@Mr.bossman1892 ur weird how could you say that, look at beyonce about 20 times if u still think that ur either a mean gym teacher or just out of ur mind
I really, really like how nobody replied to mr.bossman12345 or whatever his name is. stupid, boy.
But anyway, I looove love lovee this song. :) It almost moves me to tears. Seriously. My hair has recently broken off from weaves and gel and relaxers :( so now Im getting it cut into a long pixie hairstyle this weekend. Thanks you India for inspiring me to go short. She makes me want a short afro too ^_^
I turned 18 in december and in june i noticed all my hair was falling out because of relaxers and i sat down and started cutting my hair off to go natural and i cried and halfway through i heard this song for the first time and i played it over and over. I felt so much better and i love my bald head. This and video by india are the only two songs i burned to a cd and play in my car.
Awww, Its great when a song can inspire you. Hope your enjoying nappturality now. Its hard when you cut all your hair of but definatly worth it when your hair starts growing healthy without all the damaging chemicals :)
The guitar player is Bill Mueller. He played in the Detroit, Michigan area for many years. I recall tthe days he was in a band called Julie and did a solo act at the Holiday Inn in Taylor, MI. He was a phenomenon then and he is now united with the extrodinary talent of India Aire. What an awesome duo!
It so refreshing to see someone back up there beliefs!!! Im loving her courage and her beauty not just on the outside. internally india is one of the most realest singer out there today!!!
I love the verse that is a 'shout out' to Melissa Etheridge 2:23 - 2:45 When she had her Breast Cancer and going on stage to do a tribute to Janis Joplin. She said that, 'at that time on stage she felt so alive' doing that bald headed. She warned them in advance she wouldn't wear a wig. Do makeup or adjust the lighting, cus she wasn't covering her head up. She hoped it would empower other women to feel better in their skin too. Obviously, India was moved by that too! I was.
This song makes me cry... my mom had breast cancer last year.. chemo made all of her hair fall out.. so i had her to listen to this song.. i have never seen my mother be SO touched by a single song..
me too gurl i got dreads and i love em im still having to go thru yo dreads stank and stuff but fuck them im keepin em and embracing them as i go on in life
I've had my dreadlocks since i was three years old and although coming from a west indian country people used to still be like "why did ur parents have to put that thing in ur hair and i will never do that to my child etc..... And that in itself did grow with me hence the reason i used to cry and feel less attractive and stuff...... But after this song i did some soul serching and I am 21 now and actually really love my hair and don't care. Tryna protect my sisters from going through that now.
Baby be who you are. I have been wearing my hair alsomst bald for over ten years and I have had people call me "sir" trying to be funny and other things but you know what? I love me and I "choose" to be who I want to be. When it comes to people, some are ignorant in a good way and some in a bad, either way, hold your head high. By the way, I LOVE LOCKS!!
i know a lady who did that to her daughter, most st.lucians hate that she locked her child's hair. I think that the lady did a powerful thing because she went against the current of " putting relaxer in her child's hair" and that was so awesome. I hope this enables the child to love herself just how god made her and that she learns that she is IS NOT HER HAIR. so TASHERC ur not the only one. so ROCK UR HAIR GYAL!!!!!!!!! one love
if everyblack woman died tomorrow all at thesame time ,i wouldnt care 1 sec.
PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT COME FROM A BLACK WOMAN !!!!!
BLACK WOMEN ARE UGLY, THEY GOT BIG NOSES, YELOW TEETH, look like planet of the ape, they dont look very femine they look like men in dresses, big fat and ugly. asian and white women look better, and am a Black man saying this.
This is a awesome song. Lyrics are the whole piece, tune is so minimal. You go India. I hate they have taken off most of the Idia Arie videos. BoooTube!!
Video..I'm not the average girl from your video my worth aint determined by the price of my clothes no matter what I'm wearing I will always be the India Arie!
I love this song. Thanks to this song I finally decided after 8 years of dreadlocks to get rid of them. Dont get me wrong, I loved my dreads but as India says, Im not my hair :] Which is so true, my dreadlocks didnt define me and Im proud that I had the guts to in the end considering how everyone in town knows me as "the girl with the dreads". But Im more than that lol, thanks alot India :D
I decided to go natural about 2 years ago and just 2 weeks ago I started to grow locs. I love this song because people think that we are suppose to have extensions down our backs to conform to society. My hair doesn't define who I am. I love this song. People look at me differently but I love the stares. More power to INDIA and this song.
this is so real, this is a song a lot of black girls NEED to listen to. Our sisters dont understand, they are brainwashed to think that good hair is white hair, they need to stop listening to beyonce and listen to india arie
Ain't that the truth but when these black men reinforce these same ideals that in order for them to talk to us our skin has to be light, hair long, etc., it's no wonder that our people are still struggling with our image and who we are as people. It's so sad that Beyonce gets played all day long on black radio but no India Arie but she still rocks. GREAT ARTIST AND CONTINUED SUCCESS TO HER!!!!!!
That goes for all girls of all colors, plus being skinny isn't the only way to be either. Pleeeez, those peep look ill they are so boney in person. That isn't real either. Every1 has their own beauty. You don't need certain hair and you don't have to be a stick.
so ur trying to say that i am fake becasue god made me skinny?? babe , in order to rase self esteem u dont have to put others people down. both skinny, and curvacious women are dang beautiful. There are people who are just naturally skinny. me being from the caribbean , i got picked on for being skinny and tried to eat so i can gain weight but i never did. i learned to love myself
..( and didnot put down more cuvacious girls because the people loved them more than me, i learned to appreciate my beauty the same way i appreciate and admire theirs)
so WE ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL. people, we need to realise that there are different types of beauty :- white/black/asian/latino/skinny/voluptuou-s/natural hair or relaxed.
Hun, when I said the skinny peep... I was if in context, saying those that try 2 b skinny cus they think that is what is beautiful. Have u seen some of the models that r so thin they r just skin hanging on bones? They did that intentionally. I had my best friend lose her sister 2 anorexia. She was discovered 3 days after her death by her parents in a bath tub. That was an illness, intentional cus she was afraid 2 just love who she was. Girl, "I am not my hair" but I love it!
Who knows the exact date of when she shaved it off? im doing a report on her and want to be sure... she is so right... i AM the soul that lives within.
wow u can say ppl who do this are 10% thats it .my friends were my haters and my haters told me i dared but i was cool can u beleave it i did it agane be4 5 monthe after it grew .hehe its freacken cool shit
One thing that I Love about this song is that a point that India is trying to get across to me is that you must love yourself for who you are inside and out, we as a society have become very superficial...
Same as me kedija, even though I wear a hijab people still like me because of me. My grandmother had breast cancer and lost all of her hair but now she looks even more beautiful. India Arie songs are awesome because she sings them from her heart.
Get yourself straight - shes called India because she was due on the birthday of Gandhi.
So what if shes black, there's black people living in India and there's Indian people living in predominantly black countries ... India is just her name get over it
wow i totally agree with u lol it was worthit puttin your comment on :P someone in my school (a popular girl :S) recently likes her and im just suprised.
For music lovers, we know that India Arie tells stories. We relate to the messages from her music, whether it's Love, Pride, Redemption, Respect, etc.., India thanks for being beautiful and proud. Devoted to ya no matter what baby girl.
I am about to go natural and cut my hair as short as India's for my growing process....even tho its going to be a hard process with the pressures of society and all...This song will def. help me get thru it..Thanks so much India...
I Have Been Told This, The Song Is Not About Hair, Even Though It Kind Of Is, It Is About A Woman, (Which Is Her), Getting Breast Cancer, And Worrying About Her Hair, So What She Is Sayin, Is That People Would Just Say That She Is Bald, But Itz That She Has Breast Cancer.
Here first album was great second could pass but the thrid!!! why is all her power fading away, again the work of some crazy producers imagination. Please India Arie get back your "John Lee Hooker" like power and stop singing pathetic lyrics!!!
That's damn right! I ain't my hair! I didn't get my hair in degree so what do my job skills have to do with my hair? I remember the racist police agency fired a black cop just for wearing dreads cuz it is against their "policy" to look professional. AH please! Dreads are beautiful. They are just hating that they cannot grow dreads. It is just another tool to put a black person down. By the way there's no such thing as nappy hair, it is beautiful kinky hair!
why COULDNT they grow dreads of their own? Plenty of people from all over the world, including europeans and americans, have dreads and they're just as beautiful.
it might easily have still been a racist act, using it as an excuse to fire the black cop, but i've known white people with dreads who have been fired for their hair too.
oooh so real..Who cares what anyone else says or thinks of you. We are so much more than anyones expectations or thoughts. Its what's inside of us all that counts. Sing that song girl!!
ok seems thata people in here aint got eyes,she looks a damn fool,a hot hot mess,yes she can sing,amazing song,BUT INDIE,"what was going through your mind when u cut your hair" you dont look nice bald,and im sorri but,it aint working 4 u,u have confidence,but that aint gonna grow back your hair
i am my hair and i am my skin...that's beautiful and ain't nothing wrong with that!
MsSharon2020 3 weeks ago
Are those angel wings she has? Beautiful voice - beautiful soul - beautiful beautiful beautiful - thank you xx
Mabaker41 2 months ago
She's beautiful
evanilynn 5 months ago
@Mr.bossman1892 ur weird how could you say that, look at beyonce about 20 times if u still think that ur either a mean gym teacher or just out of ur mind
ajangelah1029384756 5 months ago
her voice is all natural. I love it!
reyanne7 6 months ago
I love India Arie....SOOOOO REAL!! Other artist can learn a lot from her! God Bless her!
AveintheMissionary 6 months ago
L,.i
KimmiDAmico 6 months ago
She is such a good singer!! Love ya india!
o0mgn 7 months ago
i luv this song cause my mom has breast cancer
mizzgabrielle123 7 months ago
I really, really like how nobody replied to mr.bossman12345 or whatever his name is. stupid, boy.
But anyway, I looove love lovee this song. :) It almost moves me to tears. Seriously. My hair has recently broken off from weaves and gel and relaxers :( so now Im getting it cut into a long pixie hairstyle this weekend. Thanks you India for inspiring me to go short. She makes me want a short afro too ^_^
itsniquenique45 7 months ago
I love this song !! It inspires me I'm a 15 year old girl and I'm going natural. I've been transitioning for 6 months now wish me good luck!!
Rosalina4eva2gether 7 months ago
I love India!! She is so amazing
JazmineAugustine 8 months ago
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BabiiiPearleij687 10 months ago
Great video!! Love this song .
Hairolic 11 months ago
This song is amazing! A great song for all alopecians!! We are not our hair!! <3 :)
ilovebubba1000 1 year ago
i love her, she doesnt sing stupid things as other, and her voice is terrific, lov her
soccarina 1 year ago
Thunderous applause!!!!
daddybum 1 year ago
I turned 18 in december and in june i noticed all my hair was falling out because of relaxers and i sat down and started cutting my hair off to go natural and i cried and halfway through i heard this song for the first time and i played it over and over. I felt so much better and i love my bald head. This and video by india are the only two songs i burned to a cd and play in my car.
kittyprettykey141516 1 year ago
@kittyprettykey141516
Awww, Its great when a song can inspire you. Hope your enjoying nappturality now. Its hard when you cut all your hair of but definatly worth it when your hair starts growing healthy without all the damaging chemicals :)
Hairolic 11 months ago 2
MAMMA MIA,MA CHE BELLA DONNA...AL NATURAL
001975aazzaaz 1 year ago
love this song..my babies girls.... all girls need to hear the truth!!!!
jenRod2323 1 year ago 4
she's fantastic, we need more like her ^_^
VolatileJoule 1 year ago 2
i love this(:
IceCreamAndCakeee 2 years ago
Awesome! Would have loved to be there!
leadcat 2 years ago
The guitar player is Bill Mueller. He played in the Detroit, Michigan area for many years. I recall tthe days he was in a band called Julie and did a solo act at the Holiday Inn in Taylor, MI. He was a phenomenon then and he is now united with the extrodinary talent of India Aire. What an awesome duo!
altemailuser 2 years ago
beautiful woman
shineraingrow 2 years ago 4
I agree!
fordude60 1 year ago
Beautiful SOng
chickengoodt 2 years ago 3
It so refreshing to see someone back up there beliefs!!! Im loving her courage and her beauty not just on the outside. internally india is one of the most realest singer out there today!!!
giggles4happiness 2 years ago 21
I love the verse that is a 'shout out' to Melissa Etheridge 2:23 - 2:45 When she had her Breast Cancer and going on stage to do a tribute to Janis Joplin. She said that, 'at that time on stage she felt so alive' doing that bald headed. She warned them in advance she wouldn't wear a wig. Do makeup or adjust the lighting, cus she wasn't covering her head up. She hoped it would empower other women to feel better in their skin too. Obviously, India was moved by that too! I was.
Peace,
SpeakTruer
SpeakTruer 2 years ago 4
We love it! So empowering....
8thtv 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL
xABitTooGorgeousx 2 years ago 2
this song beautiful it is so true.
postonsf 2 years ago 2
This song makes me cry... my mom had breast cancer last year.. chemo made all of her hair fall out.. so i had her to listen to this song.. i have never seen my mother be SO touched by a single song..
jennamcdowell 2 years ago 8
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waterfall1970 2 years ago
lovely when songs can be a tool to empower people into seeing to positive side to life and living.
waterfall1970 2 years ago 4
YUp....I am not my hair!!! thats sooo true LUV IT
MimiLatisha 2 years ago
That is beautiful and amazingly moving... what an artist.
ianthecountertenor 2 years ago 3
ALL BLK WOMEN GO NATURAL !! ;)))
caaantttiii76 2 years ago 2
I agree with you 200%
Virkamsh 2 years ago
pertty song for a pretty lady
george1bob2 2 years ago 2
me too gurl i got dreads and i love em im still having to go thru yo dreads stank and stuff but fuck them im keepin em and embracing them as i go on in life
mesathecute 2 years ago 2
I've had my dreadlocks since i was three years old and although coming from a west indian country people used to still be like "why did ur parents have to put that thing in ur hair and i will never do that to my child etc..... And that in itself did grow with me hence the reason i used to cry and feel less attractive and stuff...... But after this song i did some soul serching and I am 21 now and actually really love my hair and don't care. Tryna protect my sisters from going through that now.
tasherc 2 years ago 5
Baby be who you are. I have been wearing my hair alsomst bald for over ten years and I have had people call me "sir" trying to be funny and other things but you know what? I love me and I "choose" to be who I want to be. When it comes to people, some are ignorant in a good way and some in a bad, either way, hold your head high. By the way, I LOVE LOCKS!!
cammpyluv 2 years ago
i heard your story tasherc. im sorry you had to go through that. but im glad you found yourself to love! go girl! big up da dreads!
BornIntense 2 years ago
i know a lady who did that to her daughter, most st.lucians hate that she locked her child's hair. I think that the lady did a powerful thing because she went against the current of " putting relaxer in her child's hair" and that was so awesome. I hope this enables the child to love herself just how god made her and that she learns that she is IS NOT HER HAIR. so TASHERC ur not the only one. so ROCK UR HAIR GYAL!!!!!!!!! one love
kikiCARIBBEANGirl 2 years ago 3
beautiful
rose7md 2 years ago
Wow, she sounds great live... the true measure of one's ability!
changingmantra2 2 years ago 2
I love this song so much! Shes so talented!
OrangeJoint 2 years ago
alguem tem mais p e enviar por favor.....?
cktwm 2 years ago
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if everyblack woman died tomorrow all at thesame time ,i wouldnt care 1 sec.
PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT COME FROM A BLACK WOMAN !!!!!
BLACK WOMEN ARE UGLY, THEY GOT BIG NOSES, YELOW TEETH, look like planet of the ape, they dont look very femine they look like men in dresses, big fat and ugly. asian and white women look better, and am a Black man saying this.
MRbossman1982 2 years ago
love it..live
Hillsz 2 years ago
i have to do this song for my balliet performence. It is a inspiring song!
hersheygurl99 2 years ago
This is a awesome song. Lyrics are the whole piece, tune is so minimal. You go India. I hate they have taken off most of the Idia Arie videos. BoooTube!!
SpeakTruer
SpeakTruer 2 years ago
the crowd looks dead...but she rocked it
kwalaws 3 years ago 5
this song really inspired me.... still is and always will.... she said everything that i always wanted to say....
tasherc 3 years ago 5
yOU ARE MY INSPIRATION : )
Spiritree41 3 years ago 8
It is my favorite song! :D I love that she looks like a butterfly :P
memeexD 3 years ago
OMG!!! WHAT is the title of her HUUUGE summer 2001 hit? I can barely hum the melody and don't remember too many lyrics.
Zickcermacity 3 years ago
Video..I'm not the average girl from your video my worth aint determined by the price of my clothes no matter what I'm wearing I will always be the India Arie!
lotilover 3 years ago
LOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! HER,truely Blessed.
earthshe 3 years ago 3
I love it!!!
teezah24 3 years ago
queen
africaRBG 3 years ago 5
love her.
brandi8193 3 years ago
beautiful voice... this true singing not all that hollering... smooth... and silky.. you dont have to holler to prove you can sing...
bmomma01 3 years ago 5
I love her!
LiliaKuznesova 3 years ago
she's a good role model , not Britney n Madonna...
guyanesegyaal 3 years ago 24
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jenRod2323 1 year ago
i was never able to explain how liberating it was to shave my head... people would ask why...I wish I could have just played this song to them then.
frogsfearme 3 years ago 6
I love this woman....!!
jelegance33 3 years ago
I love the way her wings look like they're beating. :)
hatsock 3 years ago 3
She Writes Beautiful Lyrics B'.
PiNKEELUVSzPiNK 3 years ago 3
this is a really good song
yahgurliecree 3 years ago 2
Wow...amazing.
alexclassics 3 years ago 2
Awesome!
nowhere8 3 years ago 2
very good!!!!
hugorobynfenty 3 years ago
I love this song. Thanks to this song I finally decided after 8 years of dreadlocks to get rid of them. Dont get me wrong, I loved my dreads but as India says, Im not my hair :] Which is so true, my dreadlocks didnt define me and Im proud that I had the guts to in the end considering how everyone in town knows me as "the girl with the dreads". But Im more than that lol, thanks alot India :D
SophLawrence 3 years ago 5
I decided to go natural about 2 years ago and just 2 weeks ago I started to grow locs. I love this song because people think that we are suppose to have extensions down our backs to conform to society. My hair doesn't define who I am. I love this song. People look at me differently but I love the stares. More power to INDIA and this song.
gospelgirl2 3 years ago 4
more power to you! not that you need it. :)
no2mro2 3 years ago 2
she admitted that Melissa Etheridge's performance celebrating Janis Joplin life at the awards, inspired her last 2 verses of this song.
SpeakTruer 3 years ago 3
she is such a true person. she is a real women and a beautiful soul. I love her
daniellegoldman 3 years ago 5
SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTiFUL WOMEN ON THIS EARTH. SHE'S BEAUTiFUL PHYSICALLY AND HER TALENT, SOUL AND MiND MAKE HER BEAUTIFUL ALSO.
sheamiller08 3 years ago 6
omg, what a talent. what a woman. And to those who forget, human is a single race. Comes in many beutyful colors and shapes, thank God :)
fucknuaf 3 years ago 3
what a secure woman. great role model for young girls
naydine24 3 years ago 5
i agree. Also she is so representative of the free spirit.
miggy221 3 years ago 3
this is so real, this is a song a lot of black girls NEED to listen to. Our sisters dont understand, they are brainwashed to think that good hair is white hair, they need to stop listening to beyonce and listen to india arie
IAMSHAK 3 years ago 3
True, true
briksandstiks 3 years ago
Ain't that the truth but when these black men reinforce these same ideals that in order for them to talk to us our skin has to be light, hair long, etc., it's no wonder that our people are still struggling with our image and who we are as people. It's so sad that Beyonce gets played all day long on black radio but no India Arie but she still rocks. GREAT ARTIST AND CONTINUED SUCCESS TO HER!!!!!!
Cos8712 3 years ago 10
IAMSHAK,
That goes for all girls of all colors, plus being skinny isn't the only way to be either. Pleeeez, those peep look ill they are so boney in person. That isn't real either. Every1 has their own beauty. You don't need certain hair and you don't have to be a stick.
SpeakTruer
SpeakTruer 2 years ago 3
"boney in person" thats just putiing skinny people down which is just as not cool. Everyone is full in person and we all have our own beauty.
funtd21 2 years ago 5
so ur trying to say that i am fake becasue god made me skinny?? babe , in order to rase self esteem u dont have to put others people down. both skinny, and curvacious women are dang beautiful. There are people who are just naturally skinny. me being from the caribbean , i got picked on for being skinny and tried to eat so i can gain weight but i never did. i learned to love myself
kikiCARIBBEANGirl 2 years ago 6
..( and didnot put down more cuvacious girls because the people loved them more than me, i learned to appreciate my beauty the same way i appreciate and admire theirs)
so WE ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL. people, we need to realise that there are different types of beauty :- white/black/asian/latino/skinny/voluptuou-s/natural hair or relaxed.
kikiCARIBBEANGirl 2 years ago 3
kikiCARIBBEANGirl,
Hun, when I said the skinny peep... I was if in context, saying those that try 2 b skinny cus they think that is what is beautiful. Have u seen some of the models that r so thin they r just skin hanging on bones? They did that intentionally. I had my best friend lose her sister 2 anorexia. She was discovered 3 days after her death by her parents in a bath tub. That was an illness, intentional cus she was afraid 2 just love who she was. Girl, "I am not my hair" but I love it!
SpeakTruer 2 years ago
diz is my song rite here knoe it by heart cant wait to see her back really cant
dominican305kka 3 years ago 2
im tired of feeling like a sell out for wearing my hair straight. i am not my hair :)
OverXposedKC91 3 years ago 6
Who knows the exact date of when she shaved it off? im doing a report on her and want to be sure... she is so right... i AM the soul that lives within.
0africanprincess0 3 years ago
Love dis video!Most of All I love India Irie and her songs..Very Natural and Pure!Phenomenon Woman!
faalavaau 3 years ago 3
you ARE so thick!!!!!!!wow
bigken142 3 years ago
This is best and AWESOME!!!!
azsxdcfvgbhjnn 3 years ago
i sware i shaved off my hair cous of ths song n i was cool about it
ppl i knew wasent but i was i learnd somthin it was good
foxybrown11212 3 years ago 3
thas cool..good job
ive always wanted to shave ma head or get dreadlocks or somethin but im too chicken..if i do end up doin it itll be cuz of this song
indigobrighteyes 3 years ago
just be natural don't worry about other people... they're just pulling you down into their evil ways .
naturemum 3 years ago 2
ya i know thay tryed puting me down wen i shaved my hair but no thay coldent
i am wht i am. wht i woldent have friend if i shaved my hair ????????? hell no i woldent have fack friends am i right ?
foxybrown11212 3 years ago 2
I know girl! i cut my hair and the hater try to talk about me but my friend loved it and i know i look beautiful and real and that's all i need.
0africanprincess0 3 years ago
wow u can say ppl who do this are 10% thats it .my friends were my haters and my haters told me i dared but i was cool can u beleave it i did it agane be4 5 monthe after it grew .hehe its freacken cool shit
foxybrown11212 3 years ago
One thing that I Love about this song is that a point that India is trying to get across to me is that you must love yourself for who you are inside and out, we as a society have become very superficial...
thenewmans7 3 years ago 4
LOVE HER SONGZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!
deeaamnn work it gurlllll .....
elynntje 4 years ago
beautiful
ram848 4 years ago
my gurl, my woman, my everything!!!!!
tubbieb 4 years ago 4
she's amazing
AdnRoscorelli 4 years ago
Gives me chills.
GoddessAntonia 4 years ago
SISTA INDIA,
By the GRACE of YOUR expression,
my existence is affirmed
I Thank you,
Love,Peace and Acceptance,
Ms. QTay
pinkkatt 4 years ago 4
Yea ! she still lookin BEAUTIFUL wit her hair gone! love HER!
Fitzxverdi 4 years ago 5
Scream it out every body with a smile on your face:
I AM NOT MY HAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!... : )
Niosoul89 4 years ago 4
I'm screaming it!!! :-D
AlohaDucky 4 years ago 2
You got a good view of her!
nokaya 4 years ago 2
I like the song...Its speaks volume
InvictusVici 4 years ago 2
i dont like the remix i love her live
lalalacoolio 4 years ago 2
love your song
kedija100 4 years ago
Same as me kedija, even though I wear a hijab people still like me because of me. My grandmother had breast cancer and lost all of her hair but now she looks even more beautiful. India Arie songs are awesome because she sings them from her heart.
LadySapphire91 4 years ago
India Arie is like me i wear a hijab b/c im not my hair!
kedija100 4 years ago
I love India Arie!! Shes not one of those singers that wears all dat jewerly, so people will look at her and not the jewerly she wears.
walkitoutbyotch 4 years ago
She is a gret person, and an inspiration, whether you are male or female. I wish the females who "society" says look good, would act like India Arie!
jimjimisback 4 years ago
I just loovee this girl!!
Nightglasses 4 years ago
I finally cut it all off to go natural!!! And when i did I played this song over and over...THANK YOU INDIA for your inspiration!!!!
honeyfly25 4 years ago 2
I just did the same
I growing dreads now
malikablair 4 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Why does this bitch use the name India... she's black and has nothing to do with India.
antiislamic 4 years ago
Get yourself straight - shes called India because she was due on the birthday of Gandhi.
So what if shes black, there's black people living in India and there's Indian people living in predominantly black countries ... India is just her name get over it
helemelenelemen 4 years ago 6
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I believe it's "Indie" not India
umius1 4 years ago
THATS HER REAL NAME YOU IDIOT
sjblot 4 years ago
love u girl u are such a insration to im i love uuuuu thanks so much u incourged me to go natral
monicathesurfer 4 years ago
india is trully one of our greatest songwriters of all time.
jonerthan 4 years ago
She's the coolest chick ever for her songs.
I love her attitude. :)
More women would do well to pay attention to her words. :)
Vonnie20 4 years ago
wow i totally agree with u lol it was worthit puttin your comment on :P someone in my school (a popular girl :S) recently likes her and im just suprised.
mychemromance22 4 years ago
I love her voice and this is a nice song even tho I wear extensions sometimes...lol I like her wings lol
MyNameMeansLove 4 years ago
Amen to that nine110!
Moniquedupree7 4 years ago
For music lovers, we know that India Arie tells stories. We relate to the messages from her music, whether it's Love, Pride, Redemption, Respect, etc.., India thanks for being beautiful and proud. Devoted to ya no matter what baby girl.
nine110 4 years ago
I am about to go natural and cut my hair as short as India's for my growing process....even tho its going to be a hard process with the pressures of society and all...This song will def. help me get thru it..Thanks so much India...
honeyfly25 4 years ago
Good luck!! if you don't already know about it theres a site called motown girl which is great for natural hair
MentalMindFork 4 years ago
I love India Arie! But why isn't she playing her own guitar?
deepbluehawaii 4 years ago
Oh, because that isn't her!
deepbluehawaii 4 years ago
this is one of my favorite songs.:)
anie70 4 years ago
i ♥ this song. she is so beautiful
Gwuppaloaw 4 years ago
My god... She's so good !! Huge talent, she brings beauty in this world... definitly love it. RESPECT MS India Arie.
elvirkan 4 years ago
this song is pretty...its so true tho...i absolutely love this song
MYEHAMBER6 4 years ago
this song is simply beautiful!
unbreakmyheart01789 4 years ago
This song actually brought tears to eyes. Love it!
angeliqueafrica 4 years ago
Bringing it back to basics and keeping it real
mich0007 5 years ago
India is a positive women. What a wonderful self image she exhibits. She is a fabulous role model to our black women. India's songs speak the truth.
Pat0217 5 years ago
I Have Been Told This, The Song Is Not About Hair, Even Though It Kind Of Is, It Is About A Woman, (Which Is Her), Getting Breast Cancer, And Worrying About Her Hair, So What She Is Sayin, Is That People Would Just Say That She Is Bald, But Itz That She Has Breast Cancer.
I Think That Is The Whole Meaning To The Song.
It Iz Such A Touching Song!
xxxx
BlondiiBabii 5 years ago
Here first album was great second could pass but the thrid!!! why is all her power fading away, again the work of some crazy producers imagination. Please India Arie get back your "John Lee Hooker" like power and stop singing pathetic lyrics!!!
lightninstrikes 5 years ago
y r pple so judgemental?
hafziyah 4 years ago
her vocal runs are amazing! >_< i love her voice so much :D one of the people i most look up to and try and follow after in my own singing =)
Bearingz 5 years ago
love herrr
brittanicherelle 5 years ago
That's damn right! I ain't my hair! I didn't get my hair in degree so what do my job skills have to do with my hair? I remember the racist police agency fired a black cop just for wearing dreads cuz it is against their "policy" to look professional. AH please! Dreads are beautiful. They are just hating that they cannot grow dreads. It is just another tool to put a black person down. By the way there's no such thing as nappy hair, it is beautiful kinky hair!
HaitienneDiva 5 years ago
why COULDNT they grow dreads of their own? Plenty of people from all over the world, including europeans and americans, have dreads and they're just as beautiful.
it might easily have still been a racist act, using it as an excuse to fire the black cop, but i've known white people with dreads who have been fired for their hair too.
aflatearth 4 years ago
So cool i was in the dentist chair facing UNion Square when she performed this. So inspirational. Much love to you beautiful black goddess.
This is why music was created. To share, entertain, and uplift the spirit. THANK YOU INDIA!
Listen.
RESPECT.
Garconbleu 5 years ago
this song is off the chain
Dontreach 5 years ago
beautiful : )
inthearmsofsleep 5 years ago
oooh so real..Who cares what anyone else says or thinks of you. We are so much more than anyones expectations or thoughts. Its what's inside of us all that counts. Sing that song girl!!
alwahadi 5 years ago
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Is she a real woman? Seems like she was a guy before *lol*
However, the performance was great.
dapa14635829 5 years ago
dumb ass.
ShugaBrownInk 5 years ago
beautiful!!
afsoc4life 5 years ago
I love this song!!! India and Erykah... I love them so much
debbie971 5 years ago
brilliant song...wats her album bowschick 87? wudnt mind hearing more of her music
hibeeem 5 years ago
Damn she's deep, very spiritually in touch.. Go India!!
paigebrink 5 years ago
i love this song so much her whole cd is hot
bowschick87 5 years ago
ok i ain't meanin this as no offense or nothin..but she was lip syncin at that performance
RePPiNdaHood 5 years ago
No, the audio is a little off in this video. She is really singing because her voice sounds different than the album version.
musichic01 5 years ago
lol yea i know but it just seemed a lil weird when she moved her mouth and no noise came out but i dun actually think she was lip syncin lol
RePPiNdaHood 5 years ago
the audio and the video are not in sync
CagedBird88 5 years ago
oh the part where she is talking about cancer, she is referring to Melissa Etheridge...
fliprican788 5 years ago
love this song. its soo deep
OMGxKIM 5 years ago
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ok seems thata people in here aint got eyes,she looks a damn fool,a hot hot mess,yes she can sing,amazing song,BUT INDIE,"what was going through your mind when u cut your hair" you dont look nice bald,and im sorri but,it aint working 4 u,u have confidence,but that aint gonna grow back your hair
niriden 5 years ago
I don't think you are HEARING the lyrics to this song, otherwise you would understand WHY she cut her hair off.
fliprican788 5 years ago 2
i think she looks fabulous.
rnbowmommy 5 years ago
wtf?
CagedBird88 5 years ago
Heard this song for the first time after I shaved my head, for the same reasons. It meant and still means a lot to me and helped me a lot.
JadeKiss 5 years ago