I Am Not My Hair (Featuring Akon) - India.Arie,Akon

[00:00.000] 作词 : ARIE, INDIA/MOORE, ALECIA B/RAMSEY, ANDREW/SANDERS, SHANNON
[00:01.000] 作曲 : India.Arie/Shannon Sanders/Drew Ramsey
[00:09.98]See I can kinda recall little ways back
[00:12.28]Small tryin' to bawl always been black
[00:14.69]And my hair I tried it all, I even went flat
[00:17.04]Had a gumdee curly top and all the crap now
[00:19.82]Just tryin' to be appreciated
[00:22.18]Nappy headed brothers never had no latest
[00:24.43]Then I hit the barber shop real quick
[00:26.84]Had 'em gimme little twist and it drove them crazy
[00:30.28]And then I couldn't get no job
[00:32.14]This corporate wouldn't hire no dreadlocks
[00:34.95]Then I thought about my dogs on the block
[00:36.91]Kinda understand why they chose a stealin' rock
[00:39.61]Was it the hair that got me this far?
[00:42.02]All these girls, these cribs, these cars
[00:44.38]I hate to say it but it seem so flaw
[00:46.64]'Cause success didn't come 'til I cut it all off
[00:49.45]Little girl with the press and curl
[00:51.65]Age eight I got a Jheri curl
[00:54.11]Thirteen and I got a relaxer
[00:56.57]I was a source of so much laughter
[00:59.23]And fifteen when it all broke off
[01:01.49]Eighteen and I went all natural
[01:03.90]February two thousand and two I
[01:05.96]Went on and did what I had to do
[01:08.77]Because it was time to change my life
[01:10.73]To become the woman that I am inside
[01:13.73]Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
[01:15.70]I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that
[01:18.27]Hey, hey, I am not my hair, I am not this skin
[01:24.31]I am not your expectations, no, no
[01:29.45]I am not my hair, I am not this skin
[01:34.06]I am a soul that lives within
[01:38.43]Good hair means curls and waves
[01:40.46]Bad hair means you look like a slave
[01:42.93]At the turn of the century
[01:44.95]It's time for us to redefine who we be
[01:47.62]You be shaving it off like a South African beauty
[01:50.09]Get in on lock like Bob Marley
[01:52.35]You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey
[01:54.83]If its not what's on your head
[01:55.89]it's what's underneath and say, hey
[01:58.10]Hey, I am not my hair, I am not this skin
[02:03.34]I am not your expectation, no
[02:08.19]I am not my hair, I am not this skin
[02:13.12]I am a soul that lives within
[02:17.44]Who cares if you don't like that
[02:19.22]With nothin' to lose post it with a wave cap
[02:21.54]When the cops wanna harass 'cause I got waves
[02:24.00]Ain't seen nothin' like that, not in my days
[02:27.05]Man, you gotta change all feelings
[02:29.07]Steady judging one another by their appearance
[02:31.44]Yes, India, I feel ya girl
[02:33.81]Now go 'head talk the rest of the world
[02:38.70]Does the way I wear my hair
[02:40.06]Make me a better person?
[02:43.60]Does the way I wear my hair
[02:44.85]Make me a better friend?
[02:48.48]Does the way I wear my hair
[02:49.68]Determine my integrity?
[02:51.29]I am expressing my creativity
[02:56.47]Breast cancer and chemotherapy
[02:58.80]Took away her crown and glory
[03:01.01]She promised God if she was to survive
[03:03.43]She would enjoy everyday of her life
[03:05.64]On national television
[03:08.36]Her diamond eyes are sparkling
[03:10.92]Bald headed like a full moon shining
[03:13.24]Singing out to the whole wide world like, hey
[03:16.25]Hey, I am not my hair, I am not this skin
[03:21.48]I am not your expectations, no
[03:26.63]I am not my hair, I am not this skin
[03:36.44]I am not my hair, I am not this skin
[03:41.18]I am not your expectations, no, no
[03:45.90]I am not my hair, I am not this skin