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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

Alicia Keys

At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn’t even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.
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Day End Focus Myself Positive Value
Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
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Experience Liberty Maturity Myself
Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.
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Feeling Journey Myself Need Writing
I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I’m able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I’m able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.
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Hard Myself Proper Skin Worst
Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.
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Fear Freedom Love Yourself
My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
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Conversation Influence Music Myself People Place Thinking
I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.
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Appreciation Different Life Love Share Way
The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
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Cruelty Important Proud Work Yourself
I feel more like I’m a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.
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Chance Dangerous Different Direction Feeling Myself Offering Person Wings
If I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.
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Fact Feeling Handle Myself Situation
I’m not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I’m thick. I like my body.
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Appearance Body Myself Shame
I think we deserve people who really, really love us.
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Deserve Love Ourselves People Thinking
Everybody goes through their life in different ways. I definitely am having my journey. It evolves and changes. At some moments, I feel totally off center and trying to find my way back.
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Different Journey Life Moments Myself
I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
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Drive Environment Myself Thinking Tough
Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That’s how strong my love is.
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Love Myself Relationship Strong
I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.
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Believe Choice Feeling Guilty Myself See Wrong

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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