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INDIA.ARIE

"I Am Not My Hair"

[Talking:]
Is that India.Arie? What happened to her hair? Ha ha ha ha ha
Dat dad a dat da [4x] Dad a ooh

[Verse 1]
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....

[Chorus]
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

[Talking:]
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

[Verse 2]
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....

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
(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)

[Verse 3]
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...

[Chorus 2x]

[Ad lib]
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]

[Talking:]
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.


OUTKAST

"Morris Brown"

Whether you like it or not, he's back
D-A-double D-Y Fat Sacks
Ridin' in the Cadillac
... like some ... ... (?)
The game dun' changed Out-
Kast came to heat it up

Sharp as a tack like I just left church (clean)
... ... than a tack ... ... ... ...
Ridin' in the Cadillac
... like some ... ... (?)
The game dun' changed Out-
Kast came to heat it up

And everybody wanna know whus really goin' on
Is you and 3000 still makin' songs?
So on and so on
I can o-on and o-on
and on, and on, and on
Hell yes!

Music makes the world go 'round
Where it goes (where it goes)
Ya' just don't know (ya' just don't know)
My heart is like a marching band
I'm a fan in the stands
Yes I am and I'm hollerin' hey baby
sayin' hey baby

So baby please believe me
Don't you go (don't you go)
Baby no no no (baby no no no)
My heart is like a marching band
I'm a fan in the stands
Yes I am and I'm hollerin' hey baby
Sayin' hey baby

Two dope boyz in the Cadillac still
'Kast ... the crown on ya Cadillac Seville
I'll make your wheels of steel stand (still)
Like your DJ got killed
The fire marsh-
Fire marshall
Shut 'er down, time to go!
OutKast royalty by design of logo
Wanna count it out loud?
93, 94, 95, 96
Plus a dime, still that's fire
HOT like the perm on the back of your neck
Left it in too long
Now ya got Cabbage Patch silky

Ridin' in the Cadillac
... like some ... ... (?)
The game dun' changed Out-
Kast came to heat it up

Bendin' corners like a crowbar, oh so unique
Got the pedal to the floor, but the 4-door just creeps

Ridin' in the Cadillac
... like some ... ... (?)
The game dun' changed Out-
Kast came to heat it up

Exotic, melodic melody jep, we got it
Fuckin' for the funk of it and everybody want it

*ROOF* You make it make it put a dog on it [?]
*ROOF* You make it make it put a dog on it [?]

(Chorus)

I'm tippin' my off to ya baby
cuz you're so fine, blow my mind
I put in the time
Everybody knows you can't let a pretty one pass you by
Without sayin' hi

I'm so gone over you
Yes it's true
Baby do what you do
My nose is open so wide (so wide, yeah)
Lookin' at you such a pretty sight (so wide, yeah)
My heart is on my sleeve (my sleeve, yeah)
And this is how it sounds to me (this is how it sounds)

(Chorus)

Baby you and me
We make a musical masterpiece
I travel the land
Me and the band
We bringin' the church *** back to your feet
So wait baby
Don't leave me, baby
Say wait baby
Don't leave me, baby
[2X]