I Am Not My Hair - India.Arie

[00:00.205]Is that India. Arie? What happened to her hair? Ha ha ha ha ha
[00:03.200]Dat dad a dat da [4x] Dad a ooh
[00:12.944]Little girl with the press and curl
[00:15.504]Age eight I got a Jheri curl
[00:17.724]Thirteen I got a relaxer
[00:20.362]I was a source of so much laughter
[00:22.713]At fifteen when it all broke off
[00:25.300]Eighteen and went all natural
[00:27.886]February 2002
[00:30.263]I went and did
[00:31.386]What I had to do
[00:32.692]Because it was time to change my life
[00:34.886]To become the women that I am inside
[00:37.473]Ninety-seven dreadlock all gone
[00:39.562]I looked in the mirror
[00:40.973]For the first time and saw that hey....
[00:43.376]I am not my hair
[00:45.832]I am not this skin
[00:48.313]I am not your expectations no no
[00:53.015]I am not my hair
[00:55.549]I am not this skin
[00:58.083]I am a soul that lives within
[01:03.308]What'd she do to her hair? I don't know it look crazy
[01:05.711]I like it. I might do that. Umm I wouldn't go that far. I know. Ha ha ha ha
[01:11.745]Good hair means curls and waves
[01:14.279]Bad hair means you look like a slave
[01:16.708]At the turn of the century
[01:18.694]It’s time for us to redefine who we be
[01:21.228]You can shave it off
[01:22.403]Like a South African beauty
[01:23.735]Or get in on lock
[01:24.911]Like Bob Marley
[01:26.139]You can rock it straight
[01:27.314]Like Oprah Winfrey
[01:28.594]If it's not what's on your head
[01:30.083]It’s what's underneath and say hey....
[01:32.147]I am not my hair
[01:34.628]I am not this skin
[01:37.006]I am not your expectations no no
[01:41.891]I am not my hair
[01:44.451]I am not this skin
[01:47.220]I am a soul that lives within
[01:51.895](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[01:52.679]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?
[01:55.971](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[01:57.590]Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? Oooh
[02:00.777](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:02.266]Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
[02:05.322](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:06.916]I am expressing my creativity.
[02:09.188](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[02:10.573]Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
[02:12.820]Took away her crown and glory
[02:15.144]She promised God if she was to survive
[02:17.574]She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh
[02:20.055]On national television
[02:22.537]Her diamond eyes are sparkling
[02:25.019]Bald headed like a full moon shining
[02:27.213]Singing out to the whole wide world like hey...
[02:30.766]I am not my hair
[02:33.352]I am not this skin
[02:35.833]I am not your expectations no no
[02:40.457]I am not my hair
[02:43.095]I am not this skin
[02:46.073]I am a soul that lives within
[02:50.384]I am not my hair
[02:52.865]I am not this skin
[02:55.373]I am not your expectations no no
[03:00.075]I am not my hair
[03:02.609]I am not this skin
[03:05.117]I am a soul that lives within
[03:08.722]If I wanna shave it close
[03:09.897]Or if I wanna rock locks
[03:11.177]That don't take a bit away
[03:12.692]From the soul that I got
[03:14.207]Dat da da dat da [4x]
[03:18.361]If I wanna where it braided
[03:19.719]All down my back
[03:21.417]I don't see what wrong with that
[03:23.428]Dat da da dat da [4x]