I Am Not My Hair

Is that India?
 What happened to her hair?
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 Little girl with the press and curl
 Age eight, I got a Jheri curl
 13 and I got a relaxer
 I was a source of so much laughter
 At 15 when it all broke off
 18 and I went all natural
 February 2002, I
 Went on and did what I had to do
 Because it was time to change my life
 To become the woman that I am inside
 '97 dreadlocks all gone
 I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that hey
 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 a soul that lives within
 What'd she do to her hair?
 I don't know, it look crazy
 I like it, I might do that
 Uh, I wouldn't go that far
 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 we be
 You can shave it off like a South African beauty
 Or get in on lock like Bob Marley
 You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey
 If it's not what's on your head
 It's what's underneath and say, hey
 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 a soul that lives within
 (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? Oh
 (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
 Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
 (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
 I am expressing my creativity
 Breast cancer and chemotherapy
 Took away her crown and glory
 She promised God if she was to survive
 She would enjoy every day of her life, oh
 On national television
 Her diamond eyes are sparkling
 Bald headed like a full moon shining
 Singing out to the whole wide world like, hey
 I am not my hair (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 a soul that lives within
 I am not my hair
 I am not this skin
 I am not your expectations, no, no
 I am not my hair
 I am a soul that lives within
 I am a soul that lives within
 Oh, if I wanna shave it close or I wanna rock the locks
 That'll take a bit away from the soul that I got
 If I wanna wear it braided all down my back
 I don't see nothing wrong with that