thanks yall!!
I AM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!! AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHA! It takes a lot to make a singer yell on her day off..LOL! #1 ON BILLBOARD WILL DO IT!
MOST of all, and FIRST of all I wanna thank my MOM! For telling me I can be anything I want, and helping me be everything I am.
It is the 5th of July going on 12 pm. Est. And I’m sitting on my bed just enjoying the silence and the heat and basking in the contentment of a hard earned success. I had a “Private Party” one woman album release party in my house last night until 6 in the morning. I took a bath at 3 am and put on my white dress and danced for 3 hours….LOL! I’m so childish…Hahahahhalolol!
Contrary to the lower half of the reviews I’ve been reading, this is not the album of a woman unscathed, it’s not a bunch of platitudes and empty optimism. TESTIMONY vol. 1 is the musical manifestation of a person who dug way deeper than the surface of anger to find a place of true healing and wisdom about love. I’m sure we all know how hard forgiving is. I know my “pretty” music makes it sound idealized to some but it really is my truth and its a TRUTH I worked very hard for. THAT is what I celebrated last night… This Independence Day represents my freedom from the fear of pain. I now know that I have the tools to deal with the ups and downs of love.
I said all of that to say, if I can go from the rock Bottom of a broken heart, crying on the living room floor, to the top of the Billboard charts and singing with Prince, Stevie wonder and Chaka Khan at the BET awards (hey that rhymes..LOL!) I know that I am being rewarded for my perseverance.
As I grow I understand that:
#1 everything changes and I will be on the floor again and
#2 when I am on the floor again, I will get back up.
# 3 I believe that “There’s Hope” because I’m shown my way back into the light time and time again.
I thank everyone who played a role in helping me bring this dream to earth. Thank you all SO! Much
Source: myspace.com/indiaarie
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…..Though the relationship I was in brought this to my attention, in seeking to understand the pain, I realized that I have tried to be all things to all people from the time I was a young child. Coming into my womanhood had shown me that there is an appropriate time for everything, but there is still a space of honesty in the sacred space of each of our hearts that should be alive where ever we are.