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Put your make up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you
Do they like you?
Get your sexy on
Don't be shy girl
Take it off
This is what you want
To belong so they like you
Do you like you?
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
Get your shopping on at the mall
Max your credit cards
You don't have to choose
Buy it all so they like you
Do they like you?
Wait a second
Why should you care what they think of you?
When you're all alone by yourself
Do you like you?
Do you like you?
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
No you don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
Take your make up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror at yourself
Don't you like you?
'Cause I like you
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you
Do they like you?
Don't be shy girl
Take it off
This is what you want
To belong so they like you
Do you like you?
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
Max your credit cards
You don't have to choose
Buy it all so they like you
Do they like you?
Why should you care what they think of you?
When you're all alone by yourself
Do you like you?
Do you like you?
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror at yourself
Don't you like you?
'Cause I like you
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I think this song is about someone who is trying to be liked by the popular people and she is doing everything to impress them and she is not being herself. Them she realizes that their opinion doesn't matter and she is being her true self.
It's about not overworking yourself to get people to like you.
"Try" is a nurturing song that wants you to take care of yourself. It's a self-love song about empowering the audience that they don't have to worry about what everyone else is thinking so long as they are happy with themselves.
It speaks to a societal grappling with feelings of insecurity in this a seemingly trivial existence. The power really does exist in the complexity of the human mind and heart to intuitively align with truth. To be on autopilot is to just exist, not to truly live. Yes, you can live an abundant life, contrary to the worlds message that to be relative is to have money, education, real estate, all the stuff. Drop the facade, "why fit in, when you were born to stand out! Remember “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” ― Dr. Seuss