Destiny’s Child

Released: May 1, 2001

Songwriter: Ken Fambro Beyoncé

Producer: Ken Fambro Beyoncé

[Intro]
Destiny's Child

[Chorus: Destiny's Child]
Please dry your eyes, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame, soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize your beauty

[Verse 1: Kelly]
It was a Saturday, this cold afternoon
Inside this house there lived a frightened young girl
She didn't know what she should do
'Cause she missed her mother so
She was left home all alone with her stepfather

[Chorus: Destiny's Child]
Please dry your eyes, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame, soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize your beauty

[Verse 2: Beyoncé]
He touched her places that he shouldn't have touched
He did some things to her that he shouldn't have done
So she ran into her room, paged her mother, 9-1-1
And the tragedy began for this young girl
She told her mother, her family and friends
No one believed her, 'cause before this happened
She was filled with hate and anger towards her step father
Cause he took her mother from her when they married

[Chorus: Destiny's Child (Beyoncé)]
Please dry your eyes, young girl (Please, young girl)
Don't cry, you're beautiful (You're beautiful)
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame, soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize your beauty

[Verse 3: Kelly, with Destiny's Child, Beyoncé]
She looked for her father in the men that she saw
Thought that all she had to offer was her body
No one could figure out why this young girl would live her life
In such pain and unhappiness cause she was so beautiful
She rebelled and one day the young girl fell in love
With another man like her stepdad
He abused her emotionally
And made her feel like she was worthless
I hope one day she realizes and see the beauty in her eyes
All she needs is prayer and strength
Cause she's beautiful

[Chorus: Destiny's Child (Beyoncé)]
Please dry your eyes, young girl (I can't bear to see you cry)
Don't cry, you're beautiful (One more time)
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful (It's not your fault what he did to you)
You're not the one to blame, soon it will be okay
(I promise you'll be ok)
One day you'll realize your beauty

Please dry your eyes, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful (Don't you know I love you girl)
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame, soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize your beauty

[Outro]
Don't hold your head down low
You've got so much, so much
So much, so much, so much to be proud of
You can still live your life
I promise you, you'll survive
Girl, I love you
You're beautiful

A girl group founded and managed by Matthew Knowles, father of its most famous member and current pop icon Beyoncé. Destiny’s Child was an R&B girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams.

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