I am what i hate Now i hate who i am I torture animals So i can have shiny, bouncy hair Blinding rats and rabbits So my mascara is safe to wear I pay children seven cents an hour To make my designer jeans Nine years old, sixteen hours Behind those sewing machines And it doesn't seem to bother me I am only concerned with my personal needs And it doesn't occur to me That everything i do Affects something, someone, somewhere out there In the world I'm a selfish girl I throw away more food in a day Than most people eat in a week I allow myself the luxury of starving Because thin is in, and i have the choice I stand by allowing crime to happen Cause i don't want to strain my voice I don't want to get involved Because, hey, it's not my problem to solve And it doesn't seem to bother me
I am only concerned with my personal needs And it doesn't occur to me That everything i do Affects something, someone, somewhere out there In the world I'm a selfish girl There are so many things wrong in the world It's hard to not be part of the problem But i have to be responsible I have to bear the blame Because everywhere i turn I am causing someone else's pain I don't want to cause anybody else's pain And it definitely bothers me That i've only been concerned with my personal needs And it finally occurred to me That everything i do Affects something, someone, somewhere out there In the world I don't want to be a selfish girl I just take, take, take, take, take, take From this world I don't want to be a selfish girl I don't want to be a selfish girl