You Don't Know How Much

We Think The Man With The Best Rap Will Protect And Save Us, But It's Not Usually That Way. Love Is Something Deeper And Purer.

If The Entire Week Is A Battlefield, Reading The Bible Is Sort Of Like That Parachute With The Box Of Reserves That Come In The Middle Of The War: Food And Water And The Toothbrush And Toilet Paper.

Everything Takes Place In A Season. There Was A Season When That's All I Did Was Listen To The Music. Now I'm Just In A Place Where I Don't Listen, I Create. And If I Do Listen There Are Specific Things That I Listen To, And For Specific Reasons.

I Knew His Life Deserved A Chance/but Everybody Told Me To Be Smart/look At Your Career They Said/lauren, Baby Use Your Head/but Instead I Chose To Use My Heart.

People Need To Understand That The Lauryn Hill They Were Exposed To In The Beginning Was All That Was Allowed In That Arena At The Time. I Had To Step Away For The Sake Of The Machine. I Was Being Way Too Compromised. I Felt Uncomfortable Having To Smile In Someone's Face When I Really Didn't Like Them Or Know Them Well Enough To Like.