The little voice in the back of my head
Keeps telling me that I'm not good enough
Not strong enough
The little girl somewhere in my mind
Under the covers
'Cause she's too scared of everything
To try anything

She talks all that trash
Telling me I should just give up
I look in the mirror, put on my mascara
And tell her to just shut up

'Cause life's too short to hate yourself
To try to be someone else
So quit wasting your time
The days go by way too fast
To let anything hold you back
So don't cry anymore
'Cause life's too short to hate yourself

Every cover of every magazine
Makes you feel like you're not thin enough
Not pretty enough
You let a stupid pair of old blue jeans
That don't quite fit, ruin your day
And you beat yourself up, you beat yourself up

But blue jeans ain't nothing, but fabric and buttons
They don't mean a thing
They can't make you beautiful, baby, you're beautiful
So throw them away

'Cause life's too short to hate yourself
To try to be someone else
So quit wasting your time
The days go by way too fast
To let anything hold you back
So don't cry anymore
'Cause life's too short to hate yourself

God doesn't make mistakes
Just look at this beautiful day

'Cause life's too short to hate yourself
To try to be someone else
So quit wasting your time
The days go by way too fast
To let anything hold you back
So don't cry anymore
'Cause life's too short to hate yourself
To hate yourself
To hate yourself