During the years in college, Sister would make her way to many different countries including Finland, Russia, Span, France, Portugal, and England. She would end up being a student of the world. study program at Cornell University and also went to Europe to study abroad. She attended Rutgers University and graduated with her degree in American and African history. She is married with a son.īorn in the Bronx on January 28, 1964, Sister was raised in New York in the projects. Souljah’s experience is the raw reality of what it’s like to be a product of the environment the world has created for you.Sister Souljah is the artist’s name of recording artist, film producer, actor, activist and author, Lisa Williamson. It is not just, but it is logical the harm to our blood is passed through our lineage and manifests in modern formation: families without fathers, depending on the government, brothers and sisters from different men, single moms – you name it. We are a collection of souls encumbered by generational curses and liberated by our ancestors’ prayers brought upon us by a history of mystery, defilement, and ineffable torment. We come into ourselves as our mothers and fathers, even against all odds. Are you a product of your environment or is the environment a product of you? Upon nativity, we grow up in a setting out of our control, and everything leaves a scarring and dramatic impression. It is, unfortunately, proper that her experiences and actions had foreseeable and galvanic consequences. Sometimes you can’t grasp the reality of a situation unless you’ve lived it, but Souljah’s way with words gradually has you unlacing your shoes and stepping into hers.

This book was a challenging read solely because the series of events were hard to swallow.

That means that within my body is the power for me to do 360 degrees worth of anything.” Now she uses that voice to deliver what is at once a fiercely candid autobiography and a survival manual for any African American woman determined to keep her heart open and her integrity intact in 1990s America. Rapper, activist, and hip-hop rebel, Sister Souljah possesses the most passionate and articulate voice to emerge from the projects.

No disrespect by sister souljah