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![]() ![]() I don't mind it at all because it hurts so good.īLIGE: (Singing) Tell me how you figure that you made me and you gave me what I had before I met you and going to have it when you're gone. BLIGE SONG, "THICK OF IT")īLIGE: I don't mind the pain. But I believe that there's a purpose for me here on this Earth, and I think it's so I can live and become these things so people can heal from them. And then I had to go sing it and cry and get through it. MARTIN: What was it like to have to just walk into the studio and conjure up those lyrics?īLIGE: It was hard because of the pain, but it was good to get it out. UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Who will you trust? UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Who's going to love. And if I don't write about it and if I don't sing about where I am in my life, I won't start a healing process.īLIGE: (Singing) Oh, baby, oh, tell me who. And then when all of this happened and it was hard to go back to the studio and do it, but I had to do it in order to - how can I say it? - get free because my music is therapeutic to me as well. I mean, the lyrics were completely different, and it was saying things like we just don't give up when we're in the thick of it. This song was originally written about me fighting for my marriage. Her new album is called "Strength Of A Woman," and many of the songs are snapshots of that unravelling.īLIGE: (Singing) Should I stake it out? Are you worth this fight? Are we worth this fight? 'Cause I ain't no quitter, babe. Blige works out her pain through her music. If there's a silver lining here, though, it's that Mary J. That marriage is now ending in an ugly divorce. Blige overcame a rough childhood, abuse and addiction all with the help of her husband of 13 years. MARTIN: Her music is her catharsis, and she has had to deal with her fair share of disappointment.īLIGE: (Singing) Said I've been up and down and I've been through it all. MARY J BLIGE: (Singing) It's been a long ride, but I made it here with love. ![]() It's why her fans fell in love with her 25 years ago and why they are still so loyal today. Blige has made a career out of baring her soul. ![]()
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