Chords for India.Arie - I Am Not My Hair (Live@VH1.com)

_ _ _ This is called I'm Not My Hair. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ Da da da da da da [Bb] da da da da da da da da da da da da [Am] da
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ Little girl with the press and [Gm] curls
Age eight I got a jerry curl
_ [D] 13 and I [Bb] got a _ [Am] relaxer
[D] I was the source of so much laughter
_ 15 when it all broke [Gm] off
_ 18 and I went all [Bb] natural
[C] February _ _ [Bb] 2002 [C] I went on and [D] did what I had to do
Because it was time to change my life
[Cm] To become the woman that I am [Bb] inside
_ [Eb] 97 dreadlocks [Bb] are gone
[Am] I looked in [D] the mirror for the first time and saw [G] that hey
_ I am not [Eb] my _ hair
I am not [Bb] this skin
_ I am not [Am] your _ [E] _ _ _ expectations [G] No no
_ I am not [Gm] my _ hair
I am not [Bb] this skin
_ I [Am] am the soul that [D] _ lives _
[G] _ within _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ Da da da da da da da da [Bb] da da da da da da da da [Am] da
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] Oh good hair means curls and [Cm] waves
Bad hair means you look like a [Bb] slave
At the turn of the century
_ [Am]
It's time for us to [D] redefine who we be
[G] You can shave it off like a South African beauty
Got it on [Gm] like _ _ _ _ [D]
a rocket straight like [Bb] Oprah [Am] Winfrey
If it's not what's on your [E] hair it's what's _ underneath
And [G] say hey
_ I am not [Cm] my hair
_ I am [Bb] not this skin
_ I am not [Am] your _ _ _ [D] _ expectations
_ [G] No no
_ I am not [Cm] my _ hair
I am not [Bb] this skin
_ I [Am] am the _ soul that [A] _ lives _ [Eb] _
[F] within
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Does [D] the way I wear my hair make me a better _ [Gm]
person?
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Em] _ Does the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] friend?
[F] Oh oh [Eb] oh oh oh
[D] _ Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
[Gm] _
_ [F] _ [Eb] I am [Bb] _
[Am] expressing my _ [D] _ _ creativity
[G] _ Breast cancer and _ chemotherapy
[Gm] _ Took away her crown and glory
[Bb] She promised [C] God if she [Bb] was to [Am] survive
She [E] would enjoy every day of her life
Oh on national _ television
[Gm] _ Her diamond eyes are sparkling
[Bb] _ Bow headed like a full moon [C] shining
Singing out [D] to the whole wide world [G] like _ hey
I am not [Gm] my hair
I am not [Bb] this skin
_ I am not [Am] your _ _ _ [D] _ _ expectations [G] No no
_ I am not [Gm] my _ hair
I am [Bb] not this skin
_ I [Am] am the soul [E] that lives _
[G] _ within
I _ am [Cm] not my hair
Hey hey hey [Bb] hey hey hey hey
I am [Am] not your expectations
[E] No no no no oh [G] oh oh oh
_ I am [Eb] not my _ hair
I am [Bb] not this skin
_ I [Am] am the soul that [D] _ lives within
If I wanna shave it close I walk on the front [Eb] locks
That don't take a bit away from the [Bb] soul that I got _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] If I wanna wear it braided all down my [Gm] back
I don't see nothing wrong with [Bb] that no No _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I am not [Cm] my hair _ _ _ _
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