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I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in my songwriting.

India.Arie

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When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm doing emotional work on myself. As I'm writing these songs, I have to learn these lessons and dig real deep into my heart to write this stuff.
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Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree
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I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because i am a queen
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