[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
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[03:28.36]I Am Not My Hair - Pop Feast