Lizzo Wants You to Love Your Body

Brut America

"It's just accepting yourself, it's not rocket science." Lizzo spoke to Brut about being a role model for body positivity and self-love.

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00:00How do you want to live your life?

00:01Do you want to be unhappy with yourself every f***ing day?

00:04Or do you want to be happy with the body you were given

00:08and the person that you are?

00:10It's just accepting yourself.

00:11It's not rocket science.

00:12It's hard because they made it hard,

00:15not because it's naturally hard, you know?

00:26I got teased.

00:27I got made fun of.

00:28I was sad.

00:29I didn't want to look like myself.

00:31I wanted to be somebody else.

00:32Like, that's just a part of it, you know?

00:35You look at magazines and you think of things you want to change.

00:38You think of things that you want to fix on your body.

00:41Going to school every day did not make me happy.

00:44Having to listen to my parents didn't make me happy.

00:48Puberty didn't make me happy.

00:52Sweating a bunch and all of that s*** that sucked.

00:55Not knowing if anyone liked me.

00:58All of that uncertainty that comes with youth didn't really make me happy.

01:02And the older I got, I realized that all of those things

01:05that didn't make me happy were gone.

01:07Don't nobody tell me what to do, you know?

01:10I've bought all the things that make me look nice

01:13and I smell good and I like my body

01:16and I've settled into myself and my hormones.

01:19I don't got to go to f***ing school no more.

01:21I go to work and I do a job that makes me happy.

01:24Just find s*** that makes you happy

01:26and all of the s*** that's kind of a bummer right now,

01:30give it time and you'll look around and it'll be gone

01:33and you'll be surrounded by your friends,

01:35you know, having a f***ing drink and laughing

01:39and then having kids, making them go through that s***.

01:43It's just a circle of life, man.

01:45I think you got to think about life as bigger than the day.

01:48It's not just today.

01:49Like, live in the moment but, you know,

01:52don't just, you know, be a victim to the moment.

01:55You know, you have the promise of tomorrow

01:57to have a fresh start and to be better.

02:09I got to take this bra off.

02:10The notes to the body, press the notes here or whatever.

02:13I got to take my f***ing bra off.

02:16It hurts.

02:16The longer you deal with yourself,

02:18the more you accept it, you know,

02:23just like with anything.

02:24Just like with that bra, you know,

02:26the longer I wear that bra, the more I deal with the pain.

02:29But, you know, you have a choice.

02:31You can take the bra off

02:32or you can live your whole life in pain.

02:34And I think that the bra is a metaphor of,

02:38you know, societal pressure to conform.

02:44You just got to find your own story.

02:47Find your own success story.

02:48You know, you can't have my success story,

02:51you know, but you can have your own.

02:52And I think that's the beauty of it.

02:54You just got to do it yourself.

02:56And that's because we don't want to really do anything ourselves

03:00because we're sold on this idea that, like,

03:03there's a magic pill or there's a magic machine.

03:06If you don't care about my message, you don't have to.

03:09This is for people who need to hear it.

03:11And if that was one person, that would have been cool.

03:14But luckily, it's millions of people

03:17because I think millions of people

03:18just want to feel better about themselves.

03:22And I think that's the beauty of it.

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