I'm close to my mother, and I ...

I'm close to my mother, and I could sit talking on the phone with her all day.
 Missy Elliot

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When interviewers ask me who I'm sleeping with or if I don't like such-and-such or what is my sexuality, that's not beneficial to the world. They need to ask me about stuff that may help readers, like how my father abused my mother for many years. A lot of kids go through that and need to know what they should do.
 Missy Elliot
I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.
 Missy Elliot
I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.
 Missy Elliot
If I didn't have some kind of education, then I wouldn't be able to count my money.
 Missy Elliot
My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.
 Missy Elliot