Wear it Proud

Wear it Proud

So you don’t like me because of my hair

It is not a statement,

 Trend,

 Or, some self-righteous movement

This is who I am and who I will always be.

Let’s take a walk

Down memory lane

If it wasn’t for

 Something called press ‘n combs and relaxers

We wouldn’t have anything to change

This is who I am and who I will always be.

Don’t try to hold me down

Because you don’t understand

 What it means

Being a NATURAL black woman

This is who I am and who I will always be.

I wear it proud

 and with my head held high

No longer will I choose to fit in your mold

Of how you feel

I should look

Or

 Even wear my hair

This is who I am and who I will always be.

Why must I cover

How I was made into this world

My hair is a gift,

 A gem,

 And my one and only pearl

This is who I am and who I will always be.

My hair is my stamp

The one and only imprint

I have to be who I really am

It’s time to set my own mold

 And break down the box

That has been set by you

 And everyone else after you

You can try anything

To get to revert back,

But,

I love my NATURAL black hair

Because that’s what makes me BLACK!

©2010 Poetic Voice

India Arie...I am Not My Hair (song)