[ti:I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix)]
[ar:India Arie]
[al:]

[00:02.57]Konvict
[00:07.58]Konvict Music uh huh
[00:12.98]See I can kind of recall a lil ways back
[00:15.56]Small tryin to ball always been black
[00:18.01]And my hair I tried it all I even went flat
[00:20.46]Had a gummy curled on top and all that crap (o oh)
[00:23.92]Just tryin to be appreciated
[00:25.89]Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies
[00:28.25]Never hit the barber shop real quick
[00:30.68]Had a mini lil twist and it drove her crazy (crazy)
[00:33.98]Then I couldnt get no job
[00:36.07]Cuz corporate wouldn't hire no dreadlocks
[00:38.57]Then I thought about my dogs on the block
[00:40.86]Kinda understand why they chose to steal and rob
[00:43.70]Was it the hair that got me this far?
[00:46.10]All these girls these cribs these cars?
[00:48.70]I hate to say it but it seem so flawed
[00:50.89]Success didnt come til I cut it all off
[00:53.22]Little girl with the press and curl
[00:56.25]Age eight I got a Jheri curl
[00:58.80]Thirteen and I got a relaxer
[01:01.26]I was a source of so much laughter
[01:03.84]At fifteen when it all broke off
[01:06.31]Eighteen and I went all natural
[01:09.00]February two thousand and two
[01:11.29]I went on and did
[01:12.37]What I had to do
[01:14.02]Because it was time to change my life
[01:16.35]To become the women that I am inside
[01:19.04]Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
[01:21.31]I looked in the mirror
[01:22.98]For the first time and saw that HEY,
[01:25.04]I am not my hair
[01:27.61]I am not this skin
[01:30.16]I am not your expectations no no
[01:35.16]I am not my hair
[01:37.65]I am not this skin
[01:40.28]I am a soul that lives within
[01:44.55]Good hair means curls and waves
[01:46.94]Bad hair means you look like a slave
[01:49.41]At the turn of the century
[01:51.63]It's time for us to redefine who we be
[01:53.85]You can shave it off
[01:54.91]Like a South African beauty
[01:56.55]Or get in on lock
[01:57.87]Like Bob Marley
[01:59.22]You can rock it straight
[02:00.44]Like Oprah Winfrey
[02:01.67]If it's not what's on your head
[02:02.97]It's what's underneath and say HEY,
[02:05.52]I am not my hair
[02:08.02]I am not this skin
[02:10.50]I am not your expectations no no
[02:15.52]I am not my hair
[02:18.14]I am not this skin
[02:20.79]I am a soul that lives within
[02:25.05]Who cares if you don't like that
[02:26.91]With nothin to lose postin with the wave cap
[02:29.54]And the cops want to harass because I got waves
[02:31.99]Ain't see nothin like that in all my days (o oh)
[02:35.07]And you gotta change all this feelings
[02:36.81]They be judging one another by their appearance
[02:38.63]Yes India, i feel ya girl
[02:40.62]Now go 'head talk to the rest of the world because,
[02:43.08](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:45.09]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?
[02:47.99](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:50.21]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? Oooh
[02:52.93](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:55.29]Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
[02:57.66](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:59.86]I am expressing my creativity,
[03:01.55](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[03:02.82]Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
[03:05.06]Took away her crown and glory
[03:07.61]She promised God if she was to survive
[03:10.10]She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh
[03:12.84]On national television
[03:15.16]Her diamond eyes are sparkling
[03:17.70]Bald headed like a full moon shining
[03:20.21]Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY,
[03:23.67]I am not my hair
[03:26.23]I am not this skin
[03:28.81]I am not your expectations no no
[03:33.76]I am not my hair
[03:36.30]I am not this skin
[03:39.45]I am a soul that lives within