Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes

And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary.

Erykah Badu

• Mind
• Reason
• Heavy
• Unnecessary

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  Erykah Badu
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  • Reason
  • Heavy