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\"You fight so hard in this industry -- you have all these dreams of getting a Grammy nomination, and I had such a different idea of how that was going to happen,\" she said. \"And it happened in a time where there's so much racial injustice and racial unrest.\"

Guyton also admitted that she thought the song would \"never see the light of day\" when she wrote it two years ago, largely because of the feedback she received after people checked it out.

\"I had passed that song around to so many people in Nashville, and the common response would be, 'Wow, this is powerful, I need to sit with it for a minute,'\" she said. \"And then maybe they would get back to me, maybe they wouldn't.\"

\"So I just figured that nobody was really going to know what to do with the song,\" she continued. \"It was just going to be something that was just sat on the shelf -- that was healing for me -- and that was it. So for it to have turned around and been something so impactful to me, it's a lot to take in.\"

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Although \"Black Like Me\" focuses on Guyton's lived experiences, she said she wants people of all races to take something away from the song.

\"I hope this song inspires women, period -- doesn't matter what color you are -- to live your truth,\" she said. She noted how the country music industry often puts women in a box and stereotypes them.

\"We're only allowed to sing about heartbreak and cute, fun songs, but God forbid we have other feelings and then we don't get supported so often,\" she said. \"So I hope that this song and this hopeful win will encourage women to live their truth, fight for their truth [and] stand up for what they believe in.\"

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards airs Sunday, March 14, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on CBS. Check out a list of 2021 nominees here.

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