I should be thin to look good in pictures
I should look good to sell my name
I should sell my name to sell my music
And manage all this without going insane

I should be tall to wear nice clothing
I should be nice to make new friends
I should be friends with all the right people
'Cause without contacts all this ends

These are the facts I'm telling you
of what I need to be to succeed
And as a matter of fact, uu...
If my soul's not enough, then what is?

I should be black to be a soul singer
White people don't have credibility
And I should wrap around my finger
everyone with my sex-appeal

I should be smart, fortell the future
Impress everyone with my business-sense
I should be Queen and yet stay humble
And stay in touch with my oldest friends

These are the facts I'm telling you
of what I need to be to succeed
And as a matter of fact, uu...
If my soul's not enough, then what is?

There's nothing wrong in self-improvement,
but without acceptance it just won't do
All you do is treat me with contemptment
I guess I'll never be good enough for you...

...

These are the facts I'm telling you
of what I need to be to succeed
And as a matter of fact, uu...
If my soul's not enough, then what is?

These are the facts I'm telling you
of what I need to be to succeed
And as a matter of fact, uu...
As the matter of all facts, uu...
As the matter of all facts, ee...

If my soul's not enough, then what is?
If my soul's not enough, then what is?
If my soul's not enough, then what is?