Mary J. Blige ( /ˈblaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and occasional rapper and actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B.
Blige started her musical career in 1992, releasing her debut album, What's the 411? on MCA Records and Uptown. With her tenth album, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011), she had ten consecutive albums debut in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Blige's work has defined the course of R&B/Hip-Hop music. My Life, in particular, is considered among the greatest albums ever recorded according to Rolling Stone (279/500),Time, and Vibe. For her part in combining hip hop and soul in the early 1990s and its subsequent commercial success, Blige received the World Music Awards "Legends Award". In 2007 the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awarded her its "Voice of Music" Award. ASCAP official Jeanie Weems stated that "[Blige's] music has been the voice of inspiration to women worldwide in both struggle and triumph." That same year, Time included her in its "Time 100" list, a collection of the year's 100 most influential individuals around the world. In a documentary by BET television, Mary J. Blige said that when she hears music, she sees colors. In other words she has Synesthesia.
Mary J. Blige - Right Now (Manufactured Superstars Remix / Audio)
Mary J. Blige, U2 - One
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
Mary J. Blige - Whole Damn Year (Official Video)
Sam Smith - Stay With Me (Live) ft. Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige - Right Now (Official Video)
Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
Mary J. Blige - Not Loving You (1 Mic 1 Take)
Mary J. Blige - My Favorite Things
Mary J. Blige - Whole Damn Year (Lyric Video)
Mary J. Blige - Therapy (1 Mic 1 Take)
Mary J. on Music and Marriage
Mary J Blige Mix
Mary J. Blige - Right Now (Manufactured Superstars Remix / Audio)
Mary J. Blige, U2 - One
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
Mary J. Blige - Whole Damn Year (Official Video)
Sam Smith - Stay With Me (Live) ft. Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige - Right Now (Official Video)
Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
Mary J. Blige - Not Loving You (1 Mic 1 Take)
Mary J. Blige - My Favorite Things
Mary J. Blige - Whole Damn Year (Lyric Video)
Mary J. Blige - Therapy (1 Mic 1 Take)
Mary J. on Music and Marriage
Mary J Blige Mix
Mary J. Blige - Right Now (From The London Sessions)
Mary J Blige - The London Sessions - Best song of Mary J Blige
Mary J Blige – The London Sessions (2014) Full Album
MARY J. BLIGE MEGA MIX
Mary J. Blige - Therapy (Lyric Video)
Mary J. Blige - What's the 411? (1992) [FULL ALBUM]
Mary J. Blige - Nobody But You (Official Audio)
Mary J. Blige - Whole Damn Year (Official Audio)
Mary J. Blige - Doubt (Audio)
Droves of civilians play into the plan,
It's a shame mediocrity is in demand,
With short-dime demeanor so clumsy my hands,
Hold on for one more phrase,
Lets be honest, be honest, this has got to stay off limits,
If we can't take these headaches that are bound to come with it,
Just say the word and I'll come to your coast,
I'll be the virus if you'll be the host,
Bore dumb defense for the absentee ghost,
Just slightly out of range,
It comes and goes but for the most part it's just not as bad as you once thought,
It went like this, pistol Pete packed his bag and he split
He said "It's so hot and we might cave in"
So thanks for letting me crash back jump Justin
We struck again
And I'll be waiting up for no show Joe
Hanging with the smoked out savior
Seven taught me how to flow, we're on ill behavior,
You try to play it casual, let me know how far that gets you,
The bad seed Danny joins the navy eight,
And the workers always roll too late
You know that we'll be gone without a trace, not guilty
You try to play it casual, let me know how far that gets you,
You try to play it casual, I'm talking about the favoritism
It happens when you're in the loop,
And you'll be dancing to disintegration
And if the dean says that you're expelled
There is a desert in my mouth complete with tumbleweeds,
A billion grains of sand, cactus and coyotes,
There is a battlefield in my head complete with cannons and cavalry,
Helicopters overhead, and they're searching for yours truly,
Send me the bill for the mess we've made,
You survived the renaissance with souvenirs of powdered wigs and
Corsets for your cracked ribcage elegant figure,
Another living dead ballroom dancer shouting from escapes like
They've got the answer, come down and we'll converse, can you help
Me determine the measure of my worth, you know that our nightlife,
It runs into daylight,
We're the type of cats that bring an axe to a knife fight,
Its such a scene you second guess your vision,
I swear we're not dumb we just make bad decisions,
Will this discontent breed progression or insanity,
At least I'll have something to outlive my body,
Through the city we wonder like a dog without a collar,
I'm the same sword swallower, not much has changed,
Takers that vomits lines from dead philosophers,
But your vocab doesn't quite match your posture,
Through the city we wonder like dogs without collars,
I'm the same sword swallower, not much has changed,
And we won't be impressed by pseudo intellect,
We won't fall for that,
We won't carry paperbacks as props and never crack the cover,
We won't fall for that,
Contrived sophistication is a parasitic invasion,
When you've got no imagination, prosthetic humans,
Through the city we wonder like dogs without collars,
Old west, couch bound and reaching for the reset,
Sure bet, ten to win on "sorry's not an option",
We get paychecks to help support the habit,
In debt, it's all part of the process,
We hate when conversation gets the back seat
To the cold cold coldest shoulder and you're left in full retreat,
Hey room, I think we ought to separate pretty soon,
I've been stuck, it's like the way the waves depend upon the moon,
Shit luck, that's an excuse that we've been known to use,
Here is an inside joke but you're all on the outs,
And that's what we're about so don't try to get in,
All fresh at the controls, stretching out these bars,
So all your hips can move and shake with the dance part,
The quickest of fixes to nurse my needs, lets survey the options,
We all know opinions are like addictions, everyone's got one,
See me you just might go home and pick a fight
Then we can rack and write without any backlash,
Another inside joke and your still on the outs,
That's what we're about so don't try to get in,
Don't push me because I'm close to self destructing,
Lets hope all these come ups don't end too abruptly,
Getting over is a nightly ritual
I'd have to say we came a long way from the island,
It was a scene it was a drunken mess,
Now do you really miss what we left,
It may seem scripted like a movie,
How they pay me to sing about what moves me,
So we act the part and wait,
We wait for our big break,
A nervous gent abusive gem another trip to the Jave.,
The lines are hot exhale your lung with something we call the fresh new English tongue,
It may seem scripted like a movie,
But it drains me, the inconsistent jewel thief,
So we act the part and wait,
We wait for our big break,
You stepped on my tiny lines but I'll let it slide,
And their sorrows on display,
Please check your ego at the door
We gather to embrace our flaws, no corrections,
See I can write romantic songs,
But one on one I get it wrong, every time
Youth is a waste and wisdom comes too late,
An ambulance lights up the street,
So much for keeping it discreet, just deny
While spectators line the block
I have to be careful with what I say
I'm feeling dreadfully honest and I might give too much away
The truth is best kept secret when the secret will cause you pain
To confess it with some cliché lyric, well wouldn't that be such a waste
Show me something that is free from traps and drawbacks,
They've all got the sense of confusion,
But some more pronounced than they'd like to let known,
And the problem with living in general
You can make the effort and find your own direction
But if you lose anymore weight they are going to start asking questions
Maybe they're a shortage of ways to pass the time
You keep washing down those P.M.s with the blood of the vine
Now I've seen the logic behind your decision
It makes me feel remorseful like a born-again in prison
With a quick confession you start with a clean slate
If your gods that much of a push over then I guess you'll be OK
Show me something permanent and I will show you dissolution
I know that's sounding miserable but
Dear bad feelings, I'd say I'm through with you
Leave this body, go and find someone new,
Or retire, you've got no practical use,
We show up flawed at the perfection assembly,
Free handouts for the student bodies trembling
You can't teach a lesson on a subject that you've never experienced
And you can't just write off these nightmares likes it's a coincidence, it is not
With high fives, and back slaps, the stories they reenact,
Now tell me, and be exact, how bad you want your virginity back,
Disappointed treasure seekers dig a hold in your face,
You can live with my strangers and the gallery opening is never
Sure as the sun rises at dawn I thought that bird would always sing to me,
But this morning was a silent brick to the face dose of reality,
Not another album soaked with liquor and gimmicks
You see it streams from my grey matter and I just spit it
Like broken knuckles courtesy bar fight
This lethal spacecraft makes crash landings on the beach,
And our bodies dehydrate like earthworms in the summer heat,
Articulate reptilians pull the bodies from eroding shores,
Articulate reptilians won't wallow in the mud anymore,
Vanish we will, notice you won't, we'll pioneer the atmosphere,
Ambitious thoughts get put aside,
Street urchins with nowhere to hide,
Like arbitrary stimulation matters anyway,
When they're onto you, they're onto you,
They nursed us back to health with help from public slaves,
We danced all night and feasted on invertebrates,
Coming out of the war
The only one we're born for
Bashing tv sets, running after cabs, proud of our cars
I'm wasting my time
Waiting in line
Everyone at their best
I've never heard of the rest
Going out isn't free and having you near me
Is not wasting my time
Wasting my time
Waiting in line
Coming out of the war
The only one we're born for
Bashing tv sets, running after cabs, proud of our cars
I'm wasting my time
Dummy
I shake the dummy
Until it suddenly awakes
So you wanna be afraid?
You still want to be impressed
It takes all your breath away
Dummy
I beg the dummy
To dress nicely
Dummy
Shifting, fragile like the eyes
That can see through you
Whether you like it or not I can see through you
I’m on my way
Seal it inside
Bloody marks shall suddenly know
What I’ve planned
I will stay in love
I will stay in love
I will stay in love
You know, I started to feel pain
When my toys all went away
Hiding places got mislaid
I know, behind is now much older
Well my lady still is young
Everybody’s gotta run
‘til I reach this house
Something there
Always there
Makes me sad
I miss this house
You know, my heart is getting colder
All the phonies on the streets
Missing love that brings a home
I know, despite the wood and brick walls
Yes I’ve learned to get along
Making soup or making songs
‘til I reach this house
Girl would you like me to leave, to leave my very dreams
Get on a sofa so far somewhere with my stupid games
No no, this ain't my story but surely it's really neat
Geeks by the beach all playing role playing Microsoft games
Why search for greatness in such tiny worlds of squared pixels
Boy get out there, it's not fair, get a girl and touch a pair
Get on a sofa so close to her you can smell her legs
Now you wanna let go
Now you wanna let go
Now you wanna let go, go, go, go, go
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Get inside my song
Get inside my song
I’m so tired of this life
Tired of this side of me
I could never talk to God
Never talk to us
I’m free, I’m free
Ohhh Ohhh
I’m so tired of this life
Too tired to decide for me
I could never talk to love
I never thought it was
A dream, a dream
Ohhh Ohhh
I’m so tired of this life
Tired of this side of me
I could never talk to God
Never talk to us
I’m free, I’m free
Get your play, get your cause
Catch her faith, stadium joke
Graduated, e-mail pros
Can you make it?
He was getting closer
Nobody told her
That he was a freaking liar
The plane was real
Hours killed away
Pretty lights, get you far
A billion stores, same with floors
Many faces, but no love
She was waiting
Guess who never came
Nobody told her
That he was a freaking liar
She felt breeze
Down her knees
Fly down, hit bounds
From Rockefeller
I slip a water balloon
It took like
Fifty seconds
To get their New York heads
Wet and surprised
Had those USA firecrackers
I called one of my friends
Then we, dressed up a donut into a sugar bomb
Oh lord! it all disappeared
Whatever happens to the skies
And when the movies are no lies
Bang is no deadly word
Just stay away from the subways
Don't stand close to suspicious cars
Move out into the country
Get away, get away
What about rock shows like Paul McCartney’s
When he says "Live and let die"
Big flames, come out high from the stage
Clearly seen from a plane
Anyway, anyhow we suffer little
Until the sun blows us up
Yeah baby
If I can only see the morning
After we all disappeared
Whatever happens to the skies
And when the movies are no lies
Boom covers it all
Just stay away from the subways
Don't stand close to suspicious cars
Move out into the country
Get away, get away
I’ll let you know when I blow (up like a)
Symphony of debris
I’ll let you know when I blow (up like a)
A symphony of debris
I’ll let you know when I blow (up like a)
A symphony of debris
Not so long ago I was just a lonely man
Losing faith over things that break
Now I got myself a hell of a deal
Her and me happy and it feels ok, but
One lie, one lost
All this love, undone
Once you go there,
They'll be no fun
Be sure my friend
I'll beat the charms
Donne moi ta main
One lie, one lost
All this love, undone
Prend ton élan
On saute en bas
Dans la confiance
Dans l'insouciance
Nobody knows what I say
Nobody wants to live this way
Nobody, cries for me
Nobody tries to save the world
Which has been saved already pals
Nobody, nobody
It’s a love song for everyone
Nobody reaches perfection
Because they don’t know what this word means
Nobody, just me
Because our love is reflection
Do this for me, you sweet person
Nobody, nobody