Braided Hair Songtext / Lyric

I have to tell everybody about myself



From the same dirt from the heels of my ancestors

The naked roads and the fields where the pain festered

I wonder where the hold came from

In the deeps of my heart make me yearn for the doubt

It's the same place where the cross was burned

The same place where the loss was earned

It's the place where the floss was yearned

Gold teeth and bling ice on the ring baby sure



[We've all got things that hang on our backThings that make us cool, Things that make us wack, Things that make us madThings we wish we never had doneBut they're just the things that make us realNot the maps to guide where we go from hereThe road twists and braids like hairUntil we all get there]



(African Chant)



I like that I don't know some mysteries

Ancient things and beginnings

Excited about the day when I don't have to hear all the theories

My scalp needs some grease

It's the same place where the cross was burned

The same place where the loss was earned

The only way we all can learn

Is if we have these braids with the twist and turns so






[We've all got things that hang on our backThings that make us cool, Things that make us wack, Things that make us madThings we wish we never had doneBut they're just the things that make us realNot the maps to guide where we go from hereThe road twists and braids like hairUntil we all get there]



Walking in the race of life

Looking for my own pace

Not always wanting to but I have to

Sometimes feeling like I've bitten off much more than I could chew

But the wind goes though my hair

And lifts me up with ease not a crease

Hair full of grease no weave embracing me

It's you I see

I am you and you are me I see, yeah



(African Chant)



I am you and you are me I see, yeah



We might survive as brothers yeah or perish here as fools

Go place your bets

Don't bet too soon

Yeah, you might find me in another

Feels like someone you once knew

You know that face yeah we all do

Braided hair (what's it all for?)



We might survive as brothers yeah or perish here as fools

Go place your bets

Don't bet too soon

Yeah, you might find me in another

Feels like someone you once knew

You know that face yeah we all do

Braided hair (what's it all for?)