happy to share that they do too. Bravo!!
It is still better to be yourself and liked by no one than pretending to be someone and like by everyone. Just be who you really are and ignore the people who call you names!
This song inspires me so much. When I feel down because of what people have said I listen to this. It makes me feel like I am good enough and I deserve to feel beautiful. Bitchy girls have a lot to learn from this song!
A great song that has even more relevance now than it did when released to the kids growing up with the pressure and scrutiny that surrounds them these days.
I loved Keisha when she was in the sugababes and I was gutted when she left. To me, she had the best voice, was the most beautiful, had the vocal range and power, was the best member of sugababes, was and still is one of my celebrity crushes.
This tune has some of the best lyrics 😁 because it's okay to be you and not what "society" dictates you should be. 🙄 As long as you are not hurting anybody else then you will always be beautiful 😁 real beauty is far beyond skin deep remember that 😁
The incredible Mutya!❤ its interesting to see Mutya taking the lead in so many of the songs where it's her vocals which provide the introduction to so many of the songs which presumably must have been part of the production formula adopted by the band with emphasis on the contrast between the incredible voices of both Mutya and Keisha.
Wow! I was 8 years old when this song was released and although I remember it I couldn’t fully appreciate it at that age. I’m 25 now and listening to this for the first time in a very long time and it really does hit different being a mixed heritage young woman! I have renewed love for this song and the Sugababes!❤
A beautiful song that brings a tear to my eyes every time :') I used to get picked on for having big eyes and weird hair as a kid, and I've always been very short. Hearing this makes me remember how low people made me feel about myself, but also how now I have "grown taller than them in more ways" :)
Most of us have the overall impression that this song is wondrous and beautiful and divine, but the lyrics are indeed complex... The song confronts evil head on, and it is the love and truth in the recognition of the reality of the world that conveys power, but also meaning. Indeed we are happy about a song that tells us sad things about our world, because the recognition of truth is godly and beautiful. The same happens with the tremendous "The Way it is" by Bruce Hornsby and inded "Another day in Paradise" by Phil Collins and indeed "I think it's going to rain today" by Nina Simone. These are divine songs reached by the Holy Spirit, who wants to use them to reach us. The song is actually rather close to the vision of our world offered in 1 John 5:19. It celebrates diversity of the individual who wants to grow, even as it acknowledges the conformity and hard-heartedness of most people/the majority... The song equates "People" with "Everybody" and sets that prevailing view with the individuality of the individual singers who present their cases and stories. Asd we learn... "People": - are all the same - can make us feel life is unfair - can make us do things that we should be ashamed of Wisdom indeed. Meanwhile, "they": - are just jealous Meanwhile "one" (presumably meaning "anybody" potentially) - will always say something bad to make them feel great - a very strong and perceptive lyric! [Later in the song this attributed to envy] Meanwhile, "Everybody": - talks bad about somebody, and never realise how it affects somebody, and you bet it won't be forgotten The latter form is interesting, being depersonalised, passive voice. This opens the gate to the possibility that the one who will not forget is not the victim, but God. "we only get judged by what we do" likewise may not reference the judgment of human beings, but by the ones who are ENTITLED to judge us... Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The first singer is reassured by parents that different eyes and hair did not make her strange, but "more beautiful" - quite right too! All the more so because the person has joy... Most people interpret a core lyric here as "Personality reflects name" but one wonders if it might be "personality-reflex-name" - which makes more sense. Because of our personality, we engage in reflex hate through name-calling, and indeed pigeon-holing in general... "if I'm ugly then so are you, so are you" (presumably plural "you"?) The second singer has height issues, which once weighed down heavily on her, but she grew "taller than them in more ways" - a beautiful and deep and divine lyric The song ends by reminding us again that "we only get judged by what we do" ...whether that is good or bad? Quite so. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth...
I think this song is amazing, because it tells people that your unique and you shouldn't care what people think about you because your amazing just the way you are! And if people judge you then they are judging themselves, because we are all different!
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I missed their songs😢. Anyone 2024??
Me
Yes I miss them so much especially Mutya
They're all gay
@@IzayoiArwena they are still performing....not with Heidi but they do in the first line of the band
here!
Anyone else on a sugababes album binge???
Yeah we are 🔥🔥🔥
Rn 🤣
☝️yep 😂
Me 2023
Always ;-) !
I forgot we used to make uplifting music like this back in the day.
How refreshing..
I Gotta agree too!! 👍👍👍
TLC UNPRETTY
They still do if you look past the shitty charts
Who do you mean by 'we'?
Exactly. now songs are all sex this and sex that
I'm on a Sugababes marathon. I always loved this song! Wonderful meaning!
me too lol
Wake up.
Hey There Delilah o
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Me right now
This song should be all shown to all children at all ages to reinforce the point(s) of the song.
Exactly
And Adults who're struggling. Especially under Social Media pressure.
Keep children away from social media. For fuck sake.
I agree sorry it only took me 8 years to see it
Unfortunately if you're ugly, you're ugly. It sounds horrible but it's true.
Mutyas hair and makeup is perfect in this
Maays Mutya was perfect
the contouring is too heavily contrasted. It almost looks like Mutya altered her chickbones already.
When Heidi sings "Envy is the only thing it could be", at 2:16, my whole body was covered in chills. This song will soon turn 10 years old, but the meaning is still highly relevant.
C
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She definitely stands out in this song, her solo is really beautiful and I also love her falsetto notes
Bullying furthers society.
Omg!! I got a chill in my spine when she sang that line!!
To the bullies: If i'm ugly then so are you!
+Mckayla Hunt i agreey
👊👊👊 u nailed it girl!
Bullies are more ugly, at least in their inner being.
No that is not true. Being ugly is for everyone different. It is taste. If you find someone ugly doesnt mean you are ugly too.
@@Jongen. You misunderstand the message of this song and this comment.
Basically, it means that, if someone things you are not attractive, or wants to bring down your confidence, and they have the mind and desire to want to outwardly call you ugly to your face, then they, in turn, have an ugly mindset for wanting to be mean toward you in the first place.
They may call you ugly physically, but regardless if that's true or not, THEY are ugly on the inside.
This is such a throwback for me wow and I still know all the words after so many years...
Louise Hinton Me too!! I couldn't believe it. But it's probably because I sang it so much as a kid playing SingStar.
Same
same
same ...... hehe
2006: I Love This Song 😊
2024: I Understand This Song. 😢❤
I used to love this song when I was 7 because it said "When I was 7" in it so I felt a connection to it. At such a young age it made me feel better when I was sad about anything. I'm now 19 and still searched this song up. I'll always cherish it and its important message.
Love it ♥️
awww
Did u search (when i was 7) looking for this song??
@@nobolettu L
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Kudos to the writers of this song and Sugababes for singing... Very uplifting, an anthem for bully victims
Such a beautiful song. Unfortunately it's human nature for people to be hateful but I hope that one day people can look past their hate and jealousy and embrace themselves and be able to love others!
***** Wishful thinking, I hope too, but it's wishful thinking at it's worse.
+Suzy Lu i agree
You are ugly. I don't hate you but I'm just stating a fact.
What a meaningful and beautiful comment very true
+jquinn25 meaningless you mean
It's the sister of 'Unpretty' by TLC! Fantastic songs with important messages!
Agree, the mid 2000's answer to the aforementioned hit. Both are amazing & motivational hits 🎵🎶
100% agree !! Wow
@@kristin1980uk Oh yes!!! Absolutely!!! Thank you. I wonder if there are any more?
I read that wrong lol. I thought it said one of the group members were a sister of someone from TLC. But I totally agree with what you said! This does follow Unpretty ❤
Yessss 🙂
This is the best sugababes line up. They made amazing songs these 3!
Mutya looks gorgeous here.
I think Heidi looks amazing
Luiza Ma ok but she was only making remarks about Mutya's beauty because she usually looks funky from the other two, and in this video she looks amazing. We get it, Heidi is blonde and alright looking(in my opinion). Just annoyed how the blondes constantly attract most of the attention. Keisha in my opinion is the prettiest. But I will actually acknowledge the commenter and agree that Mutya looks amazing. Smh
+Gassia Grace I agree about the blonde comment. Also is Mutya the black girl. She looks gorg
Automic Bunny no Keisha is the black girl Mutya is the Hispanic looking one. She's pretty, she's just always had weird looks, too many piercings and her eyebrows are very botched.
Gassia Grace Piercings and 'botched' eyebrows might be weird to you but for others it's seen as being a unique individual
2019?
Ok I'm alone 😪
Rain Riverton no you’re not alone. This is better than anything in 2019!
Who cares what date you listen
November 2019 !
Awesome song
2020 anyone?
Don't be afraid to be Y O U...simple, powerful, yet extremely difficult in this planet
Some people ought to be redirected. Not everybody's spirit is beautiful.
@@HazardTJ3737 I think a lot of people would be healthier, happier and respectful if treated with respect. Maybe if society didn't tell them to repress themselves, their souls wouldn't be broken and didn't need "redirecting". No one is born hateful.
This is a song I want to dedicate to my manager, who made me feel dumb and useless inside after the first yearly review. I'm not vicious or angry, but want to remind them that their words are also a reflection of how they feel about themselves inside, too. I'm leaving the job and trust the wounds will heal and make me stronger. Thank you, Sugababes, for performing such a relatable song.
hey :) i’m so glad you’re doing what’s right! how’s it working out for you?
I want to go back to this time, singing this at the top of my lungs in my room unaware of the abysmal mess my life would become and the people dear to me that would pass😔
this song helped me so much through my childhood when i got bullied, it needs more credit!
sorry u went through that x
remember, only the most beautiful people (inside and out) get bullied, if that profile picture is you.. it just shows im right with my statement :D hehe
This is a timeless track, great chord progressions, lifts, reliefs and absolutely beautiful vocals throughout. And. I love my playing bass to this. Great vibe....plus all the boys n girls in the video really make it ... 💜💜💜
Drop me a message if your not putting The bass on track for the next tour, I'll do it
these songs really take me back to the days when everything was simple. i was so carefree.
I love this song it literally represented my whole primary school experience. Songs like this will forever be representing the hardship for so many youngsters out there. There’s a pure message that we should all remember whether young or old we should love and respect one another regardless of looks or race ❤️
True that
WHY doesnt this have more views?Seriously,it's such an inspirational and meaningful song!
Best song they did
👍❤️
Because that’s the amount of people who viewed it, what a stupid comment
I sang this in the talent show at school once lol, that showed the bullies I didn't give a fuck.
id loved to have watched you. #emotional
+Brian Lloyd aw thank you! It felt really good to do it and it stopped the majority of the bullying #solvingtheproblem
+Beckham Oldham I done the same thing in year 6🙈
Good for you
Beckham Oldham very brave of hou x
When I feel sad or people make me feel ugly, I always come here listen this beautiful song with a big lyrics meaning. Whatever the place, in the car or in home. It makes me feel much better, and makes me smile!❤️
This song help me so much!💖
Thank You Sugababes!❤️🙏🏽
It's been 11 years.. wow.
vow
+Nathanaël Viiperi Yes 2005 I love... miss...
What's under Double D's hat? 13 now
Up to 15 now. The years are flying by.
I'm a total metalhead, but i've always loved this song.. ❤ Great lyrics..
Bullying needs to stop. Come on. Live and let live.
"Ugly"
When I was 7
They said I was strange
I noticed that my eyes and hair weren't the same
I asked my parents if I was OK
They said you're more beautiful
And that's the way they show that they wish
That they had your smile
So my confidence was up for a while
I got real comfortable with my own style
I knew that they were only jealous cos
People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you
There was a time when I felt like I cared
That I was shorter than everyone there
People made me feel like life was unfair
And I did things that made me ashamed
Cos I didn't know my body would change
I grew taller than them in more ways
But there will always be the one who will say
Something bad to make them feel great
People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you
People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you
Everybody talks bad about somebody
And never realises how it affects somebody
And you bet it won't be forgotten
Envy is the only thing it could be
Cos people are all the same
(The same, the same)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, you)
So are you
So are you
People are all the same
(Oh, oh, oh)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, so are you)
So are you
So are you
"I asked my parents if I was okay" sounds the most reasonable, but I can swear she sings something like "I asked my parents see if I was okay", maybe it's "to see if I was okay" or something or she just says "parents" weird.
Awww, Mutya with her baby!
It's her daughter Tahlia
inspiring song i wish people would think about the lyrics
Just seen this live at Tramlines.
I cried, what a moment and what a great live band...🎉❤
some music nowaday's you just hear thin people shaming bigger people, bigger people shaming thin people, people shaming people all together. this song is good for the ears and the heart.
Never let anyone who does not know your story tells you how you need to be❤️
Sugababes' music was way ahead of their time. Taller in more ways was their best work, before all the personnel changes. Solid singles from this album, all of which should have gone number one. Shame that management destroyed a great group
They back now and new album has dropped
April 5, 2020. In the middle of covid19 here in the philippines.
Stay safe from the UK
❤👍
@@talimbeingaverythriftyghor5967 Your welcome
@@tomatoes3 😍😍😍
be strong Baby
Overload. Classic song from the Sugababes.
Why can't we have more empowering songs like these? With real morals within them. Most music I hear today are about sex appeal and romance.
This song sends a good message to everyone, it is a nice song.
No one should bring someone down, just because, they may be hurting or because they want to be unkind.
Absolute perfection, these girls. My anti depressant and guilt pleasure.
Thanks Ladies. You're up there with Aretha, Mariah n Stevie..xxxx
Risk is a fun board game. Chess is cool. Reading a new word in the dictionary every year and learning its meaning to improve vocabulary.
I really missed Mutya, Keisha and Heidi...
Jee Penaranda YES the best line up
Yes f#ck off the original lines...
Rosa is a cool girl
Me 2, they are the perfect combination 👍🏻
All the members who are part of Sugababes. The past and the present.
My mom used to play this all the time when I was a little kid.. I wonder if that's why I don't give a fuck about what people say about me. If it is, THANKS SUGABABES ! (:
If you are one of the legends that listens to this today (Dec 2021). I would like to remind you that you are AWESOME!
This song made me cry when I heard it in a DS game for the first time
I officially feel old. This track is 19 years old in 2024 just heard it played on BBC radio 1 00s got a bit emotional. im not crying. you're crying
Top tune.
Heidi looks amazing
Mutya looks amazing
Keisha looks amazing
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
One of the most positive songs ever!
aw Mutya's baby girl is in this how sweet. Bet she had a nice time working with her mum and her auntie Keisha and auntie Heidi on this video
Miss them so much thank God we have youtube
We need more songs with this type of message
i still feel this song in 2023
I would never call anyone ugly but I was bullyed growing up about how I look and now I call myself beautiful.
The meaning of this song is so inspirational.
these 3 ARE the sugababes and always will be. Heidi, Mutya and Keisha forever
2021, still here listening this song...
16 years passed since release, and I still love it! ❤ PEOPLE ARE ALL THE SAME ❤
You just can't beat a good old fashioned pat on the back song about universal acceptance of how all us humans are just the neatest thing ever. Personally, I sing like a sphincter, and The Sugababes are happy to share that they do too. Bravo!!
It is still better to be yourself and liked by no one than pretending to be someone and like by everyone. Just be who you really are and ignore the people who call you names!
this is a real and strong song! the lyrics makes sense ! verry good song.
I remember my dad playing this to me all the time when I was younger. Love the words.
The sugababes were always so ahead of the time. This song is so apt in this day and age.....share it. More people need the message
Symbolic and wonderful. I will forever be a Sugababes fan.
such an inspiring song. wheres this type of music nowadays?
It's 1am in the morning and suddenly this song came back to me ❤
After so many years, here i am again in 2019 searching for Sugarbabes songs. Love them!!❤
14 years and still such a beautiful song! Makes me a bit emotional..
This song inspires me so much. When I feel down because of what people have said I listen to this. It makes me feel like I am good enough and I deserve to feel beautiful. Bitchy girls have a lot to learn from this song!
The perfect pop band 💕
Really? If they'd be perfect, why do they always change the members?
This Song Is 14 Years Old Now. Time Flies. (9-14-2019)
this is one of the best sugababes song ever!!
13 years later and this song still makes me feel more comfortable to be me
A great song that has even more relevance now than it did when released to the kids growing up with the pressure and scrutiny that surrounds them these days.
I loved Keisha when she was in the sugababes and I was gutted when she left. To me, she had the best voice, was the most beautiful, had the vocal range and power, was the best member of sugababes, was and still is one of my celebrity crushes.
Agree she was my favourite as well. When she left sugababes I went off them. Now she has returned I'm back to loving this band.
These lyrics are so inspirational. Its all about personality not looks
If only more things in life focused on character than appearence
I love this song, always makes me tear up
still listening to them in 2017 and want them back asap 🙏🏽
2023 and still listening for this one
Songs back then were so... damn. Nostalgia hitting me like a truck.
Best song they wrote and still nothing has changed. Shame on all of us
This tune has some of the best lyrics 😁 because it's okay to be you and not what "society" dictates you should be. 🙄 As long as you are not hurting anybody else then you will always be beautiful 😁 real beauty is far beyond skin deep remember that 😁
I would wear Keisha’s whole outfit TODAY 😍
If someone who claims to be a friend uses your flaws against them then they never were your friend
Honestly one of my favourite sugababes songs very fitting it was mutya’s mostly vocals over her last record in her original run in the sugababes 🤍
These guys were underrated.
This song and video should be played in schools.... Then we could really hope for a better future
2023 an still as relevant as ever.
The incredible Mutya!❤ its interesting to see Mutya taking the lead in so many of the songs where it's her vocals which provide the introduction to so many of the songs which presumably must have been part of the production formula adopted by the band with emphasis on the contrast between the incredible voices of both Mutya and Keisha.
one of greatest talented girl groups of all time amazing vocals and songwriting and originality
Wow! I was 8 years old when this song was released and although I remember it I couldn’t fully appreciate it at that age. I’m 25 now and listening to this for the first time in a very long time and it really does hit different being a mixed heritage young woman! I have renewed love for this song and the Sugababes!❤
I'm an adopted child this song hits me so hard❤
Great song, great message!
I miss the pop vibes of the early/mid 00s
I have BDD & this song lifts me when I feel really bad about my image
A beautiful song that brings a tear to my eyes every time :') I used to get picked on for having big eyes and weird hair as a kid, and I've always been very short. Hearing this makes me remember how low people made me feel about myself, but also how now I have "grown taller than them in more ways" :)
This song makes me smile so much!
Just happy and beautiful vibes
These 3 need to come back, best sound. Getting this CD out for my road trip!!!!
Most of us have the overall impression that this song is wondrous and beautiful and divine, but the lyrics are indeed complex...
The song confronts evil head on, and it is the love and truth in the recognition of the reality of the world that conveys power, but also meaning.
Indeed we are happy about a song that tells us sad things about our world, because the recognition of truth is godly and beautiful.
The same happens with the tremendous "The Way it is" by Bruce Hornsby and inded "Another day in Paradise" by Phil Collins and indeed "I think it's going to rain today" by Nina Simone.
These are divine songs reached by the Holy Spirit, who wants to use them to reach us.
The song is actually rather close to the vision of our world offered in 1 John 5:19.
It celebrates diversity of the individual who wants to grow, even as it acknowledges the conformity and hard-heartedness of most people/the majority...
The song equates "People" with "Everybody" and sets that prevailing view with the individuality of the individual singers who present their cases and stories.
Asd we learn...
"People":
- are all the same
- can make us feel life is unfair
- can make us do things that we should be ashamed of
Wisdom indeed.
Meanwhile, "they":
- are just jealous
Meanwhile "one" (presumably meaning "anybody" potentially)
- will always say something bad to make them feel great - a very strong and perceptive lyric! [Later in the song this attributed to envy]
Meanwhile, "Everybody":
- talks bad about somebody, and never realise how it affects somebody, and you bet it won't be forgotten
The latter form is interesting, being depersonalised, passive voice.
This opens the gate to the possibility that the one who will not forget is not the victim, but God.
"we only get judged by what we do" likewise may not reference the judgment of human beings, but by the ones who are ENTITLED to judge us... Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The first singer is reassured by parents that different eyes and hair did not make her strange, but "more beautiful" - quite right too!
All the more so because the person has joy...
Most people interpret a core lyric here as "Personality reflects name" but one wonders if it might be "personality-reflex-name"
- which makes more sense.
Because of our personality, we engage in reflex hate through name-calling, and indeed pigeon-holing in general...
"if I'm ugly then so are you, so are you" (presumably plural "you"?)
The second singer has height issues, which once weighed down heavily on her, but she grew "taller than them in more ways" - a beautiful and deep and divine lyric
The song ends by reminding us again that "we only get judged by what we do"
...whether that is good or bad?
Quite so.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth...
I think this song is amazing, because it tells people that your unique and you shouldn't care what people think about you because your amazing just the way you are! And if people judge you then they are judging themselves, because we are all different!