[Talking:]
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Is that India.Arie? What happened to her hair? Ha ha ha ha ha
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Dat dad a dat da [4x] Dad a ooh
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[Verse 1]
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Little girl with the press and curl
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Age eight I got a Jheri curl
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Thirteen I got a relaxer
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I was a source of so much laughter
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At fifteen when it all broke off
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Eighteen and went all natural
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February two thousand and two
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I went and did
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What I had to do
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Because it was time to change my life
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To become the women that I am inside
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Ninety-seven dreadlock all gone
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I looked in the mirror
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For the first time and saw that HEY....
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[Chorus]
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I am not my hair
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I am not this skin
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I am not your expectations no no
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I am not my hair
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I ma not this skin
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I am a soul that lives within
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[Talking:]
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What'd she do to her hair? I don't know it look crazy
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I like it. I might do that.
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Umm I wouldn't go that far. I know .. ha ha ha ha
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[Verse 2]
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Good hair means curls and waves
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Bad hair means you look like a slave
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At the turn of the century
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Its time for us to redefine who we be
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You can shave it off
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Like a South African beauty
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Or get in on lock
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Like Bob Marley
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You can rock it straight
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Like Oprah Winfrey
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If its not what's on your head
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Its what's underneath and say HEY....
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[Chorus]
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[Bridge]
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
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Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
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Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? Oooh
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
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Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
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I am expressing my creativity..
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
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[Verse 3]
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Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
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Took away her crown and glory
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She promised God if she was to survive
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She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh
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On national television
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Her diamond eyes are sparkling
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Bald headed like a full moon shining
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Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY...
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[Chorus 2x]
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[Ad lib]
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If I wanna shave it close
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Or if I wanna rock locks
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That don't take a bit away
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From the soul that I got
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Dat da da dat da [4x]
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If I wanna where it braided
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All down my back
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I don't see what wrong with that
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Dat da da dat da [4x]
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[Talking:]
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Is that India.Arie?
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Ooh look she cut her hair!
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I like that, its kinda PHAT
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I don't know if I could do it.
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But it looks sharp, it looks nice on her
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She got a nice shaped head
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She got an apple head
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I know right?
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It's perfect.
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I Am Not My Hair
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India Arie |