Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell.

I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons.

Either you're a hater or a lover.

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.

I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about.

Because you never know where life is gonna take you, And you can't change where you've been, But today, I have the opportunity to choose.

Everybody has their own path. I got mine.