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I hate being outside more than I can explain. I really have debilitating anxiety.

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I think we all do: I think we wonder if we’re supposed to be here if we’re doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.
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Myself Right Thinking Time
I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.
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Born Character Myself
There’s something different about growing up black and Muslim, especially in New Jersey. It’s like when I left the mosque and I left my dad, I felt unprotected, but I also felt a weird sense of pride, like I was involved in this other way of living that was cool to me.
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Different Father Grow Up Live Pride Protection Religion Weird
As long as you’re being honest and there’s the intention in what you’re doing, then I think that energy permeates your field and becomes like a homing signal for other people with like energies.
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Honesty Spiritual Yourself
Kicked myself out the algorithm.
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Control Instagram Captions Myself
Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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Listen Myself Voice
I’ve been known to wear pajamas onstage for the sole reason of wanting to make sure I’m free enough to execute new things vocally on stage and give my best performance possible.
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Freedom Myself Possible Reason
When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I’ve had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.
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Art Creation Force Imagination Myself Parents Time Writing Yourself
I feel like when you say ‘activist,’ you have to have so much clarity, and I don’t always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I’m trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be.
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Body Control Feeling God Kind Myself Necessary Need People
Only break the rules baby or whatever Ja said.
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Break Rule
I learned everything the hard way – like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.
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God Hope Learning Lesson Myself People
We’re changing little girls’ lives across the world, and we didn’t even know what we were doing when we started.
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Change Inspirational World
I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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Design Fashion Myself Thinking
I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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Detail Fantasy Myself
I think music is honest and will make you do honest things.
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Honesty Music Myself Thinking
I love folk. I love rap.
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Music Myself

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