I Know Who I Am. I Am

You Can Look At My Palm And See The Storm Coming. Read The Book Of My Life And See I've Overcome It.

The Streets Respect Me Because I Kept It Real With Me. You Gotta Be Real With Yourself, And The Streets Recognize Game.

Nowadays, With The State Of The Music Business, For Any Artist, Whether You're Up-and-coming Or You've Been In It For Awhile, You Have To Explore Different Revenues And Different Ways Of Expressing Yourself.

You Can't Get Around Pain And Opposition, But You Can Try To Be Joyful In The Trial, And Thank Yourself For The Trial, And Thank God For The Strength To Get Through It.

As A Child I Always Wanted To Be A Singer. The Music My Mother Played In The House Moved Me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It Was Truly Spiritual. It Made You Understand What God Was. We Are All Spirits. We Get Depressed. But Music Makes You Want To Live. I Know My Music Has Saved My Life.