I Know You're Shining Down On Me

I Try Not To Be A Jerk. I Really Do. I Try To Be Nice And Cordial.

I Want To Collaborate With Me 'cause I've Done So Many Collaborations That After A Certain Point Unless You're Really Working With A Certain Caliber Of An Artist, There's No Point [to Collaborate].

My Father Identified As A Black Man. No One Asked Him Because He Was Clearly Black. But People Always Ask Me. If We Were Together, People Would Look At Us In A Really Strange Way. It Sucked. As A Little Girl I Had Blond Hair And They'd Look At Me, Look At Him, And Be Disgusted.

I Think That For Me Personally, A Lot Of My Choices Have Been To Do With My Own Issues Of Not Feeling Safe As A Child And Feeling A Sense Of Stability.

I Can Make It Through The Rain, I Can Stand Up Once Again, On My Own, And I Know, That I'm Strong Enough To Mend, And Every Time I Feel Afraid I Hold Tighter To My Faith, And I Live One More Day And I Make It Through The Rain.