I Am Not My Hair India.Arie

[Intro]
Is that India?
What happened to her hair? Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha
Dat, da-da, dat, da
Dat, da-da, dat, da, dat, da-da, dat, da
Dat, da-da, dat, da, da-da, oh, oh

[Verse 1]
Little girl with the press and curl
Age eight I got a Jheri curl
Thirteen then I got a relaxer
I was a source of so much laughter
Fifteen when it all broke off
Eighteen and then I went all natural
February two thousand and two I
Went on and did what I had to do
'Cause it was time to change my life
To become the women that I am inside
Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
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 (Hey)
I am not my hair, I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within