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

[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 [00:12.24] [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) [00:51.46] [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... [01:22.30] [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 [01:39.60] [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.... [02:01.18] [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 [02:18.05] [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 [02:39.26] [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... [02:58.40] [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... [03:19.90] [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.... [03:51.46]