Jeremiah Lawson HEYYYYY!!!!! LET EVERYONE KNOW MISS YOU ALL LONG YEARS I LOVE YOU ALL AND YOU ALL SOON AND THANK YOU ALL STUDIO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO II>
She also was inspired by seeing Melissa Ethridge sing bald during her cancer battle. It’s a powerful message. We are ALL so much more than our bodies. Love to you all.
I am a white girl with a medical condition; I have worn wigs since 1988. I have always been ashamed to even allow my friends to see my real hair, it is not good at all.. Since I just heard this song for the first time it BLEW my mind. Wow...I am touched, profoundly and I love what you wrote! Thanks for sharing.
This song ministers to our souls. You are Not your Hair. That's either relaxed or natural. You are not what people see on the outside. You are your spirit being that is on the INSIDE. 1 peter 3:3 whose adorning let not be the external, of braiding of hair and putting around of gold, or putting on of garments, but the hidden man of the heart, in the imperishable of the gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth before God.
September 2014, I cut all my hair off because my mother has cancer & lost her hair. we're both growing our hair back natural. its a self loving journey! 1 year post relaxer
I'm in tears listening to this song. I'm experiencing severe hair loss and been so depressed about it. My boyfriend just sent me this song and it helped my mind, spirit and emotions. This song is so powerful and meaningful. Thank you.
This song helps me to feel a lot better about who i am and how i represent myself. I am natural and it offends me when people are constantly telling me to get a relaxer! I love my hair, it helps set me apart! They need to leave my head alone!
As a white dude with natural straight, long, blond hair, I feel guilty for identifying with this song; like it's the worst kind of appropriation. But really, the point of the song is that you should judge a person by their character, not their appearance, right? And that's a message no intelligent person can disagree with.
I don´t think you should feel guilty, you like who you are and that´s ok. It´s the best you can do for yourself. Also I am tired of the appropiation topic. As an Afro-Latina I think you can wear whatever the hell you like no matter the origin or who started what.
She's implying that no matter the changes you go through in your life, you are neither what you look like or what you see in the mirror. remember to see the soul is through ones eye's. your soul is who you are.
I promised God If I was to survive. I will enjoy everyday of my life Cause I am not this hair or skin...I'm am a beautiful soul whom was giving life..By you God ..Jah..My Jehovah
This song isn't just for natural-haired girls. Recently I've been feeling bad about my relaxer because of this whole natural movement. I got my hair relaxed when I was twelve; I was being bullied at school and wanted to "transform", and I'd always hated my kinky hair because it was SUPER unmanageable. A lot of these "natural" girls I see have looser or at least neater curls; if that's what my natural hair looked like, I would wear it, but my hair was constantly tangled, dry, and stuck straight up- there was no way I could make it work. Four years later I regret the motive, but I don't regret the action, even though my hairdresser thought it was appropriate to cut my hair up to my ears after my first relaxer and it still hasn't fully recovered after a slew of vitamins, potions and treatments. I like my hair this way; it's more convenient and less painful, which is what I wanted all along. After all, I am not my (kinky or straight) hair. #teamrelaxed 😊💜
we are all on the same team. anyone who made you feel otherwise. thats the problem with the black community, still suffering from the willie lynch mentality. as long as youre comfortable with yourself, your true self, then by all means. be beautifully relaxed, as you are. many, including myself, find it that they must love their true selves by being natural. and I agree, there definitely needs to be better representation for the natural community, but there is no such thing as unmanageable, you just dont want to manage it, which is okay. take it from a 4c, it possible, and rewarding.
Girl cut your split ends & get some braids to grow your hair to the length you want it to be. Forget what other ppl think about YOUR hair. Ppl will always have their own opinion of you regardless. If you get the right braider your hair will grow like crazy. Work on the inside of you b/c although you act as if its your hair you're unhappy with by reading this I don't think your hair is the only thing making you unhappy with yourself. Find out what it is inside that you're unhappy with & work on it but never let your hair or outward appearance define who you are as a person.
I agree. I've seen so many natural hair movement videos-I feel they often belittle others who wear anything not natural-wigs, perms weaves, extensions, etc. I suppose you've seen them too so I won't say much about the comments they make. I think they should be listening to this song every time preach about how others should wear their hair. I have been natural for over 45 years. Short afro. I am a 4c with a limited curl pattern. Winter is coming, I hate hats and will wear a shortie do on real cold days. As the song goes how you wear your hair does not make you a better person. You are the soul that lives within.
This is so touching. I spent my whole life trying to get my hair to be "pretty, perfect, and smooth" like a white girl. And about 75% of that time being depressed when it was limp, dead, lifeless, dull and ugly, No more! Cut off all the heat and relaxer damaged ends, rocking a TWA and going all natural.
Beautifully Kinky Did you miss the message of the song? She even said " If I wanna wear it straight or all down my back, I don't see not a problem with that" Not saying she is talking about perms per se, but throughout the whole song she's saying WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR HAIR DOES NOT MATTER, IT'S YOUR HAIR. Also emphasizing that people should not be looked down on no matter what they choose to do with their hair. DREADS, PERM, RELAXER, NATURAL. So who cares if "natural is what your born with not perms" Some people are born with blonde hair and still dye it brown/black. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? There's more to people than their hair, which was the moral of the song.
Actually what's so ironic about this song, (which I love), is this song isn't just for black women, it was made for Melissa Etheridge, a white woman who did a rendition of Janis Joplin at the grammy's completely bald but rocked the concert. That performance inspired India to write the lyrics. Melissa Etheridge had breast cancer and because of Chemo lost all of her hair....But she didn't hide or put a wig on. She did HER! I saw that performance, very powerful statement!! I am not my hair!!
This is song is encouraging people to not judge others on appearance or how to choose to present themselves however I see people are STILL doing so in the comments! It is a real shame women who have transitioned or have 'natural' hair tend to feel a superiority on others, you can love who your are but do not have to put others down doing so. I have been natural all my life yet I will never look down on someone who chooses to perm or weave their hair. There is no reason to. I am not my hair. YOU are not hair. Please remember this.
Just recently I went natural and chopped all of my hair off. This song was such a pick me up throughout everything. When I was younger, I damaged my hair beyond belief to fit in. I never appreciated the hair I had. This song gave me the courage to just do me. Although I still get judged for my hair, I'm happy with me, and that's all that matters :)
I love this song because it reminds me of what truly important in life, It brings me to tears everytime I listen to it. 'The physical aspects in life can always change but your soul can always remain the same.' Love ur self💗
Just like Phoebe Robinson said on the Tavis Smiley show, I want black women to own their natural hair. It is lovely. By the way, I'm a 69 year old white female who lived through Afros in the 60's and loved them then. All blacks -- men & women should own themselves, including their hair.
Love this version of 'I am not my hair'! As a black and white woman of intellect and soul and spirituality - I appreciate that the issue of our hair is openly discussed and is so relatable. Thanks for the music. Kind Regards Francesca
I remember when I big chopped my hair in 2014. and so many black guys were so blunt and rude about it. saying girls like me shouldn't go natural. thank God, prays and this song help me gradually accept my hair😊😊 #teamnatural
love this song. I've been natural for about 10 years now. At first, it was very hard to maintain it. It was a everyday struggle just to style it. But then I found a wonderful natural hair braider who do creative designs. She take care of your hairline also. If you're in atlanta, check out Tangier 5 Star Braids.
This song is so true. I've been natural my whole life but I did the big chop because of color and heat damage, and I hated my short natural hair and it felt so ugly. But I started to embrace it and realized that curls and waves can make any hair look beautiful, regardless of what anyone thinks!
Yessss. Growing up with a white mom in an all white town, I learned to hate me hair. Never wore it down,i relaxed it, tied it up everyday. Now I love my hair, I can't believe I never did.
You are so right!! These people are not getting the meaning of this song!! Shes saying no matter how you wear you heair that doesn't define you, See's not saying go all natural! It doesn't matter! Listen!! I like how you got it! Very Smart!
I've been looking for this song forever. I heard it years ago and I've never forgotten about it. It has a great message and it inspired me to go natural. Can't get enough of this.
i wanna cry. so many black women worry about their hair, they think that it is the only thing that makes them beautiful, no no no it doesn't listen to arie. your soul makes you beautiful, not your hair
When I was twelve years old after listening to this song for the first time and it inspired me. I went to tell my mom that I wanted to go natural, and I knew it wasn't going to be easy but now six years later going natural was the best decision I had ever made.
Went natural on June 6th, 2012, my birthday. My family constantly kept nagging me "Why would you do that?" but I never let that bother me because I know i'm beautiful. Women like India Arie, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott are my inspiration. Curly, kinky, straight, long or short, women are gorgeous in their own way
Been listening to this since I was a little girl. Mom made sure I was raised as a Black women who loved herself even if she didn't meet the "requirements"
Been natural for about 8 months now.. took me a while to realize that I dont need to get relaxers or anything of that nature to look and feel beautiful... I know that now even though i have my natural hair there was times i wanted badly to go back to my old habits. but then I realize that I Am NOT My Hair so wish me luck on this natural journey
This is what i believe, this song is not just about natural hair, its about who we really are, are we our bodies? are we what we put on our bodies? no, we are so much more, we are something that cannot be seen witht he plain eye.
India Arie expresses such truth in her music. And i just love the way she is saying that we as humans are not our hair. We are the souls that live within. And when people try to criticize you about that, they are downing you as a human being. I listen to India Arie because of her beautiful messages!
I'm mixed half aa & half native. I can identify with this song. Outward appearance shouldn't matter it's what's on the inside is what counts. My hair is curly, it doesn't know if it wants to be aa or native american styling it is hard sometimes I don't style it but it doesn't define who I am it's just hair. You can be the most beautiful person on the outside but on the inside the ugliest person. I've learned to work on the inside & that beauty is what's most important. If you're beautiful inside shows.
I REALLY needed this today after an argument with my man over my HAIR! I mean, really? Don't say I'm not pretty because my hair isn't constantly straight! I AM NOT MY HAIR!
So I just found this song like two days ago and I can't stop listening to it India I love this I know its older but girl - your soul just comes through
I love her for doing this. It's time for black women stand up and be proud of the way God made us. I have been wearing my hair for years now. I turn the heads of men in all races because it's what's underneath not what's on your head. Be beautiful inside out.
i love that this song has so many people commenting. I think a lot of black women go through hair issues trying to figure out something that works for them and that they are comfortable with. I think ultimately no matter what you do to you hair weather its blond, purple, natural, weaved, or relaxed as long as when you look in the mirror, you are happy with you, that's all that matters.
I love this song! My hair is natural and love it. I love the message behind this song too. Ladies, do what makes you feel beautiful, because we all are, we just need to feel it for ourselves. :-)
She is just gorgeous, I think those that can appreciate this music they really can see the beauty within themselves,and there is nothing more beautiful. ALL OF US HAVE IT!!! A soul....the most beautiful part of all of us :) I LOVE YOU INDIA.ARIE!!!!! *Kiss*
listening to this and cutting all my hair off. it used to be my identity. at first it was long and beautiful, and i had amazing curls. next, i began straigtening it and dying it. next, i began getting relaxers from the age of 12. and i did my last one at around 14 while still straightening my hair throughout those years and up until i was 15, then i stopped using all heat. i'm nearly 17 now, and my hair is dead. i realized i killed it while trying to fit in. i tried to change my culture and be like the white girls with the pin straight pony tails. i regret that and can't change what i've done but i am me now. i need no identity but my own. i am not my hair. hello the the women reading this considering going natural. it's an amazing journey and you'll realize that it's so much more than just your hair, it's about finding yourself. (also, i realized that i can rock this mini fro lol) good luck beauties! xx
Watching India Arie perform this song last year on Black Girls Rock inspired me to do something I was always too scared (or too proud) to do ... cut it off. It's still one of the best things I've ever done for myself
this song is not team #natural or team #weave or team #braids, this song says you can wear hair regardless of who you are and remain who you are. You shouldn't be judged by your hair, skin, or anything physical. you should be judged on the content of within.
I used to live for the song in middle school. Now I remember this song today now I'm gonna live with this song for the rest of my life. Thank you so much India Arie T-T. Love your messages forever.
" Hey you I can see your Stare, don't stand and judge me for I am NOT my Hair. I have a life to live so I choose not to stand here and defend, but know that I am a Soul that lives within" ~ )~(enry
I am Mexican and I have 3B hair and I really do appreciate this song even though I am not and I don’t have natural hair it really it really resonated with me because growing up I member hearing people saying that I need to straighten it look prettier in to say that your hair will look much nicer he will straighten and having curly hair it was like kind of a bad thing so I like this song
I loved this song before and I love it more than ever! When I went to get the big chop after 5 months of trying to transition and grow out my natural hair into my relaxed hair, I took a deep breath, went to the hair dresser and said I'm going to get it done! I've never loved my hair more than I love it right now cx
And you are not alone! I did the same several years ago, thinking that I would let it grow back right away, but found it so comfortable that its now been 5 or 6 years and I still shave it off! I find that I still get hit on, but now its always by sincere and polite guys who look me in the eyes and genuinely appear interested in knowing me. Shaving my hair was like an unexpected freedom from invisible chains . (AND how great is it to save so much time and money spent on products as a bonus!)
I've loved this song since I was 10 years old! It applies to me so much. No! It applies to EVERYONE! You are more than your outer appearance, so much more!
I ♥ This Sonq Its So True Its Not About What Is On The Outside Its About Whats In The Inside . People Talk About How I Look But Im Happy From What I Look LIke .
I admire her confidence..... Unfortunely I still haven't the confidence to go through life and not worry about hair length, or straightness, or how much weave I have mounted on top of my head.
Medications and health problems have made my once pretty thick hair become very thin. So thin I see my scalp when I look in the mirror. This song hit my soul when I heard it and after 30 years of being a childhood cancer survivor and taking the radiation side effects head on I realized I AM NOT MY HAIR! We all are much more than our hair or our skin.
This song makes me want to take out my weave and just be me. Why live up to someone else's expectations and I can't live up to my own. I look up to people like this..
People think this song is just about hair. The message is that was is on the inside counts. That a persons physical features does not define them
Bingo. "I am the soul that lives within".
Jeremiah Lawson HEYYYYY!!!!! LET EVERYONE KNOW MISS YOU ALL LONG YEARS I LOVE YOU ALL AND YOU ALL SOON AND THANK YOU ALL STUDIO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO II>
Exactly Thank You
She also was inspired by seeing Melissa Ethridge sing bald during her cancer battle. It’s a powerful message. We are ALL so much more than our bodies. Love to you all.
Amen brother!! 🙏🙏🙏
I am a white girl with a medical condition; I have worn wigs since 1988. I have always been ashamed to even allow my friends to see my real hair, it is not good at all.. Since I just heard this song for the first time it BLEW my mind. Wow...I am touched, profoundly and I love what you wrote! Thanks for sharing.
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This song ministers to our souls. You are Not your Hair. That's either relaxed or natural. You are not what people see on the outside. You are your spirit being that is on the INSIDE. 1 peter 3:3 whose adorning let not be the external, of braiding of hair and putting around of gold, or putting on of garments, but the hidden man of the heart, in the imperishable of the gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth before God.
@Outta Area Yeah
September 2014, I cut all my hair off because my mother has cancer & lost her hair. we're both growing our hair back natural. its a self loving journey! 1 year post relaxer
+rodnica ward That's truly beautiful just remember you and your mother's beauty is transcends strands of hair. what a supportive daughter she has x
exact same story here lol in 2010 hope your mom is still doing well
Amen
That is literally so amazing!
Update* My mom lost her battle in 2017 💔 , 7 years NATURAL!
I am Black and I am beautiful. I am not YOUR expectations
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👑❤
@@ellakidane960 why is that ur name lol
Black women are so beautiful just like chocolates.
I'm in tears listening to this song. I'm experiencing severe hair loss and been so depressed about it. My boyfriend just sent me this song and it helped my mind, spirit and emotions. This song is so powerful and meaningful. Thank you.
Haven't heard this in awhile. It's such a empowering song. I wish there were more like this on the charts. Awesome
This song helps me to feel a lot better about who i am and how i represent myself. I am natural and it offends me when people are constantly telling me to get a relaxer! I love my hair, it helps set me apart! They need to leave my head alone!
간지누나 보고 온 사라아아암!?!?!!!!!
This is like the natural hair anthem 😂😂
Basically Yes lol 😂
@one sided loyalty is for suckas okay but its funny
Perioddddd
It is.
Yes it is
As a white dude with natural straight, long, blond hair, I feel guilty for identifying with this song; like it's the worst kind of appropriation. But really, the point of the song is that you should judge a person by their character, not their appearance, right? And that's a message no intelligent person can disagree with.
Very true. God bless you ❤️
I don´t think you should feel guilty, you like who you are and that´s ok. It´s the best you can do for yourself. Also I am tired of the appropiation topic. As an Afro-Latina I think you can wear whatever the hell you like no matter the origin or who started what.
thank-you as a white person who is a good candidate for cornrows and dreads I'm glad someone says this
Matthew Gies no this isn’t
Matthew Gies well said💗
She's implying that no matter the changes you go through in your life, you are neither what you look like or what you see in the mirror. remember to see the soul is through ones eye's. your soul is who you are.
I promised God If I was to survive. I will enjoy everyday of my life
Cause I am not this hair or skin...I'm am a beautiful soul whom was giving life..By you God ..Jah..My Jehovah
~I'm the soul that lives within~
This song isn't just for natural-haired girls. Recently I've been feeling bad about my relaxer because of this whole natural movement. I got my hair relaxed when I was twelve; I was being bullied at school and wanted to "transform", and I'd always hated my kinky hair because it was SUPER unmanageable. A lot of these "natural" girls I see have looser or at least neater curls; if that's what my natural hair looked like, I would wear it, but my hair was constantly tangled, dry, and stuck straight up- there was no way I could make it work. Four years later I regret the motive, but I don't regret the action, even though my hairdresser thought it was appropriate to cut my hair up to my ears after my first relaxer and it still hasn't fully recovered after a slew of vitamins, potions and treatments. I like my hair this way; it's more convenient and less painful, which is what I wanted all along. After all, I am not my (kinky or straight) hair. #teamrelaxed 😊💜
we are all on the same team. anyone who made you feel otherwise. thats the problem with the black community, still suffering from the willie lynch mentality. as long as youre comfortable with yourself, your true self, then by all means. be beautifully relaxed, as you are. many, including myself, find it that they must love their true selves by being natural. and I agree, there definitely needs to be better representation for the natural community, but there is no such thing as unmanageable, you just dont want to manage it, which is okay. take it from a 4c, it possible, and rewarding.
Girl cut your split ends & get some braids to grow your hair to the length you want it to be. Forget what other ppl think about YOUR hair. Ppl will always have their own opinion of you regardless. If you get the right braider your hair will grow like crazy. Work on the inside of you b/c although you act as if its your hair you're unhappy with by reading this I don't think your hair is the only thing making you unhappy with yourself. Find out what it is inside that you're unhappy with & work on it but never let your hair or outward appearance define who you are as a person.
Yes that's what I like to hear!! Good for you!!👏
I agree. I've seen so many natural hair movement videos-I feel they often belittle others who wear anything not natural-wigs, perms weaves, extensions, etc. I suppose you've seen them too so I won't say much about the comments they make. I think they should be listening to this song every time preach about how others should wear their hair. I have been natural for over 45 years. Short afro. I am a 4c with a limited curl pattern. Winter is coming, I hate hats and will wear a shortie do on real cold days. As the song goes how you wear your hair does not make you a better person. You are the soul that lives within.
I have really nappy hair and I’m natural. You can be natural whether your hair is loose/super curly or kinky like mine. They are both beautiful
This is so touching. I spent my whole life trying to get my hair to be "pretty, perfect, and smooth" like a white girl. And about 75% of that time being depressed when it was limp, dead, lifeless, dull and ugly, No more! Cut off all the heat and relaxer damaged ends, rocking a TWA and going all natural.
Beautifully Kinky Did you miss the message of the song? She even said " If I wanna wear it straight or all down my back, I don't see not a problem with that" Not saying she is talking about perms per se, but throughout the whole song she's saying WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR HAIR DOES NOT MATTER, IT'S YOUR HAIR. Also emphasizing that people should not be looked down on no matter what they choose to do with their hair. DREADS, PERM, RELAXER, NATURAL. So who cares if "natural is what your born with not perms" Some people are born with blonde hair and still dye it brown/black. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? There's more to people than their hair, which was the moral of the song.
Exactly! It doesnt matter what u do with ur hair!
Actually what's so ironic about this song, (which I love), is this song isn't just for black women, it was made for Melissa Etheridge, a white woman who did a rendition of Janis Joplin at the grammy's completely bald but rocked the concert. That performance inspired India to write the lyrics. Melissa Etheridge had breast cancer and because of Chemo lost all of her hair....But she didn't hide or put a wig on. She did HER! I saw that performance, very powerful statement!! I am not my hair!!
I never knew this, wow!
Big chopped yesterday!! And this song is is empowering :D
Wiam J 2 days ago feels good
Pam BROOKS me too
😊
Some one tried to make me feeel bad about my hair today… lol
"You can shave it off like south african beauty" yessss south african beauty is the most beautiful ever
All are beautiful
This is song is encouraging people to not judge others on appearance or how to choose to present themselves however I see people are STILL doing so in the comments! It is a real shame women who have transitioned or have 'natural' hair tend to feel a superiority on others, you can love who your are but do not have to put others down doing so.
I have been natural all my life yet I will never look down on someone who chooses to perm or weave their hair. There is no reason to. I am not my hair. YOU are not hair. Please remember this.
Just recently I went natural and chopped all of my hair off. This song was such a pick me up throughout everything. When I was younger, I damaged my hair beyond belief to fit in. I never appreciated the hair I had. This song gave me the courage to just do me. Although I still get judged for my hair, I'm happy with me, and that's all that matters :)
Love love love this song...so empowering to every sister on the face of this earth..we need to embrace everything about ourselves!
I love this song because it reminds me of what truly important in life, It brings me to tears everytime I listen to it. 'The physical aspects in life can always change but your soul can always remain the same.' Love ur self💗
This song has encouraged me to no longer straighten my hair. I am deciding to go natural and use no heat in my hair ❤️
Am i the only one here 2020 and bcs of ariana?
same tho-
I'm listening to this while I cut my perm ends off 😹 #teamnatural
I did the exact same thing today!
I did the exact same thing today!
I did the exact same thing today!
+star dust I bet that was soooo freeing. I can't wait to get to that point. I'm 4 months post relaxer.
+Lady Ewo Cool! I'm 3 months post relaxer. When do you plan on cutting your hair?
Just like Phoebe Robinson said on the Tavis Smiley show, I want black women to own their natural hair. It is lovely. By the way,
I'm a 69 year old white female who lived through Afros in the 60's and loved them then. All blacks -- men & women should own themselves, including their hair.
Boderick Bold&Beautiful
1970's hair trend setter🙆🏼♂️
From:GB make it✨GLOW✨
Love this version of 'I am not my hair'! As a black and white woman of intellect and soul and spirituality - I appreciate that the issue of our hair is openly discussed and is so relatable. Thanks for the music. Kind Regards Francesca
I love her :D She's what you call a real woman :)
Though this song is about hair, I also feel like it can be applied to the type of clothes people wear! 😊
it's about everything to me
Yess
And I am not where I live. North south east or west.
I am not my hair, I am a soul that lives within, I love this
I remember when I big chopped my hair in 2014. and so many black guys were so blunt and rude about it. saying girls like me shouldn't go natural. thank God, prays and this song help me gradually accept my hair😊😊 #teamnatural
love this song. I've been natural for about 10 years now. At first, it was very hard to maintain it. It was a everyday struggle just to style it. But then I found a wonderful natural hair braider who do creative designs. She take care of your hairline also. If you're in atlanta, check out Tangier 5 Star Braids.
This song is so true. I've been natural my whole life but I did the big chop because of color and heat damage, and I hated my short natural hair and it felt so ugly. But I started to embrace it and realized that curls and waves can make any hair look beautiful, regardless of what anyone thinks!
Yessss. Growing up with a white mom in an all white town, I learned to hate me hair. Never wore it down,i relaxed it, tied it up everyday. Now I love my hair, I can't believe I never did.
That is so true. Beauty is on the inside and not the outside. The outside fades, but the inside will continue after the body dies.
My theme song through chemo!
I'm 22, started going natural a few months ago, I listen to this song all the time and it's been very inspirational
You are so right!! These people are not getting the meaning of this song!! Shes saying no matter how you wear you heair that doesn't define you, See's not saying go all natural! It doesn't matter! Listen!! I like how you got it! Very Smart!
its so nice to stumble across a video without reading any negative comments
Dear miss Arie,
Thanks for reminding the world about black ppl they forgot
I've been looking for this song forever. I heard it years ago and I've never forgotten about it. It has a great message and it inspired me to go natural. Can't get enough of this.
i wanna cry. so many black women worry about their hair, they think that it is the only thing that makes them beautiful, no no no it doesn't listen to arie. your soul makes you beautiful, not your hair
When I was twelve years old after listening to this song for the first time and it inspired me. I went to tell my mom that I wanted to go natural, and I knew it wasn't going to be easy but now six years later going natural was the best decision I had ever made.
Still one of my all time fav songs! Absolutely love, love, loooove India Arie 😍💓👏
“It’s what’s underneath”! 💯
Went natural on June 6th, 2012, my birthday.
My family constantly kept nagging me "Why would you do that?" but I never let that bother me because I know i'm beautiful. Women like India Arie, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott are my inspiration. Curly, kinky, straight, long or short, women are gorgeous in their own way
Been listening to this since I was a little girl. Mom made sure I was raised as a Black women who loved herself even if she didn't meet the "requirements"
A song for muslim women too :)
Yes! A song for everyone
But especially those that were/are oppressed and judged by society
black women can be muslim too you know?
Been natural for about 8 months now.. took me a while to realize that I dont need to get relaxers or anything of that nature to look and feel beautiful... I know that now even though i have my natural hair there was times i wanted badly to go back to my old habits. but then I realize that I Am NOT My Hair so wish me luck on this natural journey
Real woman... Just gotta love her
This is what i believe, this song is not just about natural hair, its about who we really are, are we our bodies? are we what we put on our bodies? no, we are so much more, we are something that cannot be seen witht he plain eye.
This song speaks so much I wish every guy/girl could hear this
India Arie expresses such truth in her music. And i just love the way she is saying that we as humans are not our hair. We are the souls that live within. And when people try to criticize you about that, they are downing you as a human being. I listen to India Arie because of her beautiful messages!
I'm mixed half aa & half native. I can identify with this song. Outward appearance shouldn't matter it's what's on the inside is what counts. My hair is curly, it doesn't know if it wants to be aa or native american styling it is hard sometimes I don't style it but it doesn't define who I am it's just hair. You can be the most beautiful person on the outside but on the inside the ugliest person.
I've learned to work on the inside & that beauty is what's most important. If you're beautiful inside shows.
* It shows.*
👸🏿Hx(Curly hair)Hx👸🏼
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I love this song. As a person who has total body hair loss due to Alopecia Univarlis, I literally live this song.
the message of this song is : “I Am Who I Am”...period.
I REALLY needed this today after an argument with my man over my HAIR! I mean, really? Don't say I'm not pretty because my hair isn't constantly straight! I AM NOT MY HAIR!
In other words, stop telling people what to do with their hair. #StayInYourLane
roger that!
Perfect👏👏
my hair is naturally kinky and nappy and my mom has told me its ugly. I'm white but I'm Italian so maybe that's why.
exactly what she is saying stay in your lane be natural or be whatever makes you happy
ikr society is so annoying like calaboca ok 😤😤😤😤😤
So I just found this song like two days ago and I can't stop listening to it India I love this I know its older but girl - your soul just comes through
Always been my fav India arie song
Oh gosh brings me back to that 90's style music.... lol such a cool song!
Big Chop yesterday and this tune has empowered me. I can do this. I don't want to go back just want to keep going forward.
I love her for doing this. It's time for black women stand up and be proud of the way God made us. I have been wearing my hair for years now. I turn the heads of men in all races because it's what's underneath not what's on your head. Be beautiful inside out.
Listening while I do these Bantu Knots lol
same
Shaved my head 3 weeks ago and this is my anthem😂😂💕🙌🏽
i love that this song has so many people commenting. I think a lot of black women go through hair issues trying to figure out something that works for them and that they are comfortable with. I think ultimately no matter what you do to you hair weather its blond, purple, natural, weaved, or relaxed as long as when you look in the mirror, you are happy with you, that's all that matters.
growing up I was tortured because of my hair. since i have stopped using chemicals, my hair is beautiful and i get compliments every day.
I love this song! My hair is natural and love it. I love the message behind this song too. Ladies, do what makes you feel beautiful, because we all are, we just need to feel it for ourselves. :-)
I love this song...;-) this song is wonderful for us black women who are going natural ;-)
She is just gorgeous, I think those that can appreciate this music they really can see the beauty within themselves,and there is nothing more beautiful. ALL OF US HAVE IT!!! A soul....the most beautiful part of all of us :)
I LOVE YOU INDIA.ARIE!!!!! *Kiss*
listening to this and cutting all my hair off. it used to be my identity. at first it was long and beautiful, and i had amazing curls. next, i began straigtening it and dying it. next, i began getting relaxers from the age of 12. and i did my last one at around 14 while still straightening my hair throughout those years and up until i was 15, then i stopped using all heat. i'm nearly 17 now, and my hair is dead. i realized i killed it while trying to fit in. i tried to change my culture and be like the white girls with the pin straight pony tails. i regret that and can't change what i've done but i am me now. i need no identity but my own. i am not my hair. hello the the women reading this considering going natural. it's an amazing journey and you'll realize that it's so much more than just your hair, it's about finding yourself. (also, i realized that i can rock this mini fro lol) good luck beauties! xx
YOU ARE YOR HAIR AND SKIN BUT MOST OF ALL YOUR CHARACTER!!!! CONTINUE TO BE BEAUTIFUL!!! SPREAD PEACE AND LOVE!!!
KELs
no matter how you rock your hair ladies we are all beautiful women inside and out !
Music for the healing !!
Watching India Arie perform this song last year on Black Girls Rock inspired me to do something I was always too scared (or too proud) to do ... cut it off. It's still one of the best things I've ever done for myself
I love being natural it is poweful, you feel real and connected, like you can just be you....It's like taking off a mask.......
this song is not team #natural or team #weave or team #braids, this song says you can wear hair regardless of who you are and remain who you are. You shouldn't be judged by your hair, skin, or anything physical. you should be judged on the content of within.
she is so right people are so materialistic they need to get ova thmself what on the inside not out!!
thums up if u agree:)
April 2022. India Arie Lives Forever!!!
THANK U ARIANA 😍🙆♀️❤
I used to live for the song in middle school. Now I remember this song today now I'm gonna live with this song for the rest of my life. Thank you so much India Arie T-T. Love your messages forever.
I absolutely LOVE this song and India Arie. Beautiful and lovely healing music!
3 years natural 😘
" Hey you I can see your Stare,
don't stand and judge me for
I am NOT my Hair.
I have a life to live so
I choose not to stand
here and defend,
but know that I am
a Soul that lives
within" ~ )~(enry
I am Mexican and I have 3B hair and I really do appreciate this song even though I am not and I don’t have natural hair it really it really resonated with me because growing up I member hearing people saying that I need to straighten it look prettier in to say that your hair will look much nicer he will straighten and having curly hair it was like kind of a bad thing so I like this song
I loved this song before and I love it more than ever! When I went to get the big chop after 5 months of trying to transition and grow out my natural hair into my relaxed hair, I took a deep breath, went to the hair dresser and said I'm going to get it done! I've never loved my hair more than I love it right now cx
went natural september 16, 2012! i feel so free and i love my little twa.
this is the perfect song for my life for me
Any human can relate to this song no matter their race or ethnicity ❤️
Erin O not really
And you are not alone! I did the same several years ago, thinking that I would let it grow back right away, but found it so comfortable that its now been 5 or 6 years and I still shave it off! I find that I still get hit on, but now its always by sincere and polite guys who look me in the eyes and genuinely appear interested in knowing me. Shaving my hair was like an unexpected freedom from invisible chains . (AND how great is it to save so much time and money spent on products as a bonus!)
I've loved this song since I was 10 years old! It applies to me so much. No! It applies to EVERYONE! You are more than your outer appearance, so much more!
I ♥ This Sonq Its So True Its Not About What Is On The Outside Its About Whats In The Inside . People Talk About How I Look But Im Happy From What I Look LIke .
you just prove the point about the ignorant minds in this world who won't understand... it all about doing what ever you want to make oneself happy...
I admire her confidence..... Unfortunely I still haven't the confidence to go through life and not worry about hair length, or straightness, or how much weave I have mounted on top of my head.
I am a black girl about to get my hair done so now I am going to tell my mom I Want to have my natural hair #naturalhair
Medications and health problems have made my once pretty thick hair become very thin. So thin I see my scalp when I look in the mirror. This song hit my soul when I heard it and after 30 years of being a childhood cancer survivor and taking the radiation side effects head on I realized I AM NOT MY HAIR! We all are much more than our hair or our skin.
*listens to this while doing big chop*
#mecurrently #naturalhair
Proud to be a Christian, Kinky Hair,
Milk Chocolate, African American Woman.✊
yaaaaasss
Attn: Idolators, You have a signifant role to carry out. May it be 🧕🏾👳🤴🏿👸🏼 Plz read Revelations1:14-20 Frm:GB
make it✨GLOW✨
This song makes me want to take out my weave and just be me. Why live up to someone else's expectations and I can't live up to my own. I look up to people like this..