Nappy Hair

Описание: Nappy Hair - Jennifer Ray - Lyrics:
Getting my hands in my nappy hair
Until my fingers hurt and arms burn
Is a totally addictive activity
Tangling in something soft and something firm.

Stretching it out from its tight coil
Marveling at the length versus recoil
Pulling and stretching it out again
With great wads of it filling my hands

Nappy hair is grace not disgrace
It's part and parcel of the black race.
The resilience and tightness of it all
Is a roar as well as a siren's call.

Melanin is the base of all color
And nappy hair was the first curl
And deserves honor for it's valor
As recessive hair with time unfurled.

Dig in it with your nimble fingers
Marvel at the richness it represents
Ignore the mockery and ugly zingers
It's a beginning of hair not a descent.

Some people say that less is best
And they say that this too shall pass
If it is the hair of the east not the west
Neither is true. Tight curls always last

Melanin is the base of all color
And nappy hair was the first curl
And deserves honor for it's valor
As recessive hair with time unfurled.

White cream can straighten it out
Heating irons can press it flat
But black hair is soulful and devout
It bounces back and that's just that

It will never be completely banished
Cannot ever be killed and extinguished
It keeps coming back time after time
As if instead of out of scalps out of minds

Melanin is the base of all color
And nappy hair was the first curl
And deserves honor for it's valor
As recessive hair over time unfurled.

If ever there was a soldier in this world
Black hair has been armed and armored
It's as tough as muscle with its tight curl
It ain't exactly soft, not weak, not a charmer

Laying in the sink like small bullets
Color of charcoal, at times the color of fire
Ready to fight the need to fulfill it.
You know what I mean. I'm talking to the choir.

Melanin is the base of all color
And nappy hair was the first curl
And deserves honor for it's valor
As recessive hair over time unfurled.