I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix) - India.Arie

I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix) LRC歌词

[00:00.000] 作词 : ARIE, INDIA/MOORE, ALECIA B/RAMSEY, ANDREW/SANDERS, SHANNON

[00:02.16]Konvict...Konvict...

[00:04.02]Dat dad a dat da

[00:06.52]Dad a ooh

[00:07.94]Condict music, uh-huh

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[00:13.03]See I can kinda recall

[00:14.49]Little ways back small tryin' to bawl

[00:16.94]Always been black and my hair I tried it all

[00:19.22]I even went flat, had a gumdee curly top and all the crap, now

[00:23.57]Tryin' to be appreciated

[00:25.50]Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies

[00:28.30]Then I hit by the barber shop real quick

[00:30.49]Had em give me little twist and it drove them crazy

[00:33.54]And then I couldn't get no job

[00:35.73]Cause corporate wouldn't hire no dreadlocks

[00:38.14]Then I thought about my dogs on the block

[00:39.98]Kinda understand why they chose a stealin' rock

[00:42.77]Was it the hair that got me this far? (uh-huh)

[00:45.18]All these girls these cribs these cars (uh-huh)

[00:47.61]Hate to say it but it seem so flawed

[00:49.74]Cause success didn't come 'till i cut it all off (uh-huh)

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[00:52.71]Little girl with the press and curl

[00:54.89]Age eight I got a Jheri curl

[00:57.34]Thirteen then I got a relaxer

[00:59.95]I was a source of so much laughter

[01:02.32]Fifteen when it all broke off

[01:04.54]Eighteen and then I went all natural

[01:07.18]February two thousand and two I

[01:09.66]Went and did what I had to do

[01:11.99]Cause it was time to change my life

[01:14.20]To become the women that I am inside

[01:16.92]Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone

[01:19.01]Looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that

[01:21.46]Hey...

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[01:23.06]I am not my hair

[01:25.17]I am not this skin

[01:27.51]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no

[01:31.90]I am not my hair

[01:34.86]I am not this skin

[01:37.38]I am a soul that lives within

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[01:41.55]Good hair means curls and waves

[01:43.83]Bad hair means you look like a slave

[01:46.26]At the turn of the century

[01:48.14]It's time for us to redefine who we be

[01:50.82]You can shave it off like a South African beauty

[01:53.25]Or get in on lock like Bob Marley

[01:55.68]You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey

[01:57.99]If its not what's on your head

[01:59.27]It's what's underneath and say

[02:00.56]Hey....

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[02:02.03]I am not my hair

[02:04.27]I am not this skin

[02:06.64]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no

[02:11.46]I am not my hair

[02:13.99]I am not this skin

[02:16.46]I am a soul that lives within

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[02:20.45]Who cares if you don't like that

[02:22.46]With nothin' to lose post it with a wave cap

[02:24.76]When the cops tryin' to harass

[02:26.19]Cause I got waves

[02:27.27]But he's sayin' nothin' like that

[02:28.51]Not in my days (noo...)

[02:30.56]Now you gotta change all feeling's

[02:32.35]Based on one another by their appearance

[02:35.07]Yes, India I feel ya girl

[02:37.06]Now go on and talk the rest of the world

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[02:40.21](oh, oh, oh)

[02:41.94]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?

[02:45.32](Whoa, whoa, whoa)

[02:46.79]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? nooo...

[02:49.41](Whoa, whoa, whoa)

[02:51.68]Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?

[02:54.35](Whoa, whoa, whoa)

[02:56.02]I am expressing my creativity...

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[02:59.72]Breast cancer and chemotherapy

[03:01.94]Took away her crown and glory

[03:04.32]She promised God if she was to survive

[03:06.75]She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh...

[03:09.20]On national television

[03:11.63]Her diamond eyes are sparkling

[03:14.26]Bald headed like a full moon shining

[03:16.64]Singing out to the whole wide world like

[03:18.68]Hey...

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[03:20.39]I am not my hair

[03:22.42]I am not this skin

[03:24.80]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no

[03:29.67]I am not my hair

[03:32.06]I am not this skin

[03:34.88]I am a soul that lives within

[03:39.68]I am not my hair

[03:41.95]I am not this skin

[03:44.45]I am not your ex-pec-tations no no

[03:49.11]I am not my hair....

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