I'm A Singer Who Thinks Like A

I Care About Me Now. When I Didn't Care About Me, I Was, Like, 'why Is This Going Wrong? Why Is My Life So Bad?' But When You Don't Care About Yourself, Nobody Else Is Going To Care About You. So I Learned To Love Myself, Even If Nobody Else Does.

I Have To Have Lemon And Honey. I Have To Have Apple Cider Vinegar, Braggs. And I Have To Have Either Red Vines Or Twizzlers. These Things, You Know, Are The Things That Help My Vocal Performance.

From Being A Little Girl In The Projects, Going Through All Of The Mess That I Was Going Through, To Ending Up At The Inauguration For The First African-american President, I'm Speechless Right Now Because I Never Thought I'd - I Never Ever - I Couldn't Even See That Far. Even When I Ended Up In The Music Business I Couldn't See That.

When Someone Comes Up To Me And Says, 'mary, You Helped Save My Marriage', Or, 'mary, You Helped Me Get Out Of This Abusive Relationship', I'm In It, Really In Their Lives. And I'm So Passionate About My Feelings, But Also About Showing People The Way Through Theirs.

Then My Life Crashed And Burned Down: Trials, Men, Drama, No Self-love, No Identity. A Little Identity, But Not A Lot Of Love For Myself, My Life.