I Am Not My Hair-India.Arie

[ti:I Am Not My Hair] [ar:India.Arie] [al:I Am Not My Hair] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Am Not My Hair - India.Arie [00:04.60]Lyrics by：Shannon Sanders/India.Arie/Drew Ramsey [00:09.20]Composed by：Drew Ramsey [00:13.80]Little girl with the press and curl [00:15.43] [00:15.97]Age eight I got a Jheri curl [00:18.01] [00:18.52]Thirteen and I got a relaxer [00:20.82]I was a source of so much laughter [00:23.40]At fifteen when it all broke off [00:25.80]Eighteen and went all natural [00:28.24]February 2002 [00:30.70]I went on and did what I had to do [00:33.17]Because it was time to change my life [00:35.26]To become the woman that I am inside [00:37.82]Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone [00:40.18]I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that [00:42.86]Hey hey [00:44.06]I am not my hair [00:46.29]I am not this skin [00:48.70]I am not your expectations no hey [00:53.78]I am not my hair [00:55.98]I am not this skin [00:58.54]I am the soul that lives within [01:03.71] [01:12.44]Good hair means curls and waves no [01:14.72]Bad hair means you look like a slave no [01:17.09]At the turn of the century [01:19.11]It's time for us to redefine who we be [01:21.75]You can shave it off like a South African beauty [01:24.10]Or get in on lock like Bob Marley [01:26.53]You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey [01:29.13]If it's not what's on your head [01:30.43]It's what's underneath and say [01:31.86]Hey hey [01:32.76]I am not my hair [01:34.90]I am not this skin [01:37.50]I am not your expectations no hey [01:42.62]I am not my hair [01:44.89]I am not this skin [01:47.38]I am the soul that lives within [01:51.35]Whoa whoa whoa [01:53.30]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person [01:56.32]Whoa whoa whoa [01:58.17]Does the way I wear my hair make me [01:59.81]A better friend oh [02:01.43]Whoa whoa whoa [02:03.05]Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity [02:05.67]Whoa whoa whoa [02:07.85]I am expressing my creativity [02:09.62]Whoa whoa whoa [02:11.05]Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy [02:13.22]Took away her crown and glory [02:15.57]She promised God if she was to survive [02:18.01]She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh [02:20.91]On national television [02:22.94]Her diamond eyes are sparkling [02:25.08] [02:25.59]Bald headed like a full moon shining [02:27.86]Singing out to the whole wide world like hey [02:31.29]I am not my hair [02:33.04] [02:33.72]I am not this skin [02:36.30]I am not your expectations no hey [02:41.04]I am not my hair [02:43.36]I am not this skin [02:46.04]I am the soul that lives within [02:50.74]I am not my hair [02:53.07]I am not this skin [02:55.61]I am not your expectations no hey [03:00.36]I am not my hair [03:02.46] [03:03.11]I am not soul [03:05.39]I am the soul that lives within [03:08.86]If I wanna shave it close [03:10.15]Or if I wanna rock locks [03:11.46]That don't take a bit away [03:12.86]From the soul that I got [03:14.91]Dat da da dat da [03:15.84]Dat da da dat da [03:16.66]Dat da da dat da [03:17.47]Dat da da dat da [03:18.68]If I wanna where it braided [03:20.22]All down my back [03:21.43]I don't see what wrong with that [03:23.31]Dat da da dat da [03:24.14]Dat da da dat da [03:24.99]Dat da da dat da [03:25.86]Dat da da dat da