I Wish Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Christopher1974 

Cover art for I Wish lyrics by R. Kelly

This is a good song but why does R. Kelly say "come on and braid my hair"? I don't get that part.

Cause he is hood. :)

I don't understand that part either. But I think he's has a song named that.

@Christopher1974 While your comment is really old, I want to answer in case anyone reading as this is a question of Black culture, especially Black culture in inner city areas. I grew up in one in the 90s.

Basically, the braiding of a man's hair is sort of an intimate thing, often something reserved for an important woman in the man's life, like his mother or his girl. My own man had a female friend braid his hair at a hostel, and I got really upset, because it is not something a stranger should do unless at a salon. Hair...