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have you heard the good news of our Lord
and Savior coconut oil I am here to tell
you about the Church of natural hair
where we believe in the Holy Trinity
coconut oil aloe and apple cider vinegar
if I could just have a few minutes of
your time after this I will send you a
personalized spray bottle upon your
membership completion want to know how
you can get rid of your life of relaxer
written sin and gain the unspeakable joy
of your curls the first step is to call
for your hair offer your hair as
sacrifice we call this the big chop or
when your boyfriend leaves you because
you cut all your hair off it is the
first active commitment in Church of
natural hair the second act is a year
worth of the ugly stage it is here where
you will learn 50 ways to tie a head
wrap the wrong way how to stretch your
edges into the most pitiful puff you
ever did see and the excuse shrinkage
will roll off your tongue like a hymn
because men shouldn’t be the only ones
allowed to use shrinkage as an excuse
the third and final act is recruitment
after your ugly year you will have a
head full of glorious kinks and curls
and people will ask you about your
regimen ask you how long you’ve been
natural and tell you how they could
never and it is your job to spread the
gospel at work on the ethnic hair aisle
at Target
while getting your pap smear and hair
products will become a major expense to
you so join us it is time to cross over
into newness of your hair now there are
some downfalls to being natural you may
find that your hair is so attractive
that things get stuck in them like brush
bristles and tie your combs white
people’s hands
at which point you should let them know
that you are not a petting zoo now that
we’ve had this talk please join me in
the natural girls prayer now I lay me
down to sleep I pray the Lord my curls
to keep sure my bonnet come off before I
wake I pray the Lord my soul to take
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