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Konvict |
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Konvict Music uh huh |
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See I can kind of 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 gummy curled on top and all that crap (o oh) |
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Just tryin to be appreciated |
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Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies |
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Never hit the barber shop real quick |
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Had a mini lil twist and it drove her crazy (crazy) |
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Then I couldnt get no job |
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Cuz corporate wouldn't hire no dreadlocks |
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Then I thought about my dogs on the block |
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Kinda understand why 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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Success didnt come til I cut it all off |
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Little girl with the press and curl |
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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 laughter |
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At fifteen when it all broke off |
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Eighteen and I went all natural |
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February two thousand and two |
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I went on and did |
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What I had to do |
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Because it was time to change my life |
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To become the women that I am inside |
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Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone |
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I looked in the mirror |
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For the first time and saw that 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 no |
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I am not my hair |
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I am not this skin |
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I am a soul that lives within |
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Good hair means curls and waves |
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Bad hair means you look like a slave |
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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 |
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Like a South African beauty |
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Or get in on lock |
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Like Bob Marley |
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You can rock it straight |
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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 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 no |
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I am not my hair |
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I am not this skin |
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I am a soul that lives within |
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Who cares if you don't like that |
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With nothin to lose postin with the wave cap |
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And the cops want to harass because I got waves |
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Ain't see nothin like that in all my days (o oh) |
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And you gotta change all this feelings |
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They be judging one another by their appearance |
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Yes India, i feel ya girl |
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Now go 'head talk to the rest of the world because, |
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
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Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person? |
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
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Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? Oooh |
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(Whoa, whoa, whoa) |
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Does the way I wear my hair determine 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) |
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Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy |
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Took away her crown and glory |
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She promised God if she was to survive |
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She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh |
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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 wide world like 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 no |
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I am not my hair |
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I am not this skin |
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I am a soul that lives within |