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My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.

SZA

I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.
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Character Feeling Man Myself Shame
Kicked myself out the algorithm.
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Control Instagram Captions Myself
I wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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Alone Friendship Myself
Just tryna eat pasta and mind my business.
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Attitude Business Eat Mindset
My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
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Music Myself People Space Touch
My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.
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Control Myself
Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative – it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you’re the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop.
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Black Feeling Myself Safety
Father if you don’t take me any further I honor the gifts you’ve given me thus far.
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Acceptance Gift God Gratitude Myself Religious
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
I’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
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Fashion Hairs Love Mom Myself Play
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 always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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Myself Spiritual True
I will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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Feeling Instagram Captions Joy Myself Time
When you’re, like, 190 pounds, dark-skinned, and a new artist that no one really cares about, people don’t really take the time to make you look beautiful.
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Everything I love I over do.
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Love Myself One Liner
People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it’s interesting to me. I’m just making music.
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Music Myself People

My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.

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My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.

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