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India.Arie - I Am Light
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India.Arie - Brown Skin
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India.Arie - Video
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India.Arie - A Beautiful Day
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India.Arie - Get It Together
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India.Arie - I Am Not My Hair
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India.Arie - Therapy
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India.Arie - Can I Walk With You
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India.Arie - The Truth
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India.Arie - Ready For Love
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India.Arie - There's Hope
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India.Arie - Beautiful Flower
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India.Arie - Private Party
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India.Arie - Steady Love
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India.Arie - Strength, Courage, & Wisdom
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India.Arie - Back To The Middle
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India.Arie - Beautiful
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India.Arie - Give Thanks
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India.Arie - God Is Real
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India.Arie - Just Do You
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India.Arie - Purify Me
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India.Arie - Sacred Space
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India.Arie - Strength, Courage And Wisdom
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India.Arie - This Too Shall Pass
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India.Arie - Always In My Head
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India.Arie - Beautiful Surprise
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India.Arie - Chocolate High
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India.Arie - Cocoa Butter
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India.Arie - Eyes of The Heart
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India.Arie - Flowers
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India.Arie - Gift of Acceptance (feat. Idan Raichel)
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India.Arie - India's Song
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India.Arie - Intro
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India.Arie - Just Let It Go
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India.Arie - Little Things
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India.Arie - Nature
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India.Arie - One
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India.Arie - Part Of My Life
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India.Arie - Psalms 23
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India.Arie - Simple
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India.Arie - Talk To Her
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India.Arie - The Cure
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India.Arie - The Heart Of The Matter
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India.Arie - Video (feat. India Arie)
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India.Arie - 6th Avenue
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India.Arie - A Time To Love
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India.Arie - Better People
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India.Arie - Better Way
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India.Arie - Break The Shell
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India.Arie - Breathe
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India.Arie - Butterfly
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India.Arie - Chicken Soup In A Song
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India.Arie - Come Ye
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India.Arie - Complicated Melody
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India.Arie - Coulda Shoulda Woulda
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India.Arie - Crazy
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India.Arie - Ghetto
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India.Arie - Good Man
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India.Arie - Good Morning
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India.Arie - Gratitude
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India.Arie - Growth
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India.Arie - He Heals Me
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India.Arie - Headed in the Right Direction
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India.Arie - Healing
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India.Arie - I Am Not My Hair (feat. Akon)
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India.Arie - I Am Not My Hair (feat. P! Nk)
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India.Arie - I Choose
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India.Arie - I See God In You
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India.Arie - Imagine (feat. Oumou Sangaré, Seal, P!nk, Herbie Hancock & Jeff Beck)
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India.Arie - In Good Throuble
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India.Arie - In Good Trouble
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India.Arie - In My Head
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India.Arie - India'Song
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India.Arie - Interested
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India.Arie - Interlude
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India.Arie - Interlude: Grains
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India.Arie - Interlude: Grains II
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India.Arie - Interlude: Living
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India.Arie - Interlude: Living (interlude)
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India.Arie - Intro: Grains
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India.Arie - Intro: Loving
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India.Arie - Just For Today
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India.Arie - Life I Know
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India.Arie - Life Is Good
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India.Arie - Light Of The Holy Spirit
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India.Arie - Long Goodbye
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India.Arie - Outro
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India.Arie - Outro: Grains
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India.Arie - Outro: Learning (Interlude)
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India.Arie - Pearls
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India.Arie - Prayer For Humanity
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India.Arie - Promises
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India.Arie - River Rise
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India.Arie - Rollercoaster
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India.Arie - Rollercoaster
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India.Arie - Slow Down
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India.Arie - Soulbird Rise
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India.Arie - Strange Fruit
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India.Arie - Summer
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India.Arie - The Christmas Song
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India.Arie - The One
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India.Arie - These Eyes
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India.Arie - Vodka
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India.Arie - What If
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India.Arie - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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India.Arie - Wings Of Forgiveness
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India.Arie - Wonderful
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India.Arie - Worthy
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India.Arie - Yellow
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India.Arie - You Made A Fool Of Me
I Am Not My Hair (feat. Akon)
India.Arie
Small, tryin' to bawl, always been black
And my hair, I tried it all I even went flat
Had a lumpy curly top and all that crap, now
Just tryin' to be appreciated
Nappy headed brothers never had no ladies
And I hit the barber shop real quick
Had 'em give me lil' twist and it drove 'em crazy (crazy)
Then I couldn't get no job
'Cause corporate wouldn't hire no dreadlocks
Then I thought about my dogs from the block
Kinda understand why they chose to steal and rob
Was it the hair that got me this far
All these girls these cribs these cars?
I hate to say it but it seem so flawed
'Cause success didn't come till I cut it all off
Little girl with the press and curl
Age eight, I got a Jheri curl
Thirteen, and I got a relaxer
I was a source of so much laughter
At fifteen when it all broke off
Eighteen when I went all natural
February, 2002
I went on and did what I had to do
Because it was time to change my life
To become the woman that I am inside
Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that
Hey (hey)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations, no (hey)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
Good hair means curls and waves (no)
Bad hair means you look like a slave (no)
At the turn of the century
It's 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 it's not what's on your head, it's what's underneath, and say
Hey (hey)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations, no (hey)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
Who cares if you don't like that?
With nothin' to lose, postin' with the wave cap
And the cops wanna harass 'cause I got waves
Ain't see nothin' like that in all my days
Man, you gotta change all these feelings
Instead of judging one another by their appearance
Yes, India, I feel ya, girl
Now go ahead, talk to the rest of the world 'cause
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? Oh
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
I am expressing my creativity
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Breast cancer and chemotherapy
Took away her crownin' glory
She promised God if she was to survive
She would enjoy every day of her life, oh
On national television
Her diamond eyes are sparkling
Bald-headed like a full Moon shining
Singing out to the whole wide world like, hey
Hey (hey)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations, no (hey)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
Hey (hey)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations, no (hey)
I am not my hair
I am the soul that lives within