“But more than doubting your own beauty-even when millions of kids are watching and want t

“But more than doubting your own beauty-even when millions of kids are watching and want to be you-the hardest thing about becoming a woman is the ability to be alone, having company with yourself, my mamma can go in her room, sit on the balcony, and just watch the trees all day and not get bored, That’s being grown. Like you don’t need no nigg*s, nothing around you, no females-nothing, just you, God, Jesus and the wind.” - Brandy, 1998