Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song I Am Not My Hair, artist - India.Arie. Date of issue: 31.12.2005
Record label: Motown, Universal Music
Song language: English
I Am Not My Hair |
| Is that India. |
| Arie? |
| What happened to her hair? |
| Ha ha ha ha ha Dat dad a dat da Dad a ooh |
| Little girl with the press and curl |
| Age eight I got a Jheri curl |
| Thirteen I got a relaxer |
| I was a source of so much laughter |
| At fifteen when it all broke off |
| Eighteen and went all natural |
| February two thousand and two |
| I went and did |
| What I had to do Because it was time to change my life |
| To become the women that I am inside |
| Ninety-seven dreadlock all gone |
| I looked in the mirror |
| For the first time and saw that HEY… |
| I am not my hair |
| I am not this skin |
| I am not your expectations no no |
| I am not my hair |
| I ma not this skin |
| I am a soul that lives within |
| What’d she do to her hair? |
| I don’t know it look crazy |
| I like it. |
| I might do that. |
| Umm I wouldn’t go that far. |
| I know. |
| ha ha ha ha 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 You can shave it off |
| Like a South African beauty |
| Or get in on lock |
| Like Bob Marley |
| You can rock it straight |
| Like Oprah Winfrey |
| If its not what’s on your head |
| Its what’s underneath and say HEY… |
| (Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
| Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person? |
| (Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
| Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? |
| Oooh |
| (Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
| Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity? |
| (Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
| I am expressing my creativity. |
| (Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
| 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 ooh |
| On national television |
| Her diamond eyes are sparkling |
| Bald headed like a full moon shining |
| Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY… |
| If I wanna shave it close |
| Or if I wanna rock locks |
| That don’t take a bit away |
| From the soul that I got |
| Dat da da dat da If I wanna where it braided |
| All down my back |
| I don’t see what wrong with that |
| Dat da da dat da Is that India. |
| Arie? |
| Ooh look she cut her hair! |
| I like that, its kinda PHAT |
| I don’t know if I could do it. |
| But it looks sharp, it looks nice on her |
| She got a nice shaped head |
| She got an apple head |
| I know right? |
| It’s perfect. |