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Control is not real, and I’m really understanding that every day. It’s about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.

SZA

I don’t have a background in music, and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every day, I’m gonna get lost.
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Attention Lost Music Myself Time
It’s so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I’m not incredibly passionate about.
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Focus Myself Passionate Time
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 want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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Excellence Fear Myself Success
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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Herself Home Ideas Language Mom 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
Control is not real, and I’m really understanding that every day. It’s about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.
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Acceptance Control Powerful Reality Understand Yourself
No one sets an impossible beauty standard like ya own mama lmao.
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Beautiful Funny Impossible Mom
Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it. SZA
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Accomplishment Grow Up Music
I don’t have any control over what actually happens except that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I’m there. That’s all that matters.
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Control Myself Philosophy Willing Worth
My mom didn’t let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.
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Eat Mom Myself Old
I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.
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Born Character 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
I’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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Inspirational Learning Myself
I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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Design Fashion Myself Thinking
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

Control is not real, and I’m really understanding that every day. It’s about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.

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