Almost Cut My Hair

[Verse 1]
With veils, born female
The scent and the length of our hair tells the tale
Of beauty and tears, done our duty for years
It's my love and fate, it's my honor and hate
Give it time to grow 'cause with time you'll know
How it's so special 'cause it's times we couldn't show
Got it wrapped up or pinned back, braided or dyed black
Now we sit where freedom sat with kings and aristocrats

How did the people condone
For women to get stoned 'cause their hair was shown
Broken bones, I let my freak flag fly
Look me in the eye
Let my curves rule your world, Mother Earth, sky
Now we won't try ascending on high
With our daughters, our sisters and our mothers by our side
It's a lifetime of men not in their right mind
So we're left to accept, try to fix what they left
Gotta make it alright, see it's how they get by
We're their backbone, their way home
They call us their rib
Wanna stifle our lips, only speak where it fits
While we're carrying, bearing the lives of their kids

[Hook]
I almost cut it, yeah I almost cut it off
Things ain't going my way
Just like the path of life
It's gonna be a new day

[Verse 2]
See I'm gonna have to cut it, I gotta let it burn
I gotta give it freely, I have to take my turn
I'm laying down my vanity so you can see reflections
Through the bronze looking glass, reach the next section
And I'll be the lesson, it must be me
'Tween hard times and blessings, someone paid to be free
So take the veil as the nun if you don't want none
And the wages were won but don't ask the sum
You must condition out the [?], the follicles of your mind
To cut the dead from the end to begin a new time
You must condition out the [?], the follicles of your mind
Cut the dead from the end to begin a new time