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BALD and PROUD
Being a slave to society's whimsical tune about beauty
I conformed by buying hair that was not mine
Taken from the heads of people in foreign lands
Convinced their contribution will be paid back by GOD.
The long tresses I wore despite the guilt
Agonizing headaches from it being sewed in
I look in the mirror disgusted by my hypocrisy
After all, I tell everyone be yourself and be free
Living with this internal struggle is irritating
10+ years back and forth with my troubled emotions
No more hypocrisy; besides, when did I start to care what any one thought?
In the barber chair I sat and said down to the skin
My beauty is not just the outside, but starts within
The deed is done and my head looks like Kojak
I am free now and will never look back
I allowed alopecia to stop me from living my life
Another obstacle that is overcome, no more self pity or strife
I stand tall and want you to hear me very loud
Before you still stand a beauty; I am BALD and Proud
I conformed by buying hair that was not mine
Taken from the heads of people in foreign lands
Convinced their contribution will be paid back by GOD.
The long tresses I wore despite the guilt
Agonizing headaches from it being sewed in
I look in the mirror disgusted by my hypocrisy
After all, I tell everyone be yourself and be free
Living with this internal struggle is irritating
10+ years back and forth with my troubled emotions
No more hypocrisy; besides, when did I start to care what any one thought?
In the barber chair I sat and said down to the skin
My beauty is not just the outside, but starts within
The deed is done and my head looks like Kojak
I am free now and will never look back
I allowed alopecia to stop me from living my life
Another obstacle that is overcome, no more self pity or strife
I stand tall and want you to hear me very loud
Before you still stand a beauty; I am BALD and Proud
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