With a mic in her hand, this Afghan girl used hip-hop to escape forced marriage — and she's not done fighting.
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00:00I had so much to say. I wanted to share my story. I was working in a gym. I was cleaning. Then I heard Eminem's song.
00:16He was rapping in English. Of course, I didn't know what he was talking about. But he gave me the idea of using rap as a tool to express myself, as a tool to share my story with the world.
00:30I knew what I wanted to be in the future, and I didn't want to get married.
00:46When I was 10 years old, my family decided to do an arrangement for me. I didn't know anything at that time because I was so young. I thought it was a game. I thought it was a party.
01:13I was happy because they gave me new clothes. They paid so much attention to me.
01:22I wrote that song because I saw my friends going through this situation. They were always with bruises on their faces because of fighting against child marriage. I wanted to share their story.
01:46I wrote this song to let the world know what's going on and to let them know that child marriage is a cruel tradition.