I Am Not My Hair-Pop Feast

[ti:I Am Not My Hair] [ar:Pop Feast] [al:21st Century Pop Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.80]Is that India Arie [00:01.78]What happened to her hair [00:02.78]Ha ha ha ha ha [00:03.94] [00:06.71]Dat dad a dat da [00:07.98]Dat dad a dat da [00:09.23]Dat dad a dat da [00:10.41]Dat dad a dat da [00:11.83]Dad a ooh [00:13.33] [00:14.12]Little girl with the press and curl [00:15.53] [00:16.47]Age eight I got a Jheri curl [00:18.06] [00:18.86]Thirteen and I got a relaxer [00:21.12]I was a source of so much laughter [00:23.07] [00:23.83]At fifteen when it all broke off [00:25.44] [00:26.08]Eighteen and went all natural [00:28.20] [00:28.76]February two thousand and two [00:30.91]I went on and did [00:32.04]What I had to do [00:32.89] [00:33.56]Because it was time to change my life [00:35.10] [00:35.74]To become the women that I am inside [00:37.40] [00:38.39]Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone [00:40.45]I looked in the mirror [00:41.60]For the first time and saw that HEY [00:43.59] [00:44.33]I am not my hair [00:45.69] [00:46.61]I am not this skin [00:48.19] [00:48.99]I am not your expectations no no [00:53.30] [00:53.97]I am not my hair [00:55.54] [00:56.40]I am not this skin [00:57.98] [00:58.68]I am a soul that lives within [01:02.21] [01:03.77]What'd she do to her hair [01:04.80]I don't know it look crazy [01:05.82] [01:06.50]I like it I might do that [01:08.64] [01:09.21]Umm I wouldn't go that far [01:10.65]I know ha ha ha ha [01:12.15] [01:12.70]Good hair means curls and waves [01:14.14] [01:15.02]Bad hair means you look like a slave [01:16.73] [01:17.26]At the turn of the century [01:18.90] [01:19.50]It's time for us to redefine who we be [01:22.06]You can shave it off [01:23.17]Like a South African beauty [01:24.48]Or get in on lock [01:25.55]Like Bob Marley [01:26.35] [01:26.96]You can rock it straight [01:28.10]Like Oprah Winfrey [01:29.30]If it's not what's on your head [01:30.42]It's what's underneath and say HEY [01:32.17] [01:33.11]I am not my hair [01:34.64] [01:35.43]I am not this skin [01:36.94] [01:37.76]I am not your expectations no no [01:42.17] [01:42.70]I am not my hair [01:44.41] [01:44.98]I am not this skin [01:46.62] [01:47.42]I am a soul that lives within [01:51.08](Whoa whoa whoa) [01:52.54] [01:53.54]Does the way I wear my hair [01:54.91]Make me a better person [01:56.16](Whoa whoa whoa) [01:57.46] [01:58.36]Does the way I wear my hair [01:59.71]Make me a better friend Oh [02:01.39](Whoa whoa whoa) [02:02.71] [02:03.26]Does the way [02:04.12]I wear my hair determine my integrity [02:05.90](Whoa whoa whoa) [02:07.28] [02:07.81]I am expressing my creativity [02:11.29]Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy [02:13.12] [02:13.72]Took away her crown and glory [02:15.31] [02:15.88]She promised God if she was to survive [02:18.34]She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh [02:21.04]On national television [02:22.74] [02:23.25]Her diamond eyes are sparkling [02:24.99] [02:25.97]Bald headed like a full moon shining [02:28.22]Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY [02:31.13] [02:31.87]I am not my hair [02:33.27] [02:34.01]I am not this skin [02:35.52] [02:36.27]I am not your expectations no no [02:40.80] [02:41.34]I am not my hair [02:42.90] [02:43.65]I am not this skin [02:45.47] [02:46.11]I am a soul that lives within [02:49.96] [02:51.21]I am not my hair [02:52.63] [02:53.33]I am not this skin [02:55.06] [02:55.76]I am not your expectations no no [03:00.11] [03:00.97]I am not my hair [03:02.45] [03:03.14]I am a soul that lives within [03:06.29] [03:09.11]If I wanna shave it close [03:10.16]Or if I wanna rock locks [03:11.42]That don't take a bit away [03:12.80] [03:13.32]From the soul that I got [03:15.34]Dat da da dat da [03:16.47]Dat da da dat da [03:17.62] [03:19.00]If I wanna where it braided [03:20.41]All down my back [03:21.30] [03:21.98]I don't see what wrong with that [03:23.79]Dat da da dat da [03:24.69]Dat da da dat da [03:25.64]Dat da da dat da [03:27.03] [03:28.36]I Am Not My Hair - Pop Feast