'It Was Just a Gang for God'

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Can you recite your favorite prayer for us?

Her Favorite Prayer

Heavenly father thank you for this food, for the nourishment of my body, in Christ's namesake, let's eat!

Georgia goes through a transformation in the movie. You've made your own personal transformation from pioneer in the rap world to Oscar-nominated actress. How do you account for your transformation? Did you have a "book of possibilities" like Georgia did?

I've made those books, but then I always lose them. I don't have a specific book of possibilities. You know what it is, whatever I feel in my heart and whenever I feel I can do something. I never pictured myself as just a rapper, I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like I could do a lot of different things. I felt like [unless] I could call myself the best rapper on the planet, then there was no way I was going to put all my eggs in one basket. I just wasn't raised like that. That's my momma. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket at one time. If you're gonna do that make sure you go to college at the same time and have something to fall back on."

So when it came to making music, I love making music, but I didn't feel like I was the best out there. I felt there were males and females that might be better than me, and so I always kept my eyes open and my mind open for some other opportunity and creating another opportunity. So, that's what we always did. I think other people had the opportunity to do that, it's just that some people need someone else to go first and some people are the one to take a chance and go for it. I'm kind the one to go for it, I'm that type.

If you were given three weeks to live, what would you do with that time?

If She Only Had Three Weeks to Live

I'd definitely spend time with my family. I'd give all my money away to those who are going to get it, make sure there's no fighting after I'm gone. There ain't that much to fight over, but you see people fight over five dollars. Take care of any bills. I don't want to leave my family with any burdens. And I'd just spend time with family and friends and then I'd probably just go somewhere I really wanted to go. I'd go on safari or to the Great Wall of China or Jamaica.

Go to the beach for a while?

Ya'mon! Just hang out in Jamaica and drink a Red Stripe and relax. Just enjoy the water. I would enjoy nature. One of the things I've always enjoyed the most is just the world: I'd look at the sky, swim, and hold babies. Since I wouldn't have time to have one, I'd just have to hold my little nephew. And watch the kids laugh `cause they always crack me up when they laugh, 'cause they'll laugh at anything. Just try to find simple pleasures and get ready to get on up out of here.

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