Her message is basically, you are the one holding yourself back. You've got to have more belief in yourself. The only point in her where she actually mentions the phrase, girl wash your face is in the final paragraph. It says, girl, get hold of your life. Stop medicating. Stop hiding out. Stop being afraid. Stop saying you can't do it. stop abusing your body. Rise up from where you've been scrub away the tears and pain of yesterday and start again.