Bravebird

Bravebird is the second studio album by American R&B-soul singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux, released in the United States on January 20, 2004 by her independent label Blisslife Records.

The album features the single "For Real", which reached number forty-five on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Larrieux's second highest-charting solo single on the chart after 1999's "Get Up".

On the significance of the album title and song "Bravebird", Larrieux told Barnes & Noble: "I read a story in a magazine [about a survivor of female genital mutilation] and wrote about it.

So I started referring to [my fans] as brave birds when I write messages to them on my web site."

It is likely she was referring to Waris Dirie who is the author of Desert Flower.