[Verse 1] I don't expect you to understand You can't imagine how I'm feeling I can't admit it to myself So where would I even begin? [Chorus] Cause I'm a proud woman I must be proud, woman And I am strong woman I must be strong, woman [Verse 2] It's too painful to even think about So it would k** me to say it out loud All this time I thought I'd worked it out So if you don't mind, I'll leave it for now [Chorus] And stay a proud woman I must be proud, woman Cause I am strong, a woman I can't be a mad woman [Verse 3] I have an*lyzed every single inch of my skin In comparisons I can't seem to break in my daily routine I find myself obsessing imperfections only I can see And I know it's such a waste, but the pressure is getting me I don't expect you to understand [Chorus] You'd never know what it's like to be a woman You'd never know what it's like to be a girl You'd never know what it's like to be a woman You'd never know what it's like to be a girl Girl, girl, girl, why? [Verse 4] Should my intellect me judged by perceptions of what I should be? And who says that it's right? We must stop looking so deep It's so young that it starts, expectations that's too hard to reach We lose control And you say that it's fine, maybe that's because you don't want to see I don't expect you to understand [Chorus] You'd never know what it's like to be a woman You'd never know what it's like to be a girl You'd never know what it's like to be a woman You'd never know what it's like to be a girl Girl, girl, girl Girl, girl, girl