INDIA.ARIE Lyrics, I AM NOT MY HAIR (v.1)

India.Arie I am not my Hair Lyrics:
(Spoken)
Is that India? What
happened to her hair?

Da da da da da

(Verse 1)
Little girl with the press and curls
Age 8 I got a jerry curl
13 and I got a relaxer
I was the source of so much laughter
15 when it all broke off
18 when I went all natural
February 2002
I went on and did what I had to do

Cuz it was time to change my life
To become the woman that I am inside
97 dread locs all grown
I looked in the mirror for
the first time and saw
that (hey)

(Chorus)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within

(Spoken)
What she do to her?
I don’t know; it look crazy!
I like it.
I might do that.
I wouldn’t go that far.

(Verse 2)
Good hair means curls and waves.
Bad hair means you look like a slave
At the turn of the century
Its time for us to redefine who we be
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You can shave it off like an
South African beauty
Got in on “loc” like Bob Marley
You can rock it straight
like Oprah Winfrey
It’s not what’s on your head,
it’s what’s underneath (and say hey)

(Chorus)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within

(Bridge)
Does the way I wear my hair
make me a better person
Does the way I wear my hair
make me a better friend
Does the way I wear my hair
determine my integrity
Expressing my creativity

(Verse 3)
Breast cancer and chemotherapy
Took away her crown and glory
She promised God if she was to survive
She would enjoy everyday of her life
On national television her
diamond eyes are sparkling
Baldheaded like a full moon shining
Singing out to the whole
wide world like hey

(Chorus)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
(Repeat)

If I wanna shave it close
or I wanna rock locs
That don’t take a bit away from
this soul that I got

If I wanna wear it
braided all down my back
I don’t see nothing wrong with that
Lyrics: I am not my Hair, India.Arie [end]

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