When You Hold On To Anger And

I Used To Think I Was Ugly. I Thought I Looked Like A Camel. A Person Who Doesn't Love Themselves, They Will See Anything That Pops Up On Their Face. I've Seen Squirrels, I've Seen A Bird, And I've Seen All Kinds Of Animals On My Face. But That Is The Result Of Self-hate. I've Learned To Say: 'you Know What? I Am A Beautiful Black Woman'.

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.

I Don't Know What Kind Of God The Rest Of Y'all Are Serving, But The God I Serve Says, 'mary, You Need To Be The Hottest Thing This Year, And I'm Gonna Make Sure You're Doing That.'

The Only Person That I'm Really Feeling - Because She Has An Identity Of Her Own, Even Though She Has Listened To Mary J. Blige - Is Jill Scott.

There Are People Out There Who Want To Provoke Me And Bring Back The Old Mary But I'm Not Giving Them The Satisfaction.