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My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.

Kehlani

As far as creation goes, you just really have to not overthink and just create and be confident. If you think it’s tight, then the world is going to think it’s tight.
KEHLANI

Confidence Creation Thinking World
Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
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Listening Music Writing
I used to think that love was giving up everything of yourself and giving it to the other person. Now, I’ve realized that love is when you have somebody that doesn’t make you give up half of yourself.
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Give Up Love Myself Person Thinking Yourself
I was seeing the effects of what music can do — how it can be healing and bring people joy, but on the flip side, there was this ugliness. I saw the greed and the He-Mans that were willing to f*ck over children.
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Beautiful Children Healing Man Music Myself Ugly
You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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Worth Yourself
I really hate finding out people that show love really be talking crazy behind the scenes. Bitch buck up and hate me with your chest.
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Crazy Hate Love Myself People
My pops passed when I was little. I didn’t have a dad around to tell me certain things. I didn’t have my biological mother.
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Death Father Loss Myself
Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it’s really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they’re creepy or not.
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Comfortable Help Myself People Talk Time
There is nothing I would trade in this world for being a mommy.
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Mom Myself World
It don’t take a whole day to recognize sunshine.
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Recognition Sun Time
Sometimes I make songs about girls, and I say ‘he,’ or I’ll make songs about guys, and I say ‘she,’ or sometimes they’re exactly what they’re about. I feel like it just allows me to get a lot more perspective.
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Feeling Girl Help Myself Perspective Song
I hang out with the right people, my friends that I’ve had since the beginning. We go to the beach, take walks, paint, see our family – just normal things that people who become famous lose sight of.
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Beginning Fame Family Friendship Myself People Right
My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.
KEHLANI

Kind Myself Understand Writing
My lyrics are a complete 180 from what they used to be in terms of maturity. And I have a kid, so that changes everything.
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Change Growth Myself
Choose yourself or lose yourself.
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Lose Yourself
When you look at me, you can’t really tell what I am, but I’m black, white, Native, Spanish, and a little bit of Filipino.
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Identity Yourself

My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.

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My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.

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