Biografia:
Embaixadora do soul e do R&B por excelência, Mary J. Blige, deu início à sua carreira musical ainda muito nova. Em uma visita a um centro comercial nova-iorquino, resolveu gravar uma interpretação sua do tema "Caught Up in the Rapture" de Anita Baker, numa máquina de karaoke. A fita foi enviada pelo padrasto da cantora para a Motown Records, que acabou por recrutá-la para o seu catálogo.
Nascida no Bronx, em Nova Iorque, no ano de 1971, Mary J.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Intro: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
It's been a long way, but I made it here with love
Bm
I made it here with love, love
C#m
Said I've been and up and down and I've been through it all
Bm
Took a while to know my heart
F#m
Oh, yes, it did, yeah
F#m
Before love like this, you go
Bm
Through the fire and valley lows
F#m
But if you just hold on
F#m
Please hold on 'cause love is strong, it'll save yah
N.C.
Oh, please hold on, it'll save yah, save yah
[Verse 1: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Truth can be the sweetest pain
Bm C#m
It can mess up everything
F#m
It's the only way you know
Bm C#m
I'm payin' for it, I'm changin' for it
F#m
Oh, oh, and it hurts
Bm C#m
But I'll make it work
F#m
'Cause I'm no beginner
Bm C#m
I'm a winner, paid dues, I know my purpose
[Refrain: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Thought they'd put my life on hold
Bm C#m
But I knew somethin' they didn't know
F#m
I know myself too much to ever fold
Bm C#m
Dark clouds are movin' past you
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Oh, you gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
If you really wanna be with someone else
F#m
You gotta feed yourself
Bm C#m
Before you feed somebody else
F#m
You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish
Bm C#m
'Cause everybody don't mean you well
F#m
You gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
Before you love somebody else
[Interlude: Kanye West]
F#m Bm C#m
Yeah, gotta love yourself
F#m Bm C#m
Uh, you know what I'm sayin'?
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
F#m
I decided not to use my color as a handicap
Bm C#m
He a designer, artist, producer, and he rap
F#m
Never found virtue from patience
Bm
In a dark room just pacin'
C#m
Precious time is just wastin'
You do not know what we facin
F#m'
I cannot be complacent
F#m
In my job, be courageous
Bm
Another kid just got shot
C#m
They can't find the assailant
F#m
Made it out of the basement
F#m
Made it out of the underground
Bm
From a time where you outta town
C#m
They might gun you down, blaow
F#m
There goes another round, blaow
F#m
There goes another round
Bm C#m
Came from the Chi and wow, look what the fuck they found
F#m
A young legend, comin' to shut the summer down
Bm C#m
You need to talk to me like you don't when your mother 'round
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Oh, you gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
If you really wanna be with someone else
F#m
You gotta feed yourself
Bm C#m
Before you feed somebody else
F#m
You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish
Bm C#m
'Cause everybody don't mean you well
F#m
You gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
Before you love somebody else
[Verse 3: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
I don't feel no one's time
Bm C#m
Can't get restless in the soul
F#m
Hold your heart, the world is cold
Bm C#m
Keep singin', don't you stop prayin', woman
F#m
Yeah, it will come to pass
Bm C#m
Don't worry 'bout nothin'
F#m
God knows that you're worth it
Bm C#m
You deserve it, can't nothin' else hurt you
[Refrain: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Thought they'd put my life on hold
Bm C#m
But I knew somethin' they didn't know
F#m
I know myself too much to ever fold
Bm C#m
Dark clouds are movin' past you
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Oh, you gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
If you really wanna be with someone else
F#m
You gotta feed yourself
Bm C#m
Before you feed somebody else
F#m
You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish
Bm C#m
'Cause everybody don't mean you well
F#m
You gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
Before you love somebody else
F#m
It's been a long way, but I made it here with love
Bm
I made it here with love, love
C#m
Said I've been and up and down and I've been through it all
Bm
Took a while to know my heart
F#m
Oh, yes, it did, yeah
F#m
Before love like this, you go
Bm
Through the fire and valley lows
F#m
But if you just hold on
F#m
Please hold on 'cause love is strong, it'll save yah
N.C.
Oh, please hold on, it'll save yah, save yah
[Verse 1: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Truth can be the sweetest pain
Bm C#m
It can mess up everything
F#m
It's the only way you know
Bm C#m
I'm payin' for it, I'm changin' for it
F#m
Oh, oh, and it hurts
Bm C#m
But I'll make it work
F#m
'Cause I'm no beginner
Bm C#m
I'm a winner, paid dues, I know my purpose
[Refrain: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Thought they'd put my life on hold
Bm C#m
But I knew somethin' they didn't know
F#m
I know myself too much to ever fold
Bm C#m
Dark clouds are movin' past you
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Oh, you gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
If you really wanna be with someone else
F#m
You gotta feed yourself
Bm C#m
Before you feed somebody else
F#m
You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish
Bm C#m
'Cause everybody don't mean you well
F#m
You gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
Before you love somebody else
[Interlude: Kanye West]
F#m Bm C#m
Yeah, gotta love yourself
F#m Bm C#m
Uh, you know what I'm sayin'?
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
F#m
I decided not to use my color as a handicap
Bm C#m
He a designer, artist, producer, and he rap
F#m
Never found virtue from patience
Bm
In a dark room just pacin'
C#m
Precious time is just wastin'
You do not know what we facin
F#m'
I cannot be complacent
F#m
In my job, be courageous
Bm
Another kid just got shot
C#m
They can't find the assailant
F#m
Made it out of the basement
F#m
Made it out of the underground
Bm
From a time where you outta town
C#m
They might gun you down, blaow
F#m
There goes another round, blaow
F#m
There goes another round
Bm C#m
Came from the Chi and wow, look what the fuck they found
F#m
A young legend, comin' to shut the summer down
Bm C#m
You need to talk to me like you don't when your mother 'round
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Oh, you gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
If you really wanna be with someone else
F#m
You gotta feed yourself
Bm C#m
Before you feed somebody else
F#m
You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish
Bm C#m
'Cause everybody don't mean you well
F#m
You gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
Before you love somebody else
[Verse 3: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
I don't feel no one's time
Bm C#m
Can't get restless in the soul
F#m
Hold your heart, the world is cold
Bm C#m
Keep singin', don't you stop prayin', woman
F#m
Yeah, it will come to pass
Bm C#m
Don't worry 'bout nothin'
F#m
God knows that you're worth it
Bm C#m
You deserve it, can't nothin' else hurt you
[Refrain: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Thought they'd put my life on hold
Bm C#m
But I knew somethin' they didn't know
F#m
I know myself too much to ever fold
Bm C#m
Dark clouds are movin' past you
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
F#m
Oh, you gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
If you really wanna be with someone else
F#m
You gotta feed yourself
Bm C#m
Before you feed somebody else
F#m
You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish
Bm C#m
'Cause everybody don't mean you well
F#m
You gotta love yourself
Bm C#m
Before you love somebody else
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