Hairology
Hair-be's part II
Hair follicles
be like
rare molecules
mixed and remixed on the DJ's ones and twos
it neva comes out the same
baby
I'm talkin bout' yo...
HAIR
His ebony browness traveled down
her yellow brick road
and
even-though she clicked her heels twice and repeated
"theres no place like home." "theres no place like home"
She really did want to go to the land of oz
but what she loved most about this brotha was his...
HAIR
That baby was cryin
her
mother was dyin
Dad was tryin
to sell her for Christmas crack
the odds were seemingly against
brown baby girl X
In this world
In this time
In this space
but
20 years later
in a fit of haste
She places that college graduation cap on her...
HAIR
Hair follicles be like rare molecules
mixed and remixed
on the DJ's ones and twos
it neva comes out the same
Im talkin bout' yo
HAIR
During the night she awakened
only to find out
she was always sleepin
she hadn't been awake in years
She hadn't dreamt in months
Gurlfriend hadn't snuggled in a lifetime
Just now
and only now
was her wake up call
and her new-found soul mate was
her alarm clock
He personified the
midnight hour
He made her look at the beauty of
massaging scalps
any place
any time
and put her mentals in a shiny new frame of mind
she became the watch face
and he the big hand
and
they began killin time
ob sess sive ly
while massaging
each otha's...
HAIR
Tied up
Tied down
ghetto survivin attitudinal afro puffs
on the way to school
after havin
lucky charms
for breakfast lunch and dinner
but the proof in her puddin
is persistance
she don't expect life to be fair
but
young honey
got it goin on
up there
beneath her...
HAIR
Folks be wiggin out
when discussin
the
spiritual root
of our hairology
see the strands
they be
DEEP
like cosmetology, anthropology, psychology
braided together
bonded together
purged and merged together
its yo...
HAIR
Hair follicles
be like rare molecules
mixed and remixed
on the DJ's ones and twos
ewwe ewwe ewwe ewwe
you neva know how
you neva know how
ewwe ewwe ewwe ewwe
you neva know how its gonna turn out
Brotha I'm talkin bout that...
HAIR
See hair it be resiliant and
resistant
manifesting itself in the form of
New Growth
and
despite chemical genocide
No dark n lovely, creme of nature, optima
can
PERMantly stop
the follicle soldiers
when you feel
the itch and scratch in the kitchen
that some folks try really hard not to mention
its those new growth soldiers
fighting
straight dissention
in yo...
HAIR
See some is so
tightly curled
or so called kinky
that a
rinky dinky
comb can't walk
through them African woods
See our HAIR be a reflexion
of
our
fortitude and solitude
some
they think it rude
and crude
but its got ancestrial
at ti tude
that be sayin
I'm thick
I'm proud
you cannot just move me any ole' kind of way
See, I got my
follicles twisted
and
what looks kinky is really
a fence of protection
for my scalp
my temple
that houses wisdom
you can't just
easily comb through our...
HAIR
Them hair folicles
be like rare molecules
mixed and remixed
like DJ beats on the ones and twos
it neva comes out the same
people I'm talkin bout yo...
HAIR
Whether theres a plentitude
in your beautitude
or a lack there of its
still yo
HAIR
its mentaly yo hair
its physicaly yo hair
and strength is still strong
whether it
reseeds
or impeeds
on yo corporate structure
WE GOTTA LOVE OUR HAIR
love yo brothas HAIR
love yo sista HAIR
love each otha's HAIR
HAIR
HAIR
HAIR
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