I Am Not My Hair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]See[Bb],[C][F]
[G]I can kinda recall a [Gm]lil' ways back
[Bb]Small, tryin' to ball,
always been black
And my [C]hair, I tried it all I even went flat
Had a [Eb]lumpy curly top and [F]all that crap, now
[G]Just tryin' to be ap [Gm]preciated
[Bb]Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies
[C]And I hit the barber shop real quick
Had [Eb]'em give me lil' twist and it
[F]drove [G]'em crazy (crazy)
Then I couldn't get no job
[Bb]'Cause corporate wouldn't
hire no dreadlocks
[C]Then I thought about my
dogs from the block
Kinda [Eb]understand why
they chose [F]to steal and rob
[G]Was it the hair that got me this far
[Bb]All these girls these cribs these cars?
[C]I hate to say it but it seem so flawed
'Cause [Eb]suc cess didn't
come till I [G]cut it all off
Little girl with the press [F]and curl

[Verse 2]
[Bb]
Age eight, I got [F]a Jheri curl
[C]Thirteen, and I got a rel[Eb]axer
I was a [F]source of so much
[G]laughter
At fifteen when it all broke off
[Bb]Eighteen and went all natural
[C]February, 2002
I [Eb]went on and did what I [F]had to do
[G]Because it was time to
change my life
[Bb]To become the woman that I am inside
[C]Ninety- seven dreadlocks all gone
I [Eb]looked in the [F]mirror for the

[Verse 3]
first time and saw that
[G]Hey (hey)
I am not my [Bb]hair
I am not this [C]skin
I am not your [Eb]expecta[F]tions, [G]no (hey)
I am not my [Bb]hair
I am not this [C]skin
I am [Eb]the soul that [F]lives within

[Verse 4]
[G]Good hair means curls and wav[Bb]es (no)
Bad hair means you look
[C]like a slave (no)
At the turn of the century
It's [Eb]time for us to re[F]define who we be
[G]You can shave it off like
a South African beauty
Or [Bb]get in on lock like Bob Marley
[C]You can rock it straight
like Oprah Winfrey
If it's [Eb]not what's on your head,
it's [F]what's underneath, and say

[Verse 5]
[G]Hey (hey)
I am not my [Bb]hair
I am not this [C]skin
I am not your [Eb]expecta[F]tions, [G]no (hey)
I am not my [Bb]hair
I am not this [C]skin
I am [Eb]the soul that [F]lives with[G]in

[Verse 6]
Who cares if you don't like that? [Bb]With
nothin' to lose,
postin' with the wave cap
And the [C]cops wanna harass
'cause I got waves
Ain't [Eb]see nothin' like that in a[F]ll my days
[G]Man, you gotta change
[Gm]all these feelings
[Bb]Steady judging one another
by their appearance
[C]Yes, India, I feel ya, girl
Now [Eb]go ahead,
[F]talk to the rest of the world 'cause

[Verse 7]
[Eb](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the [Dm]way I wear my hair make me
a better per[Eb]son?
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the [Bb]way I wear my [Dm]hair make me
a better friend? [Eb]Oh
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the [Dm]way I wear my hair determine
[G]my integrity?
[Cm](Whoa, whoa, whoa)
I am express[F]ing [D]my creativity
[G](Whoa, whoa, whoa)

[Verse 8]
Breast cancer [Bb]and chemotherapy
Took away her crownin' glory
[C]She promised God if she was to survive
[Eb]She would [F]en joy every day of her life, oh
[G]On national television
[Bb]Her diamond eyes are sparkling
[C]Bald- headed like a full moon shining
[Eb]Singing out to the whole[F]
wide world like, [G]hey

[Verse 9]
Hey (hey) [Bb]I
am not my hair
I am not this [C]skin
I am not your [Eb]ex p[F]ectations, n[G]o (hey)
I am not my [Bb]hair
I am not this [C]skin
I [Eb]am the soul [F]tha[G]t lives within

[Verse 10]
Hey (hey) I am not [Bb]my
hair
I am not this [C]skin
I am not your [Eb]expecta[F]tions,
no [G](hey)
I am not my hair
I [Bb]am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within