TEQUILA SMITH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HAINES CITY FL. LIKE MANY OTHER KIDS GROWING UP IN AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE JUST WANTED A WAY OUT. A WAY OUT OF PAIN, MISERY, AND POVERTY. BEING MUSICALLY INCLINED, TEQUILA GAINED THE SKILL OF SONG WRITING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, 9 YRS OF AGE TO BE EXACT. AT THE TENDER AGE OF 12 SHE BECAME APART OF A RAPPING GROUP RIGHT OUT OF THE OAKLAND COMMUNITY. IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TEQUILA DECIDED TO VENTURE OUT ON HER OWN AND CAME UP WITH THE STAGE NAME "MISS LADY". LATER IN LIFE, AT AGE 19, GOD CALLED TEQUILA TO THE ALTER TO GIVE HER LIFE, WHICH SHE SAYS, "IS THE BEST MOVE SHE EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF HER LIFE". HER FAVORITE SAYING WOULD BE "IF GOD BE WITH ME, THEN WHO DARE BE AGAINST ME". SHE LIVES BY THAT SAYING, AND HAS MADE IT APART OF HER DAILY PRAYERS. PUTTING GOD FIRST IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES HAS LED TEQUILA TO PRODUCE A GOSPEL ALBUM THAT IS TRULY INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. "I JUST PRAY I CAN HEAL OTHERS THROUGH MY MUSIC AND LEAD THEM TO THE "SOURCE", AS OPPOSED TO LEADING THEM TO A CLUB WHERE THEY AREN'T GETTING FED". "I HAVE ONE POINT IN MIND AND THAT IS TO LIFT UP THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS." TIME IS WINDING UP!

SHIRLEY CEASAR, JOHN P KEE,