It's In My Genes. My Mother Was

If You Believe In Yourself Enough And Know What You Want, You're Gonna Make It Happen.

My Mother Is Irish, My Father Is Black And Venezuelan, And Me - I'm Tan, I Guess.

I Started Writing Poetry When I Was Six. I Had This Teacher Who Didn't Believe The Poems I'd Bring In Were Mine Because They Were Dark And Sad. But I Wrote About What I Experienced In My Childhood.

She Smiles Through A Thousand Tears, And Harbors Adolescent Fears. She Dreams Of All That She Can Never Be, She Wades In Insecurity.

I Always Sang And I Always Wrote...it's Just Having That Ambition. You Really Can't Let Go Of Your Dreams.