Girlfriends movie - I'm Not My Hair lyrics
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(Spoken)<br>
Is that India? What happened to her hair?<br>
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Da da da da da<br>
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(Verse 1)<br>
Little girl with the press and curls<br>
Age 8 I got a jerry curl<br>
13 and I got a relaxer<br>
I was the source of so much laughter<br>
15 when it all broke off<br>
18 when I went all natural<br>
February 2002<br>
I went on and did what I had to do<br>
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Cuz it was time to change my life<br>
To become the woman that I am inside<br>
97 dread locs all grown<br>
I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that (hey)<br>
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(Chorus)<br>
I am not my hair<br>
I am not this skin<br>
I am not your expectations (no)<br>
I am not my hair<br>
I am not this skin<br>
I am the soul that lives within<br>
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(Spoken)<br>
What she do to her? <br>
I don?t know; it look crazy! <br>
I like it. <br>
I might do that. <br>
I wouldn?t go that far.<br>
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(Verse 2)<br>
Good hair means curls and waves.<br>
Bad hair means you look like a slave<br>
At the turn of the century<br>
Its time for us to redefine who we be<br>
You can shave it off like a South African beauty<br>
Got in on ?loc? like Bob Marley<br>
You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey<br>
It?s not what?s on your head, it?s what?s underneath (say hey)<br>
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(Chorus)<br>
I am not my hair<br>
I am not this skin<br>
I am not your expectations (no)<br>
I am not my hair<br>
I am not this skin<br>
I am the soul that lives within<br>
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Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person<br>
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend<br>
Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity<br>
Expressing my creativity<br>
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(Verse 3)<br>
Breast cancer and chemotherapy<br>
Took away her crown and glory<br>
She promised God if she was to survive<br>
She would enjoy everyday of her life<br>
On national television her diamond eyes are sparkling<br>
Baldheaded like a full moon shining<br>
Singing out to the whole wide world like hey<br>
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(Chorus)<br>
I am not my hair<br>
I am not this skin<br>
I am not your expectations (no)<br>
I am not my hair<br>
I am not this skin<br>
I am the soul that lives within<br>
(Repeat)<br>
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If I wanna shave it close or I wanna rock locs<br>
That don?t take a bit away from this soul that I got<br>
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If I wanna wear it braided all down my back<br>
I don?t see nothing wrong with that<br>
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