[Talking:] [谈： ]

Is that India.Arie? What happened to her hair? Ha ha ha ha ha 是India.Arie ？发生了什么事她的头发？哈哈哈哈哈

Dat dad a dat da [4x] Dad a ooh DAT爸逸达[ 4倍]老爸哦

   

[Verse 1] [诗歌1 ]

Little girl with the press and curl 小女孩与新闻界和卷曲

Age eight I got a Jheri curl 8岁的时候我得到了一个Jheri卷曲

Thirteen and I got a relaxer 十三，我得到了一个放松的

I was a source of so much laughter 我是这么多笑声的来源

At fifteen when it all broke off 十五岁的时候这一切断绝

Eighteen and went all natural 十八，前往全天然

February two thousand and two 二月二千二

I went on and did 我去，做

What I had to do 我不得不这样做

Because it was time to change my life 因为它是时候改变了我的生活

To become the women that I am inside 要成为我里面的女人

Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone 九十七辫子全不见了

I looked in the mirror 我看着镜中的

For the first time and saw that HEY.... 这是第一次，看见嘿....

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

I am not my hair 我不是我的头发

I am not this skin 我不是这个皮肤

I am not your expectations no no 我不是你的期望，不，不

I am not my hair 我不是我的头发

I am not this skin 我不是这个皮肤

I am a soul that lives within 我是一个生活的灵魂之内的

   

[Talking:] [谈： ]

What'd she do to her hair? I don't know it look crazy 她做了什么，以她的头发？我不知道这看起来疯狂

I like it. I might do that. 我喜欢它。我可以做到这一点。

Umm I wouldn't go that far. I know .. ha ha ha ha 嗯，我不会走那么远。我知道..哈哈哈哈

   

[Verse 2] [诗歌2]

Good hair means curls and waves 好发指的卷发和波浪

Bad hair means you look like a slave 坏头发意味着你看起来像一个奴隶

At the turn of the century 在世纪之交

Its time for us to redefine who we be 它的时候了，我们重新定义谁，我们是

You can shave it off 你可以把它刮了

Like a South African beauty 像南非的美

Or get in on lock 或取得的锁

Like Bob Marley 就像鲍勃·马利

You can rock it straight 你可以直摇晃

Like Oprah Winfrey 像奥普拉·温弗瑞

If its not what's on your head 如果它没有什么在你的头上

Its what's underneath and say HEY.... 它有什么底，说，嘿....

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Bridge] [桥]

(Whoa, whoa, whoa) （哇，哇，哇）

Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person? 请问这样我穿我的头发让我成为一个更好的人？

(Whoa, whoa, whoa) （哇，哇，哇）

Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? Oh 请问这样我穿我的头发让我成为更好的朋友吗？呵呵

(Whoa, whoa, whoa) （哇，哇，哇）

Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity? 请问这样我穿我的头发确定我的诚信？

(Whoa, whoa, whoa) （哇，哇，哇）

I am expressing my creativity.. 我表达我的创造力..

(Whoa, whoa, whoa) （哇，哇，哇）

   

[Verse 3] [诗歌3 ]

Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy 乳腺癌化疗

Took away her crown and glory 拿走了她的皇冠和荣耀

She promised God if she was to survive 她答应上帝，如果她是为了生存

She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh 她会喜欢她的日常生活哦

On national television 在国家电视台

Her diamond eyes are sparkling 她的钻石的眼睛闪闪发光

Bald headed like a full moon shining 秃头如满月照耀

Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY... 歌唱出了整个世界一样哎...

   

[Chorus 2x] [合唱2倍]

   

[Ad lib] [即兴]

If I wanna shave it close 如果我想剃光它关闭

Or if I wanna rock locks 或者，如果我要摇滚锁

That don't take a bit away 不带一点走

From the soul that I got 从我得到的灵魂

Dat da da dat da [4x] DAT哒哒哒逸[ 4倍]

If I wanna where it braided 如果我想在那里编织

All down my back 所有顺着我的背

I don't see what wrong with that 我看不出有什么不妥之处

Dat da da dat da [4x] DAT哒哒哒逸[ 4倍]

   

[Talking:] [谈： ]

Is that India.Arie? 是India.Arie ？

Ooh look she cut her hair! 哦看她剪短了头发！

I like that, its kinda PHAT 我喜欢的是，它有点PHAT

I don't know if I could do it. 我不知道如果我能做到这一点。

But it looks sharp, it looks nice on her 但它看起来锐利，看起来不错，她

She got a nice shaped head 她得到了一个不错的头形

She got an apple head 她得到了一个苹果头

I know right? 我知道，对吧？

It's perfect. 这是完美的。