I Am Not My Hair chords by
India.arie And Akon

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

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See,

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I can kinda recall a lil' ways back

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Small, tryin' to ball,

always been black

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And my hair, I tried it all I even went flat

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Had a lumpy curly top and all that crap, now

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Just tryin' to be ap preciated

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Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies

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And I hit the barber shop real quick

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Had 'em give me lil' twist and it

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drove 'em crazy (crazy)

Then I couldn't get no job

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'Cause corporate wouldn't

hire no dreadlocks

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Then I thought about my

dogs from the block

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Kinda understand why

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they chose to steal and rob

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Was it the hair that got me this far

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All these girls these cribs these cars?

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I hate to say it but it seem so flawed

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'Cause suc cess didn't

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come till I cut it all off

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Little girl with the press and curl

Verse 2

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Age eight, I got a Jheri curl

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Thirteen, and I got a relaxer

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I was a source of so much

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laughter

At fifteen when it all broke off

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Eighteen and went all natural

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February, 2002

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I went on and did what I had to do

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Because it was time to

change my life

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To become the woman that I am inside

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Ninety- seven dreadlocks all gone

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I looked in the mirror for the

Verse 3

first time and saw that

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Hey (hey)

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I am not my hair

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I am not this skin

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I am not your expectations, no (hey)

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I am not my hair

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I am not this skin

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I am the soul that lives within

Verse 4

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Good hair means curls and waves (no)

Bad hair means you look

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like a slave (no)

At the turn of the century

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It's time for us to redefine who we be

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You can shave it off like

a South African beauty

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Or get in on lock like Bob Marley

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You can rock it straight

like Oprah Winfrey

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If it's not what's on your head,

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it's what's underneath, and say

Verse 5

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Hey (hey)

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I am not my hair

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I am not this skin

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I am not your expectations, no (hey)

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I am not my hair

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I am not this skin

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I am the soul that lives within

Verse 6

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Who cares if you don't like that? With

nothin' to lose,

postin' with the wave cap

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And the cops wanna harass

'cause I got waves

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Ain't see nothin' like that in all my days

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Man, you gotta change

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all these feelings

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Steady judging one another

by their appearance

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Yes, India, I feel ya, girl

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Now go ahead,

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talk to the rest of the world 'cause

Verse 7

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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)

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Does the way I wear my hair make me

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a better person?

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Does the way I wear my hair make me

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a better friend? Oh

(Whoa, whoa, whoa)

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Does the way I wear my hair determine

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my integrity?

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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)

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I am expressing my creativity

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(Whoa, whoa, whoa)

Verse 8

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Breast cancer and chemotherapy

Took away her crownin' glory

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She promised God if she was to survive

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She would en joy every day of her life, oh

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On national television

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Her diamond eyes are sparkling

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Bald- headed like a full moon shining

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Singing out to the whole

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wide world like, hey

Verse 9

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Hey (hey) I

am not my hair

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I am not this skin

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I am not your ex pectations, no (hey)

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I am not my hair

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I am not this skin

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I am the soul that lives within

Verse 10

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Hey (hey) I am not my

hair

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I am not this skin

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I am not your expectations,

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no (hey)

I am not my hair

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I am not this skin

I am the soul that lives within

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