Ugly
Written and Performed by Sugababes
From their album "Taller in More Ways " released October 2005.

Commentary by Susana S. Byun, August 2006

Ugly is a very nice song about self-steem, confidence and loving yourself for what you are. Sugababes are, currently, a girl group composed by Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah. The former members were Siobhan Donaghy and Mutya Buena.

There´s a part of the lyric in red talking about our concepts of our height in comparison with the others. I´d like to share this beautiful song with all of you and reiterate that there´s discrimination and prejudice everywhere, and no matter what you do or say, some people, sometimes, would rather see the physical qualities and looks than our inner beauty and our intelligence. But don´t loose your self-steem on it or care about them! After all, beauty comes in all different packages, doesn't it? 


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
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