Natural hair + Being African

"You have natural hair. You natural people just like to judge people with relaxed hair and weaves."
-Err, no. You're the one who just tried to define me and put me in a box. I have nothing against relaxed hair or weaves. CHILL.

Why I went natural.
I went natural for personal reasons, not because I wanted to be a part of 'team natural'. I've been natural many times before just because I noticed a trend and thought afros were cool. But this time, I have different reasons.I'm natural because I'm sick and tired of getting regular relaxers. I can straighten my kinky afro if I want to (It takes a life time and I always fail cause I'm impatient). I got too comfortable with weaves and relaxed hair and I thought there was no other way that I could look nice. I felt like I had a sense of false beauty. I said to myself "well, Gos gave me afro hair and my God does not make mistakes. If I do not feel beautiful with my natural texture, I don't want to feel beautiful with weaves. Having straight or wavy caucasian hair is not and should not define beauty."

"I thought you were natural, why have you got a weave/extensions?"
Just before you start giving me labels like 'self righteous whore bag'and 'traitor to the natural community.', there is no such thing as a 'natural community, damn it. Also, I DO NOT have anything against weaves or people that wear weaves. I'm just glad that I don't feel like I need weaves or extensions to feel like beautiful. I want to comb my afro and think that I look just as beautiful as if I had extensions or weave. That's all!

Tough Love

Dude, I really like you
You know I'm in love with you
I'm pretty much stuck on you
But when you don't do the things you need to do
I get really stressed out because I care for you
You see those 'friends' that you're chilling with
They don't care. No, they don't give a shit
I'm so sick and tired of nagging you
Because I've also got shit to do
Baby, I think I need a break from you
I think you need some tough love.