Cover art for Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya

Sit Still, Look Pretty

Daya
Track 8 on Sit Still, Look Pretty (Japanese Edition) 

Producers

Farrago & Scott Bruzenak
Daya expresses in this song that she doesn’t need a lover or boyfriend to live life and that she will do fine by herself. Daya wants to do better things in her life instead… Read More 
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Sit Still, Look Pretty Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Could dress up to get love, but guess what?
I'm never gonna be that girl
Who's living in a Barbie world
Could wake up in makeup and play dumb
Pretending that I need a boy
Who's gonna treat me like a toy

[Pre-Chorus]
I know the other girlies wanna wear expensive things like diamond rings
But I don't wanna be the puppet that you're playing on a string
This queen don't need a king

[Chorus]
Oh, I don't know what you been told
But this gal right here's gonna rule the world
Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be
No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty
You get off on your 9-to-5
Dream of picket fences and trophy wives
But no, I'm never gonna be 'cause I don't wanna be
No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

[Verse 2]
Mr. Right could be nice for one night
But then he wanna take control
And I would rather fly solo
That Snow White, she did right in her life
Had seven men to do the chores
'Cause that's not what a lady's for
[Pre-Chorus]
The only thing a boy's gonna give a girl for free's captivity
And I might love me some vanilla, but I'm not that sugar sweet
Call me HBIC

[Chorus]
Oh, I don't know what you been told
But this gal right here's gonna rule the world
Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be
No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty
You get off on your 9-to-5
Dream of picket fences and trophy wives
But no, I'm never gonna be 'cause I don't wanna be
No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

[Bridge]
Sure, I'm a pretty girl up in a pretty world
But they say pretty hurts
And I don't wanna sit still
I'm a pretty girl up in a pretty world
But no, I won't sit still, look pretty
Sure, I'm a pretty girl u-up in a pretty world
But they say pretty hurts
And I don't wanna sit still
I'm-I'm a pretty girl up in a pretty world
But no, I won't sit still, look pretty
[Chorus]
Oh, I don't know what you been told
But this gal right here's gonna rule the world
Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be
No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty
You get off on your 9-to-5
Dream of picket fences and trophy wives
But no, I'm never gonna be 'cause I don't wanna be
'Cause I don't wanna sit still, look pretty
Oh, I don't know what you been told
But this gal right here's gonna rule the world
Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be
No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty
You get off on your 9-to-5
Dream of picket fences and trophy wives
But no, I'm never gonna be 'cause I don't wanna be
No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

[Outro]
Sit still, look pretty
Sit still, look pretty
Sit still, look pretty
Sit still, look pretty

[Mike Campbell's inspiration]

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Daya expresses in this song that she doesn’t need a lover or boyfriend to live life and that she will do fine by herself. Daya wants to do better things in her life instead of sitting still and watching life pass her by.

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What did Daya say about "Sit Still, Look Pretty"?
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Mike Campbell (Singer-Songwriter)
via Reservoir Media
Genius Answer

‘Sit Still, Look Pretty’ relates to Daya’s experience and her message that girls and women are capable of whatever they put their minds to and that they don’t have to stick to what someone else expects of them.

Guy or girl, I think we all can relate to feeling ambitious and like we don’t want anyone to dictate what we can and can’t accomplish. On a personal note, I have a lot of strong women in my life and I consider myself a feminist, so that message resonates with me in that way as well.

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Sit Still, Look Pretty (Japanese Edition) (2016)
  1. 1.
    Dare
  2. 2.
    Legendary
  3. 3.
    I.C.Y.M.I.
  4. 4.
    Thirsty
  5. 5.
    Love of My Life
  6. 6.
    Hide Away
  7. 7.
    Cool
  8. 8.
    Sit Still, Look Pretty
  9. 9.
    Talk
  10. 10.
    U12
  11. 11.
    Words
  12. 12.
    Back to Me
  13. 13.
    Got the Feeling
  14. 14.
    We Are
  15. 15.
    Credit
  16. 16.
    Next Plane Out
  17. 17.
    All Right
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Released on
September 4, 2015
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