00:00I'm 25 years old and people sometimes forget that. I guess you would say I have an old
00:17soul and when I hit the mic I am a soulful singer. This go around I am ready to cross
00:25over. You can never get rid of the soul, but I am just ready to cross over. It's been
00:31three years and I got a lot to say and I am ready to just be 25. It's been hard. I am
00:38not going to tell you no stories. I am not going to paint a pretty picture either. But
00:42I keep prayer in my life. I have a praying mother and a praying grandmother and I guess
00:49the prayers that they have been praying for me have kept me going. Family is all you
00:54got. A lot of the things that I have done I never thought that I would have. I never
00:59thought that I would have done Broadway. I got great reviews on Broadway but I was so scared.
01:05Broadway ain't no joke and I was very, very scared, very nervous but at the end of the
01:10day I got out there and I just gave my all. In 08 there are so many things out about Fantasia.
01:17So many things come across the screens, the radios, the blogs, the comedians. Everybody
01:21was talking. Some of the things were true, some of the things were false. But I didn't
01:25have the opportunity to clear any of that up. So I figured why not me allow everybody
01:31to watch me as I rebuild my dynasty. As I clean up some of the things that were true and clean
01:37up some of the things that were false. I do know that I am ready to go on tour for a long time.
01:42For a long time. For a long time. I miss the stage. That is my number one love.
01:49Hey, what's up everybody? I'm Fantasia Barrino and right now you're watching Essence TV.
