TLC - Unpretty

Unpretty by TLC.....

My outsides look cool

My insides are blue

Everytime I think Im through

Its because of you

Ive tried different ways

But its all the same

At the end of the day

I have Myself to Blame

Im just trippin.

Never insecure until I met you

Now im in stupid

I used to be so cute to me

Just a little bit skinny

Why do I look to all these things

To keep you happy

Maybe get rid of you

And then Ill get back to me

As I reflect back on what Ive used an abused

And detect that I need some clues to get through

To those that accused me of never being true

Ill loose if I play into this game and never know the rules

So how do I bring out the me nobody sees

The forest for the trees, how bout the women behind the weave

The light from within this life is the only real remedy

Or find the reflection you see to be so damn unpretty

* I think this song fits Melindas situation in a lot of ways. In the first stanza of the song that I posted its talking about how hurt and sad she feels inside and its all IT's fault why she feels this way. As said in the lyrics, she has tried many ways to get through her problems but nothing has worked. "I have myself to blame" fits Melinda I feel, because if Melinda would speak up about it she wouldnt feel how she feels. In the second part I posted its talking about how she used to feel until she met him and Melinda used to have high self esteem until that night that happened to her. And if she can just get it off her chest she can become herself again as said in the song. "Maybe get rid of you, and ill get back to me." Furthermore, in the last part of the song I posted its talking about thaose who didnt see her as being true. I think this relates to Melinda because alot of Melindas ex-friends dont believe her when it comes to what happened the night of the party. "The forest bahind the trees" relates to her as well because the author symbolizes Melinda as a Tree for many reasons.