Umm..you can write your own lyrics and STILL be a puppet. Case in point...ASHANTI!!

But FACT IS, her lyrics aren't soul-less like Ashanti. That's what seperate a real songwriter from a "lyrics fashionist". Solange is a songwriter and Ashanti is the latter. Solange can write pop songs too (she did and everyone can to pay the bills) but she can be deep as well (and everyone can't). Ashanti's lyrics have always been one-dimensional and have no soul whatsoever. NO, Solange isn't a puppet, she's manufactured a minimum like ALL artists (even Erykah Badu's image is calculated a minimum, Cee-Lo's too, ALL artists) but she's not a fake imo.