From the time that I was a juvenile
I had a discrepancy
Always looked a little different than the people on tv screen
Used to peek into the mirror
Ashamed of who was
Because my skins a little different than the kids up on the bus
I had
The nappy ɾoots
All up on [C7]my [A]head
I used to [C7]wish it went away as I would lay upon [C7]my [A]bed
Remember standing in the ɾain drops
To make my [A]hair stɾaight
And I would do it everyday do it everyday to [C7]look just like [F]my [A]class mates
But
It would never stay
Always go away
End up cry myself to [C7]sleep because the curls I would display
Equate look up on [C7]my [A]head with the money I would make
Conversations with my [A]mother all [Em]to [C7]often I would say
I want that good hair
Why won't it stay there
I want that good hair
Good hair
Good hair
I want that good hair
Why won't it stay there
I want that good hair
Good hair
Good hair
I want that good hair
I see up on [C7]the tv
The kind that make you [A7famous
Everybody wanna be [Am]me
The kind that all [Em]the girls like
So maybe [Am]they will see me
I whip it cross my [A]face
They be [Am]thinking I'm so dreamy
Jesus got [Fm7]the hair
Everybody been about it
Michael Jackson [C7]switched it up
To match the people that surrounded
Why I gotta keep the kinks
If it's just finna hold me back
Lemme go and [Bm]get this perm
Then maybe [Am]I could get a stack
I want the good hair
I see up on [C7]the super hero's
Batman Spider-Man Superman
Here's a plan
Line me up
Pull it back
Forever I have wanted that
Pleaded with my [A]mama
Then she went and [Bm]gave my [A]bonnet back
She said
One day I'd wake up and [Bm]love my [A]curls
She said
There's nothing better in this whole world
She said
God made you [A7perfect so don't be [Am]churl
She said
There is much beauty in each your twirls
I want that good hair
Why won't it stay there
I want that good hair
Good hair
Good hair
Yeah
Let it ɾide like [F]this
All this
Self discrimination
Intimidation
Tried to [C7]stay adjacent
With tv station
Hated my [A]creation
Manipulation
Locked up in my [A]mind
Had to [C7]go and [Bm]find
Self love
New view of everything I was
My blood
Molded from heaven up above
My hair
Treasure so I'ma leave it there
I found
Beauty in every single curl
My world