Braided Hair 
(Bridgeman/Catto/Speech/Cherry/Ulali) 
Vocals: Speech (USA) / Ulali (USA) 
Additional Vocals: Neneh Cherry (UK) 

Spoken words:
Yeah, you know we was talking earlier and I was, 
I was telling you, I was talking about life. 
I feel like life is really just like braided hair 
coz it sort of like twists, you know about braiding? 
It like twists you know, three strands twist together, 
ultimately you get to where you gonna get to  

From the same dirt from the heels of my ancestors, 
The naked rose in the fields where the pain festered. 
I wonder where the hole came from in the beats of my heart 
made me yearn for the drum 

It’s the same place where the crosses burn 
The same place where the loss was earned  
It's the place where the floss was yearned 
Gold teeth, that bling, ice on the ring, baby sugar, YO. 

We all got things that hang on our back 
Things that make us cool things that make us wack, 
Things that make us mad, things we wish we never had …done 
But they’re just of things that make us real 
Not the maps that guide where we go from here 
The road twists in braids like hair, until we all get there . 

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. 

In the same place where the cross is 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 all got things that hang on our back 
Things that make us cool things that make us wack, 
Things that make us mad, things we wish we never had …done 
But the just of things that make us real 
Not the maps that guide where we go from here 
The road twists in braids like hair, until we all get there . 

Neneh Cherry:
Walking in the race of life, looking for my own pace. 
always wanted to, but I have too,  
Sometimes feeling like I've bitten off much more than I can chew. 
But the wind goes through my hair and lifts me up with ease, 
Not a crease, hair full of grease no embracing me. 
It's you I see. 
I am you, and you are me, I see, yeah 

Chant 

I am you, and you are me, I see, yeah 

We might survive as brothers  
Or perish here as fools 
So 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, braided braid hair) 

We might survive as brothers  
Or perish here as fools 
So 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, braided braid hair) 

We might survive as brothers  
Or perish here as fools 
So 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