When Ciara was 17… she was a student at Atlanta?s Riverdale High School. Ciara (full name Ciara Princess Harris) spent her high school years dividing her time between cheerleading and music.

The 17-year-old singer shares the first time she got her heart broken, crashing her Honda Element, and crying when she heard ?Goodies? on the radio for the first time.

Take a walk back in time and check out CiCi’s episode of MTV?s ?When I Was 17? + flip through a few photos of Ciara as a teenager: