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(cracking stone)

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(soft piano music)

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- [Woman's Voice] I have encountered

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so many people where they've

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made it their mission for me to fail.

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And I'm good with that.

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Because at the end of the day,

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your words are only bouncing off of me,

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there's nothing that you can do

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to stop me from getting where I need to be.

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I'm not afraid of anyone.

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(piano music)

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My story, is a very hard one,

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I've been through a good amount in my life.

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Sometimes when you see people in a position like mine,

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^you assume that their story and that their life is perfect.

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I was molested for about five years

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by my closest cousin, who lived with me.

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My biggest mission was to show them that

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there's nothing perfect about what I've been through,

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and there's going to be nothing perfect

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about what you go through.

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I was bullied all through high school because I'm slim,

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even today, I'm still skinny as ever.

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They used to call me orangutan,

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^as soon as I won Miss USA

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people called me a monkey,

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people called me a black bum,

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people put all these things

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all over my social media sites because I was black.

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I want these kids to know that regardless

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of what you're going through,

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we can all succeed as long as we continue to fight.

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People are gonna bash you.

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And the main thing is to show them

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the light at the end of the tunnel.

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But you know what power you have?

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You have the power over your life

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to knock out whatever you want in your life.

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So you have to focus on being

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the best you that you can be

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regardless of what people do to you.

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And I let them to know that there are going to be people

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that want to make your life harder,

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and that you can't allow them to have that power.

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(cracking stone)