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INDIA.ARIE - I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix)
 Complimentary "I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix)" Ringtone 
(Feat. Akon)
[Akon]
Konvict Konvict Konvict
[India]
Da da da da da da [x4]
[Akon]
Yea. Konvict music. uh huh.
See I can kinda recall
A lil' ways back
Small, tryin'a ball
Always been black
And my hair I tried to doll
I even went flat
Had a bumby curl on top and all that crap (ooh!)
I was tryna be appreciated
Nappy headed brothas neva had no ladies
Then I hit the barbershop real quick
Had em gimme lil' twists
And I drove em crazy (crazy)
Then I couldn't get no jobs
Corporate wouldn't hire no dread locks (ooh yea)
Then I thought about my dawgs on the block
Kinda understand why they chose to still in rock (uh huh)
Was it the hair that got me this far? (uh huh)
All these girls, these cribs, these cars? (uh huh)
I hate to say it but it seems so flaw
Cause success didn't come til I cut it all off
(uh huh)
[India]
Little girl with the press and curl
Age eight I got a Jheri curl
Thirteen and I got a relaxer
I was the source of so much laughter
Fifteen when it all broke off
Eighteen when I went all natural
February two thousand and two,
I went on and did what I had to do (oh)
Because it was time to change my life
To become the woman that I am inside
Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that hey!...
[Chorus]
I am not my hair.
I am not this skin.
I am not your expectations, no no.
I am not my hair.
I am not this skin.
I am the soul that lives within.
Good hair means curls and waves.
Bad hair means you look like a slave.
At the turn of the century,
It's time for us to redefine who be
You can shave it off like a South African beauty
Got it on lock like Bob Marley
You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey
It's not what's on your hair, it's what's underneath
And say hey!...
[Chorus]
I am not my hair.
I am not this skin.
I am not your expectations, no.
I am not my hair.
I am not this skin.
I am the soul that lives within.
[Akon]
Ooh yes, if you don't like that
Wit nuttin to lose, posted wit the wave cap
The cops wanna harass cause I got waves
I ain't seen nuttin like that in all my days
(Oooh)
Then you gotta change all this 'ference
Steady judgin' one another by their appearance
Yes, India, I feel ya girl
Now gon' head talk to the rest of the world cuz....
[India]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?
whoa, whoa, whoa
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend?
Oooooh. (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
whoa, whoa, whoa (oooh)
I am expressing my creativity!
whoa, whoa, whoa
Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
Took away her crown and glory
She promised God if she was to survive
She would enjoy everyday of her life (Ooh)
On national television
Her diamond eyes are sparklin'
Bald headed like a full moon shinin'
Singing out to the whole wide world like heyyy!....
[Chorus]
I am not my hair.
I am not this skin. (I am not this skinnn)
I am not your expectations, no (no!!)
I am not my hair. (ooooh)
I am not this skin. (oooh)
I am a soul that lives within
(Oooooooh)
[Fades out]
I am not my hair.
I am not this skin.
I am not your expectations, no, no.
I am not my hair...
Thanks to AJ for these lyrics
Complimentary "I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix)" Ringtone
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