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VERSE
Why do you hate yourself/ When you look at yourself
And you reject yourself
Through someone else's eyes
Who told you that you're not beautiful
Just the way you are
Who's setting your standard
For what's lovely/ What's delight

CHORUS
Illusions/ A world of illusions
Illusions/ Just illusions

VERSE
You compare yourself/ Always to someone else
Till you convince yourself
To go under the knife
What a deadly risk you take
You gamble with your life
No promise that you'll wake up
From your desperate search for peace of mind

CHORUS
Illusions/ A world of illusions
Illusions/ Just illusions

VERSE
So why deface and mar yourself
For acceptance from any man
They told you you're not fine
So you strive to fit in
False pressures of society
And their idea of beauty
Distortions of the truth
It's all just a bunch of lies

CHORUS
Illusions/ A world of illusions
Illusions/ Just illusions

BRIDGE
We've let others fool us into believing what is beautiful
We've let others brainwash us as to what is right or wrong
But we can become free
We have the choice to change our minds how we see
We choose to see

How beautiful we all are
How beautiful we are

credits

from Where You Are Now (special edition), released December 9, 2003
Lead vocal: Aleata
Background vocals: Kael, Aleata, Michael
Keys: Kael
Bass and Bass hooks: Aleata
Drums: Kirk T. Marshall
Percussion: Calvin Newman

Written by Aleata Holloway
Produced by ASCENDANT
Recorded by Rodney Gamble at Funk Lab, Chicago, IL
Vocal overdubs recorded at Soundscape Studio by Michael Kolar
Mixed by Michael Kolar and Kael Mboya
Mastered by Dan Stout at Colossal Mastering

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