i wrote it with jerry wanda of the fugees. angela hunt whose gram my-award winning song writer did "empire state of mind" with alicia.. she and i were singing around. i don't usually collaborate with someone on melody. she went up to this -- ♪ oh, babe, it hurts ♪ . she says, that, i don't know if i can sing it. i tried and i hit it. it's a prt of my singing i don't use often. because it was someone else guiding me, i did it. i'm a little out of my zone on a couple of these. yet it makes for really good music. >> that's a good thing. have you noticed -- you were describing your voice a moment ago. can you tell, can you hear, has your voice changed over the 25 years? >> my voice has gotten healthier. >> right. >> i have noticed the change. i listened to the older records. there are different times in my life. different albums where i can hear the different health i had when i was still eating sugar. the healthier my body is, the healthier my voice is. it's like a muscle. like an athlete. >> that makes sense. >> absolutely. whe