It’s sad that in the 21st century

  That people still judge a book by its cover

  It just goes to show you that when you’re up

  Someone always gonna try to get you down

  When they do, just smile in their face

  And that’ll make them eat their words

  Girl, don’t let it get to you

  You gotta keep that academy award winning smile

  You can’t turn everybody’s frown upside down

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  But you can smile in their face

  And make them look like a clown

  It’s so sad when they don’t get me

  They’ll try to rip the pages out

  Get frustrated and read the pages wrong

  I march to the beat of a different drum

  I sang my own song

  Just because I’m not like you

  Doesn’t mean I shouldn’t get respect too

  Girl, don’t let it get you down

  You gotta keep that academy award winning smile

  You can’t turn everybody’s frown upside down

  But you can smile in their face

  And make them look like a clown

  It’s distasteful and disgraceful to be so hateful

  And to treat others as if they’re not like you

  All the pieces of me are like the pieces of you

  We come from different walks of life

  That doesn’t mean we can’t be nice

  Girl, don’t let it get you down

  You gotta keep that academy award winning smile

  You can’t turn everybody’s frown upside down

  But you can smile in their face

  And make them look like a clown

  Girl, you gotta keep that head up

  You gotta keep that smile

  Keep on going, keep on moving, keep on grooving