[ti:]I am Not My Hair
[ar:]India & Akon
[al:]
[00:02.16]Konvict...Konvict...
[00:04.02]Dat dad a dat da
[00:06.52]Dad a ooh
[00:07.94]Condict music, uh-huh
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[00:13.03]See I can kinda recall
[00:14.49]Little ways back small tryin' to bawl
[00:16.94]Always been black and my hair I tried it all
[00:19.22]I even went flat, had a gumdee curly top and all the crap, now
[00:23.57]Tryin' to be appreciated
[00:25.50]Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies
[00:28.30]Then I hit by the barber shop real quick
[00:30.49]Had em give me little twist and it drove them crazy
[00:33.54]And then I couldn't get no job
[00:35.73]Cause corporate wouldn't hire no dreadlocks
[00:38.14]Then I thought about my dogs on the block
[00:39.98]Kinda understand why they chose a stealin' rock
[00:42.77]Was it the hair that got me this far? (uh-huh)
[00:45.18]All these girls these cribs these cars (uh-huh)
[00:47.61]Hate to say it but it seem so flawed
[00:49.74]Cause success didn't come 'till i cut it all off (uh-huh)
[00:51.46]
[00:52.71]Little girl with the press and curl
[00:54.89]Age eight I got a Jheri curl
[00:57.34]Thirteen then I got a relaxer
[00:59.95]I was a source of so much laughter
[01:02.32]Fifteen when it all broke off
[01:04.54]Eighteen and then I went all natural
[01:07.18]February two thousand and two I
[01:09.66]Went and did what I had to do
[01:11.99]Cause it was time to change my life
[01:14.20]To become the women that I am inside
[01:16.92]Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
[01:19.01]Looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that
[01:21.46]Hey...
[01:22.30]
[01:23.06]I am not my hair
[01:25.17]I am not this skin
[01:27.51]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no
[01:31.90]I am not my hair
[01:34.86]I am not this skin
[01:37.38]I am a soul that lives within
[01:39.60]
[01:41.55]Good hair means curls and waves
[01:43.83]Bad hair means you look like a slave
[01:46.26]At the turn of the century
[01:48.14]It's time for us to redefine who we be
[01:50.82]You can shave it off like a South African beauty
[01:53.25]Or get in on lock like Bob Marley
[01:55.68]You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey
[01:57.99]If its not what's on your head
[01:59.27]It's what's underneath and say
[02:00.56]Hey....
[02:01.18]
[02:02.03]I am not my hair
[02:04.27]I am not this skin
[02:06.64]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no
[02:11.46]I am not my hair
[02:13.99]I am not this skin
[02:16.46]I am a soul that lives within
[02:18.05]
[02:20.45]Who cares if you don't like that
[02:22.46]With nothin' to lose post it with a wave cap
[02:24.76]When the cops tryin' to harass
[02:26.19]Cause I got waves
[02:27.27]But he's sayin' nothin' like that
[02:28.51]Not in my days (noo...)
[02:30.56]Now you gotta change all feeling's
[02:32.35]Based on one another by their appearance
[02:35.07]Yes, India I feel ya girl
[02:37.06]Now go on and talk the rest of the world
[02:39.26]
[02:40.21](oh, oh, oh)
[02:41.94]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?
[02:45.32](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:46.79]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? nooo...
[02:49.41](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:51.68]Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
[02:54.35](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:56.02]I am expressing my creativity...
[02:58.40]
[02:59.72]Breast cancer and chemotherapy
[03:01.94]Took away her crown and glory
[03:04.32]She promised God if she was to survive
[03:06.75]She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh...
[03:09.20]On national television
[03:11.63]Her diamond eyes are sparkling
[03:14.26]Bald headed like a full moon shining
[03:16.64]Singing out to the whole wide world like
[03:18.68]Hey...
[03:19.90]
[03:20.39]I am not my hair
[03:22.42]I am not this skin
[03:24.80]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no
[03:29.67]I am not my hair
[03:32.06]I am not this skin
[03:34.88]I am a soul that lives within
[03:39.68]I am not my hair
[03:41.95]I am not this skin
[03:44.45]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no
[03:49.11]I am not my hair....
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