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00:00the person that you were in the early days, maybe when that album came out, and you were,
00:06you know, just working hard, like you said, to exhaustion, just trying to get your name out
00:10there. Who is she in comparison to the woman that we see now living in London? Yeah, you know,
00:17enjoying the lunch dates, like just having some ease in your life. How do those women, you know,
00:24where are they now, like? Yeah, I mean, that person is me still. It's just that I've now
00:31given her some rest. Like, I don't need the, I don't need the attitude. I don't need the,
00:37everything that got me to that place, to that first album, all those tools, building up the
00:43wall, being hard, hustling, all that stuff I needed to make it in the industry that I was in.
00:49And all of that is still part of who I am, because I'm a fight for what I want,
00:53always. Also, I'm from Philly, and Philly is feisty. So there's never,
00:57ever going to be taken any of that away. It's still the same girl. It's just that
01:03sometimes you don't need those same tools as you grow, you know, some things you do have to let
01:08go. So I think, I like to think that, you know, I'm the same person. It's just, I'm a little,
01:16like you said, I'm a little softer. I'm a little, I'm a lot softer, actually, which is nice. Yeah.
01:23I love that. I love that. Well, I, you know, this has been a tree. Like, I'm a huge fan. I'm just
01:28so like, like I said, it's been, it's been really nice to just watch you just be on mommy duty,
01:33go on, you know, travel with your family, like, just have a birthday party. And, you know, like,
01:40with your friend, you know, family and your husband, your friends, and just seem like you're
01:44just really just, I'm just enjoying what, you know, my life is right now. And I think that's so
01:49cool. A lot of black women need to see that because yes, it's important. Yes. Because we can,
01:56we deserve all that we want, period. So yeah, it's important. It's important. Yeah.
02:04Nice. Well, congratulations again on who's that girl. I'm sure everybody's going to run out and
02:08get it. And, you know, I'm just going to keep watching and keep fangirling out because I think
02:12you're fabulous. So thank you so much. Thank you for today. Yes. No, thank you.