The lyric of the week comes from TLC’s track ‘Unpretty’. TLC are an American all girl group, that were very popular in the 1990’s, and they are still relevant now composed of singers Tboz and Chilli and rapper Left eye Lopes the group was very successful.Their album ‘Crazy Sexy Cool helped solidify TLC’s place as the best selling female group of all time. Unfortunately Left eye died in a car accident almost a year after Aaliyah’s passing, but they will always be in my heart. Many people are familiar with their hits ‘No Scrubs’, ‘Creep’ etc On october 21, VH1 premiered a biographical movie based on the career of TLC the film starred Keke Palmer as Chilli, Lil Mama as Left-Eye and Drew Sidora as TBoz. The premiere broadcast garnered 4.5 million viewers.
But I am love with ‘Unpretty’ because as a young teen girl I can relate to this song a lot. Its not about parties or getting drunk but about , beauty and insecurities.“I wish I could tie you up in my shoes make you feel unpretty too”-TLC ‘Unpretty’ Dont you ever feel that way when you are in awe of someones beauty, and you sigh to yourself ‘they dont know how pretty they are’. Or when you see pretty popular girls walk past you and deep inside you that they will never feel as ugly as you do almost everyday of your life.They dont know how it feels to be ugly, cause they have boys falling at their feet, they are popular, everyone knows their name. I dont experience any of that;I am just that ugly geeky girl that has no boyfriend. I know how it feels to be unpretty. Have you ever felt unpretty inside? I love this song so much, if I listen to the slow version of the song I get teary, and emotional , so I prefer to listen to the upbeat version with the rap.
‘You can buy your hair if it won’t grow
You can fix your nose if he says so
You can buy all the make up
That M.A.C. can make
But if you can’t look inside you
Find out who am I too
Be in the position to make me feel
So damn unpretty
I’ll make you feel unpretty too’