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That was a moment for me with Saba. Something she said that unlocked the beast was,

it was at the end of a call, it was almost a two-hour call.

She was like, Tomey, and I was like, yeah.

And she goes, make them pay.

And I was like, oh!

I remember viscerally as women, as marginal.

You're always like, I'm just lucky to breathe this air.

But no, I don't think I'm lucky to make you a lot of money.

You can't create something like Beyonce if you're not willing to roar when you need to

roar. You have to be ferocious and you have to believe that all of it is yours and that you're

worthy of it. I think it's something you see a lot in immigrant communities. At least I know in my

immigrant community, the feeling of I don't

deserve it. And if I get it, it's because of the will of God, which I'm not arguing with,

you know, but I do feel that's a lesson I had to learn over time. And actually, both my two older

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