When I Sing, I Have To Live

One Of The Things I Love About Africa Is The Amount Of Dignity And Respect And Humility You See All The Time. You Don't Realise How Often You're Disrespected Until You Are Surrounded By Respect.

I Think The First Time I Really Heard Poetry Was In The Schoolyard. Just The Little Limericks That Kids Say When They're Jumping Rope And Playing Games. I Think That's The First Time I Heard Rhyming Words - I Don't Know If I'd Call That The Definitive Poetry, But That's When I Heard Rhyming Words Said And Not Necessarily Sung.

When Jett Puts My Face In His Hands And Tells Me, 'mommy You're So Pretty' Or Smells Me, It's So Wonderful.

For My Writing, And Because I Love Talking To Young Women About Life, I Often Asked Them Which Would They Rather Have - A Father In The House With Them While Growing Up Or A Big Butt? I Tell You 86 Percent Of The Time, Girls Say A Big Butt Because It Gets Them Further.

Nothing Has Gotten Me Out Of Philadelphia. I Moved 20 Minutes Away From Philly. That's About It.