“My life has been around my children. And I can say that even...

“My life has been around my children. And I can say that even as a single
mother, not one of my kids hit the streets. I made sure I was hard,
especially on my two boys. They’d try to test me when they got older.
If they ever tried to talk to me like they saw their friends talking to
women on the street, I’d put them right in their place: ‘Who the fuck
do you think you’re talking to? You think I’m a bitch on the street?
I’ll show you bitch on the street!’ Sometimes they’d be so hard headed,
I’d leave the room, throw up my hands, and give up. But then I’d think
about it, and decide: ‘No way I’m going to let them beat me.’ Then I’d
march right back in the room.”