My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.

Mama, Mama, ama, Mama, Mqama, Mwama, Msama, Mzama, Mqma, Mwma, Msma, Mzma, Maqma, Mawma, Masma, Mazma, Manma, Majma, Makma, Ma,ma, Ma ma, Mana, Maja, Maka, Ma,a, Ma a, Mamna, Mamja, Mamka, Mam,a, Mam a, Mamqa, Mamwa, Mamsa, Mamza, Mamq, Mamw, Mams, Mamz, Mamaq, Mamaw, Mamas, Mamaz.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too just different than mine.

I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don't know I came from the ghetto. They think I'm too nice and proper. But that's the way my mama raised me - to look people in the eye and respect them.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.