It's an African Adinkra symbol called a sankofa. It literally means "return to your roots". The bird is always moving forward but perpetually looking backwards to its past to make better decisions in the future. I added some crazy design and its bigger than I thought I'd get but that's the gist of it. I lived in Africa for a while so it means a lot to me. Rate please?
Wow... OK, so first off it's very sad that so much real-estate went to such a crappy tattoo. Great and Sexy concept that was not accomplished by the hack that you let do it. The lines are ridiculously shaky and the color is blotchy and inconsistent.