Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?

[undergroundrailroad]

The beautiful India.Arie has a hit song that flows like a poem. It addresses black women and their hair ("I AM NOT MY HAIR") and she sings it better than I can say it. The main hook is that we, as blacks, should NOT be defined by our hair or skin. We should be defined by the beauty within, our soul. I have to say the lyrics are close to my own personal experience with my hair and the song rocks! You can purchase the song online at at BARNES & NOBLE ($3.49). Want to hear it first (for free)? Go here. Enjoy!

Here are the lyrics:

INDIA.ARIE LYRICS

I Am Not My Hair



Is that India.Arie? What happened to her hair? Ha ha ha ha ha
Dat dad a dat da <4x> Dad a ooh


Little girl with the press and curl
Age eight I got a Jheri curl
Thirteen I got a relaxer
I was a source of so much laughter
At fifteen when it all broke off
Eighteen and went all natural
February two thousand and two
I went and did
What I had to do
Because it was time to change my life
To become the women that I am inside
Ninety-seven dreadlock 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 ma 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.
Umm I wouldn't go that far. I know .. ha ha ha ha


Good hair means curls and waves
Bad hair means you look like a slave
At the turn of the century
Its 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 its not what's on your head
Its what's underneath and say HEY....




(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? Oooh
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
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 sparkling
Bald headed like a full moon shining
Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY...




If I wanna shave it close
Or if I wanna rock locks
That don't take a bit away
From the soul that I got
Dat da da dat da <4x>
If I wanna where it braided
All down my back
I don't see what wrong with that
Dat da da dat da <4x>


Is that India.Arie?
Ooh look she cut her hair!
I like that, its kinda PHAT
I don't know if I could do it.
But it looks sharp, it looks nice on her
She got a nice shaped head
She got an apple head
I know right?
It's perfect.

[politicasista]

1. I love me some India!

Her lyrics are so positive. Can't wait for her new album this summer!

Check out the video:http://music.yahoo.com/ar-285094-videos--IndiaArie

And her My Space page: http://www.myspace.com/indiaarie





Thanks for posting about her undergroundrailroad.:hi:

[undergroundrailroad]

2. Your welcome politicasista! I love me some India too! Thanks

for the links to the video!


Undergroundrailroad :hi:

[politicasista]

3. You're welcome!

:hi: