Cynthia Erivo

Maybe about 12, when people kept asking me to sing.

Like, I was on the school playground and it would be lunchtime and other kids would say, hey, can you sing this?

Then I would sing it and they would get their other friends and they'd go, Cynthia's going to sing.

And then talent shows started coming up and they would ask if I would sing.

That's when I knew that I could do something with my voice.

I think when I really understood that it could make people feel, I want to say I was about 18.

I sang at a place called Troy Bar, which is like an open mic.

It's like a little restaurant that had an open mic night every Tuesday or Thursday.

And I one day decided to get up and sing and you could hear a pin drop.

Do you remember what you sang?

I sang Say Yes by a band called Flowetry.

Loving you has taken time, taken time.

But I always knew you would be mine.

I recognize the butterflies inside me.

All the sense is gonna be made tonight, tonight.

All you gotta do is say yes.

All you gotta do is say yes.

Don't deny what you feel.

Let me undress you, baby.

Open up your mind.