We were all born, and we all came to the music business with everything we had. There'll never be another Baduizm, another Erykah Badu, another Macy Gray. And the last level is hard competition, the last place you were. It don't have nothing to do with music or anything. I'm only in competition with my last level. You know, any artist who feels the way I do, I get on their record, too. Do you feel this album is some kind of proof to that? You've been out of the public eye for a couple of years now, and since then you've got people like Macy Gray in your step. Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good. I mean, they can use the album for whatever they need or what they want. So they just kind of come through me some kind of way. Actually, it started with a melody I was humming, and usually the words find they place, they be waiting to get on a song. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary. And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. You know, I was happy I was able to assess things a little bit better. I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth. After Baduizm, in '97, so about two and a half years ago, right after I finished Baduizm, when I started my live show. I mean, I love his voice, and I think it should be heard basically. They're like another family for me, an extended family. Steve and I worked together a lot for the food drives that they have every year, that the Marley's have every year, the Marley's birthday parties. Was there anybody you sought out to work with? It would be a better thing to have, you know? So that's the explanation. So they can put my album in they holster, or on they lap, or on they seat. Our sons and daughters are going to need something to take with them for protection. And the way life is to me right now, we're at a very detrimental time.

Most of the time, you don't even know your mamma have a gun, you know? And when she pulls it out, and shows it to you, it's something serious. This is 4 you Badu's fans(Esp you Rhonda B.

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